Phi-4-mini

Good fit for

People seeking a smaller model for local text tasks and memory-constrained experiments.

Why consider it

The documented 3.8B variant supports text input, function calling and a 128K context window.

Main limitations

Requires Ollama 0.5.13 or later for this route. Function calling is not built-in web search or code execution. This is Phi-4-mini, not the separate Phi-4-multimodal model. Hardware requirements remain unassigned.

Cost and access

No hosted subscription or per-token fee for this local package. Supply your own hardware; electricity and setup are not free. Review the upstream model license before reuse or redistribution.

Getting started

Install a compatible Ollama version, then run: ollama run phi4-mini. The API filter refers to the runtime-provided local API, not a bundled hosted endpoint.