The installation process is divided into three core steps:
- Download model weights: Get it through the Hugging Face platform, e.g. by running the
huggingface-cli download openai/gpt-oss-20b
directives - Configuring the Python Environment: Python 3.12 or higher is required, a virtual environment is recommended, to install the
transformers
,accelerate
and other basic dependency packages - Deployment runs: Four mainstream options are available:
- Loading models directly using the Transformers library
- Launching OpenAI-compatible servers via the vLLM framework
- Pull the model image in Ollama and run it
- Apple Silicon devices require additional conversion of weights to Metal format
Special Note: Matchinggpt-oss
package and enable the Harmony format, otherwise the model will not work properly.
This answer comes from the articleGPT-OSS: OpenAI's Open Source Big Model for Efficient ReasoningThe