SmolVLM-500M, developed by Hugging Face, is a lightweight multimodal model that belongs to the SmolVLM series. Based on the Idefics3 architecture, it focuses on efficient image and text processing tasks. The model can accept image and text inputs in any order and generate text outputs, making it suitable for tasks such as image description and visual question answering. Its lightweight design allows it to operate on resource-constrained devices while maintaining strong performance in multimodal tasks. The model is licensed under the Apache 2.0 license, enabling open-source and flexible usage scenarios.