Instructions to use openai/gpt-oss-120b with libraries, inference providers, notebooks, and local apps. Follow these links to get started.

Libraries

How to use openai/gpt-oss-120b with Transformers:

# Use a pipeline as a high-level helper
from transformers import pipeline

pipe = pipeline("text-generation", model="openai/gpt-oss-120b")
messages = [
    {"role": "user", "content": "Who are you?"},
]
pipe(messages)

# pip install -U transformers accelerate
# Load model directly
from transformers import AutoTokenizer, AutoModelForCausalLM

tokenizer = AutoTokenizer.from_pretrained("openai/gpt-oss-120b")
model = AutoModelForCausalLM.from_pretrained("openai/gpt-oss-120b", device_map="auto")
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=256)
print(tokenizer.decode(outputs[0][inputs["input_ids"].shape[-1]:]))

Inference
HuggingChat
Notebooks
Google Colab
Kaggle
AMD Developer Cloud
Local Apps Settings

vLLM

How to use openai/gpt-oss-120b with vLLM:

Install from pip and serve model

# Install vLLM from pip:
pip install vllm
# Start the vLLM server:
vllm serve "openai/gpt-oss-120b"
# Call the server using curl (OpenAI-compatible API):
curl -X POST "http://localhost:8000/v1/chat/completions" \
	-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
	--data '{
		"model": "openai/gpt-oss-120b",
		"messages": [
			{
				"role": "user",
				"content": "What is the capital of France?"
			}
		]
	}'

Use Docker

docker model run hf.co/openai/gpt-oss-120b

SGLang

How to use openai/gpt-oss-120b 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 "openai/gpt-oss-120b" \
    --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": "openai/gpt-oss-120b",
		"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 "openai/gpt-oss-120b" \
        --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": "openai/gpt-oss-120b",
		"messages": [
			{
				"role": "user",
				"content": "What is the capital of France?"
			}
		]
	}'

Docker Model Runner
How to use openai/gpt-oss-120b with Docker Model Runner:
```
docker model run hf.co/openai/gpt-oss-120b
```

gpt_oss error when running on kaggle

#72

by thehai - opened Aug 7, 2025

Discussion

thehai

Aug 7, 2025

I face the error when initalizing the model : ValueError: The checkpoint you are trying to load has model type gpt_oss but Transformers does not recognize this architecture. This could be because of an issue with the checkpoint, or because your version of Transformers is out of date.

Anyone can help me to fix this?

marcsun13

Aug 7, 2025

you need to install the latest transformers. Btw transformers main, it should even work on a T4 ! Please try to following google colab: https://colab.research.google.com/drive/15DJv6QWgc49MuC7dlNS9ifveXBDjCWO5?usp=sharing

reach-vb

OpenAI org Aug 8, 2025

Yes! you can find more details here: https://cookbook.openai.com/articles/gpt-oss/run-colab

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