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Moondream
Open vision-language models for local perception and physical AI.
Quickstart · pip install moondream
Call Moondream in a few lines.
python
# pip install moondream import moondream as md from PIL import Image # Moondream 3 on Photon — local GPU inference model = md.photon("moondream3-preview") image = Image.open("photo.jpg") # Caption the image caption = model.caption(image)["caption"] print("Caption:", caption) # Ask a question answer = model.query(image, "What's happening in this image?")["answer"] print("Answer:", answer) # Moondream 3 also detects, points, and segments objects = model.detect(image, "person")["objects"] for obj in objects: print("Person:", obj)
Full API reference — docs.moondream.ai/running-locally
| Model | Chip | Tested hardware | Since | Last verified | Benchmark |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moondream 2 | A10 | A10 24GB | v1.0 | Aug 4, 2026 | Results |
| Moondream 2 | A40 | A40 48GB | v1.0 | Aug 4, 2026 | — |
| Moondream 2 | A100 | A100 80GB | v1.0 | Aug 4, 2026 | Results |
| Moondream 2 | GH200 | GH200 96GB | v1.0 | Aug 4, 2026 | — |
| Moondream 2 | H100 | H100 SXM 80GB | v1.0 | Aug 3, 2026 | Results |
| Moondream 2 | H200 | H200 SXM 141GB | v1.0 | Aug 4, 2026 | — |
| Moondream 2 | Jetson AGX Orin | Jetson AGX Orin 64GB | v1.0 | Aug 4, 2026 | Results |
| Moondream 2 | Jetson Orin Nano | Jetson Orin Nano 8GB | v1.0 | Aug 4, 2026 | — |
| Moondream 2 | Jetson Orin NX | Jetson Orin NX 16GB | v1.0 | Aug 4, 2026 | — |
| Moondream 2 | L4 | L4 24GB | v1.0 | Aug 4, 2026 | Results |
| Moondream 2 | L40S | L40S 48GB | v1.0 | Aug 4, 2026 | Results |
| Moondream 2 | RTX 30 series | RTX 3090 24GB | v1.0 | Aug 4, 2026 | — |
| Moondream 2 | RTX 4090 | RTX 4090 24GB | v1.0 | Aug 4, 2026 | — |
| Moondream 3 | A10 | A10 24GB | v2.0 | Aug 4, 2026 | Results |
| Moondream 3 | A40 | A40 48GB | v2.0 | Aug 4, 2026 | — |
| Moondream 3 | A100 | A100 80GB | v2.0 | Aug 4, 2026 | Results |
| Moondream 3 | GH200 | GH200 96GB | v2.0 | Aug 4, 2026 | — |
| Moondream 3 | H100 | H100 SXM 80GB | v2.0 | Aug 3, 2026 | Results |
| Moondream 3 | H200 | H200 SXM 141GB | v2.0 | Aug 4, 2026 | — |
| Moondream 3 | Jetson AGX Orin | Jetson AGX Orin 64GB | v2.0 | Aug 4, 2026 | Results |
| Moondream 3 | L4 | L4 24GB | v2.0 | Aug 4, 2026 | Results |
| Moondream 3 | L40S | L40S 48GB | v2.0 | Aug 4, 2026 | Results |
| Moondream 3 | RTX 30 series | RTX 3090 24GB | v2.0 | Aug 4, 2026 | — |
| Moondream 3 | RTX 4090 | RTX 4090 24GB | v2.0 | Aug 4, 2026 | — |
Run Moondream with Photon
Install the SDK and pick any listed model.
$pip install moondream