GenieX is an on-device Gen AI inference runtime for Qualcomm devices. Bring almost any GGUF model from Hugging Face, ModelScope, or Docker Hub, or use a pre-compiled bundle from Qualcomm AI Hub. Run it locally on the Hexagon NPU, Adreno GPU, or CPU in a few lines of code. One C SDK underneath is exposed through a CLI, Python, Kotlin/Java, Docker, and an OpenAI-compatible server. It is the community version of Qualcomm GENIE.
GenieX runs only on Qualcomm Snapdragon. Find your platform, then jump straight to the interface you want to use.
| Platform | Example devices | Jump to a quickstart |
|---|---|---|
| 🪟 Windows ARM64 (Compute) | Snapdragon X · X Elite | CLI · Python · Local server |
| 🤖 Android (Mobile) | Snapdragon 8 Elite · 8 Elite Gen 5 | Android SDK |
| 🐧 Linux ARM64 (IoT) | Dragonwing QCS9075 | CLI · Docker · Python |
No device on hand? Spin up a remote session on Qualcomm Device Cloud.
Pick your interface below. Each one follows the same three steps: Install, Run, and Docs. The examples show both runtimes: a GGUF model from Hugging Face, ModelScope, or Docker Hub (llama_cpp) and a pre-compiled bundle from Qualcomm AI Hub (qairt, NPU).
Install
- Windows ARM64 — download the installer, run it, then open a new terminal.
- Linux ARM64 — one line, no
sudo:curl -fsSL https://qaihub-public-assets.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/qai-hub-geniex/install.sh | sh
Run — chat with any model in one line (drag in an image for VLMs):
# GGUF from Hugging Face → llama.cpp (NPU / GPU / CPU)
geniex infer google/gemma-4-E4B-it-qat-q4_0-gguf
# GGUF from ModelScope → llama.cpp (NPU / GPU / CPU)
geniex infer https://modelscope.cn/models/Qwen/Qwen3-0.6B-GGUF
# Pre-compiled bundle from Qualcomm AI Hub → Qualcomm AI Engine Direct (NPU)
geniex infer ai-hub-models/Qwen2.5-VL-7B-Instruct
# GGUF from Docker Hub (https://hub.docker.com/u/ai) → llama.cpp (NPU / GPU / CPU)
geniex infer docker.io/ai/gemma3📖 Docs — Install · Quickstart · Command reference
Install
pip install geniexRun — mirrors Hugging Face transformers (from_pretrained() → .generate()):
# GGUF from Hugging Face → llama.cpp
from geniex import AutoModelForCausalLM
model = AutoModelForCausalLM.from_pretrained("unsloth/Qwen3.5-2B-GGUF", precision="Q4_0")
messages = [{"role": "user", "content": "What is 2+2?"}]
prompt = model.tokenizer.apply_chat_template(messages, add_generation_prompt=True)
for chunk in model.generate(prompt, max_new_tokens=256, stream=True):
print(chunk, end="", flush=True)
model.close()# Pre-compiled bundle from Qualcomm AI Hub → Qualcomm AI Engine Direct (NPU)
from geniex import AutoModelForCausalLM
model = AutoModelForCausalLM.from_pretrained("ai-hub-models/Qwen3-4B")
messages = [{"role": "user", "content": "What is 2+2?"}]
prompt = model.tokenizer.apply_chat_template(messages, add_generation_prompt=True)
for chunk in model.generate(prompt, max_new_tokens=256, stream=True):
print(chunk, end="", flush=True)
model.close()📖 Docs — Install · Quickstart · API reference
Install — ships with the CLI (install above).
Run — pull any model (GGUF or Qualcomm AI Hub bundle), then serve an OpenAI-compatible API:
geniex pull ai-hub-models/Qwen3-4B-Instruct-2507
geniex serve # serves http://127.0.0.1:18181/v1curl http://127.0.0.1:18181/v1/chat/completions \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{
"model": "ai-hub-models/Qwen3-4B-Instruct-2507",
"messages": [{"role": "user", "content": "Hello!"}]
}'Point any OpenAI client at http://127.0.0.1:18181/v1 — no code changes.
📖 Docs — Local server guide
Install — add the SDK to your app module's build.gradle.kts:
dependencies {
implementation("com.qualcomm.qti:geniex-android:0.10.0")
}Run — fastest path is the sample app (chat UI, model picker for GGUF + Qualcomm AI Hub bundles, VLM support):
The Android demo app lives in qualcomm/ai-hub-apps. Clone it, open the sample app in Android Studio, and hit Run.
📖 Docs — Install · Quickstart · API reference
Install
docker pull docker.io/qualcomm/geniex:latestRun — the container wraps the CLI, so geniex infer … works exactly as above.
📖 Docs — Docker guide
Install — link against the single C header sdk/include/geniex.h; every other interface is a thin wrapper over it.
📖 Docs — sdk/README.md · notes/build.md
GenieX has two runtimes so you get broad model coverage and peak Snapdragon performance in one stack. Both LLMs and VLMs are supported.
llama.cpp (llama_cpp) |
Qualcomm AI Engine Direct (qairt) |
|
|---|---|---|
| Get models from | Hugging Face, ModelScope, or Docker Hub | Qualcomm AI Hub (pre-compiled) |
| Format | GGUF | Per-chipset bundle |
| Compute units | NPU · GPU · CPU | NPU only |
| Best for | Bringing your own GGUF | Highest NPU performance |
Run geniex model list to browse every Qualcomm AI Hub bundle currently available for your chipset. Use geniex model list --all to include all chipsets. The catalogue changes independently of GenieX, so the CLI provides a more current list than a static table in this README.
The qairt runtime uses the QAIRT libraries bundled with GenieX by default. Advanced users can select another compatible installation with --qairt-lib or GENIEX_QAIRT_LIB. See QAIRT runtime selection for details.
See GenieX releases for new model families, runtime features, fixes, and complete changelogs.
For llama.cpp, pick the
Q4_0precision when prompted — it has the best Hexagon NPU support. See the Models guide → for the full list, precisions, and how to run a local model.
Contributions are welcome! Before opening a PR, please read CONTRIBUTING.md for branch naming, commit / PR title format, pre-commit checks, and the FFI-update rule for public SDK headers.
| 🏗️ Build the CLI, SDK, or Python bindings | notes/build.md |
| notes/run.md | |
| 🏷️ Release — SemVer tags, channels, HTP signing | notes/release.md |
| 📚 All developer docs | docs/README.md |
Questions, ideas, or want to show off what you built? Come say hi.
- 💬 Slack — ask questions and chat with the community in real time.
- 🐛 GitHub Issues — report a bug or request a feature.
- 🔗 LinkedIn — follow Qualcomm AI Hub for news and updates.
Thanks to everyone building GenieX 💙
If you use GenieX in your research or product work, please cite it:
@software{qualcomm_geniex,
title = {GenieX},
url = {https://github.com/qualcomm/GenieX},
publisher = {Qualcomm AI Hub},
author = {Chen, Wei and Li, Zhiyuan and Zhu, Lingyue and Chen, Hongzhi and
Wu, Mengsheng and Qian, Yichen and Zhu, Zhenxuan and
Cheng, Zhiyuan and Zhang, Dengchuan and Li, Yin and
Dong, Likuan and Cao, Wenwen},
year = {2026},
}* Wei Chen and Zhiyuan Li contributed equally to this work.
BSD 3-Clause — see LICENSE and NOTICE.
Use of this project is also subject to Qualcomm's Terms of Use.