GGML Universal File (GGUF) 1

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GGUF is a binary file format for storing large language model weights, metadata, and tokeniser data in a single self-contained file, designed for efficient loading and inference on consumer hardware. It was introduced in August 2023 by the llama.cpp project as a successor to earlier formats.

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• llama.cppOpen sourcereads and writes · MIT License
• llamafileOpen sourcereads · Apache Software License 2.0

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• PRONOM fmt/2096
• Wikidata Q140664529

From PRONOM, Wikidata. Updated 2026-10-20.

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