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Underdog Saluki Packs Qwen3.8-27B into 7.89 GB for Local Tool Calling
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Underdog Saluki 27B
News Oct 12, 2026
Underdog's 7.89 GB GGUF version of Qwen3.8-27B targets local tool calling, with creator-reported benchmark results and more than 100,000 cumulative Hugging Face downloads.
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Underdog presents Saluki 27B as a 7.89 GB GGUF package of Qwen3.8-27B for local use with stock llama.cpp. The English model card emphasizes tool calling and says its own test passed 88 of 120 tasks, compared with 84 for the full-size model. That comparison is creator-reported and small enough that it should not be treated as proof of general superiority.
Hugging Face dates the repository’s creation to October 8. A trend snapshot checked October 12 showed 108,900 cumulative downloads and 342 likes. These platform totals are not distinct users or evidence of a measured surge. The model file and optional vision add-ons are listed in the repository; vision requires a separate download.