Instructions to use unsloth/DeepSeek-R1 with libraries, inference providers, notebooks, and local apps. Follow these links to get started.
- Libraries
- Transformers
How to use unsloth/DeepSeek-R1 with Transformers:
# Use a pipeline as a high-level helper from transformers import pipeline pipe = pipeline("text-generation", model="unsloth/DeepSeek-R1", trust_remote_code=True) messages = [ {"role": "user", "content": "Who are you?"}, ] pipe(messages)# Load model directly from transformers import AutoTokenizer, AutoModelForCausalLM tokenizer = AutoTokenizer.from_pretrained("unsloth/DeepSeek-R1", trust_remote_code=True) model = AutoModelForCausalLM.from_pretrained("unsloth/DeepSeek-R1", trust_remote_code=True) messages = [ {"role": "user", "content": "Who are you?"}, ] inputs = tokenizer.apply_chat_template( messages, add_generation_prompt=True, tokenize=True, return_dict=True, return_tensors="pt", ).to(model.device) outputs = model.generate(**inputs, max_new_tokens=40) print(tokenizer.decode(outputs[0][inputs["input_ids"].shape[-1]:])) - Notebooks
- Google Colab
- Kaggle
- Local Apps
- vLLM
How to use unsloth/DeepSeek-R1 with vLLM:
Install from pip and serve model
# Install vLLM from pip: pip install vllm # Start the vLLM server: vllm serve "unsloth/DeepSeek-R1" # Call the server using curl (OpenAI-compatible API): curl -X POST "http://localhost:8000/v1/chat/completions" \ -H "Content-Type: application/json" \ --data '{ "model": "unsloth/DeepSeek-R1", "messages": [ { "role": "user", "content": "What is the capital of France?" } ] }'Use Docker
docker model run hf.co/unsloth/DeepSeek-R1
- SGLang
How to use unsloth/DeepSeek-R1 with SGLang:
Install from pip and serve model
# Install SGLang from pip: pip install sglang # Start the SGLang server: python3 -m sglang.launch_server \ --model-path "unsloth/DeepSeek-R1" \ --host 0.0.0.0 \ --port 30000 # Call the server using curl (OpenAI-compatible API): curl -X POST "http://localhost:30000/v1/chat/completions" \ -H "Content-Type: application/json" \ --data '{ "model": "unsloth/DeepSeek-R1", "messages": [ { "role": "user", "content": "What is the capital of France?" } ] }'Use Docker images
docker run --gpus all \ --shm-size 32g \ -p 30000:30000 \ -v ~/.cache/huggingface:/root/.cache/huggingface \ --env "HF_TOKEN=<secret>" \ --ipc=host \ lmsysorg/sglang:latest \ python3 -m sglang.launch_server \ --model-path "unsloth/DeepSeek-R1" \ --host 0.0.0.0 \ --port 30000 # Call the server using curl (OpenAI-compatible API): curl -X POST "http://localhost:30000/v1/chat/completions" \ -H "Content-Type: application/json" \ --data '{ "model": "unsloth/DeepSeek-R1", "messages": [ { "role": "user", "content": "What is the capital of France?" } ] }' - Unsloth Studio new
How to use unsloth/DeepSeek-R1 with Unsloth Studio:
Install Unsloth Studio (macOS, Linux, WSL)
curl -fsSL https://unsloth.ai/install.sh | sh # Run unsloth studio unsloth studio -H 0.0.0.0 -p 8888 # Then open http://localhost:8888 in your browser # Search for unsloth/DeepSeek-R1 to start chatting
Install Unsloth Studio (Windows)
irm https://unsloth.ai/install.ps1 | iex # Run unsloth studio unsloth studio -H 0.0.0.0 -p 8888 # Then open http://localhost:8888 in your browser # Search for unsloth/DeepSeek-R1 to start chatting
Using HuggingFace Spaces for Unsloth
# No setup required # Open https://huggingface.co/spaces/unsloth/studio in your browser # Search for unsloth/DeepSeek-R1 to start chatting
Load model with FastModel
pip install unsloth from unsloth import FastModel model, tokenizer = FastModel.from_pretrained( model_name="unsloth/DeepSeek-R1", max_seq_length=2048, ) - Docker Model Runner
How to use unsloth/DeepSeek-R1 with Docker Model Runner:
docker model run hf.co/unsloth/DeepSeek-R1
Does this unsloth/DeepSeek-R1 supports Tool calling?
I am trying to use the DeepSeek Model self hosted using vLLM but the make this useful to use in Cline it must have Tools calling feature. But Deepseek natively doesn't support Tool calling.
But if I use the direct DeepSeek in Cline and enter the API key then it is able to edit the files.
Even I tried with deepseek-r1:70b using ollama it is keep on generating the response and ends with error. But I use unsloth/DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Llama-8B-Q4_K_M.gguf it work.
If possible what change should I make my endpoint work like direct Deepseek API.
I am planning to use the vLLM endpoint in ollama endpoint. But vLLM says reasoning model doesn't support tool calling

https://docs.vllm.ai/en/latest/features/reasoning_outputs.html
Like that If I use this unsloth/DeepSeek-R1 will it support tool calling?
What is the solution for this?