Tools/Verified 14 Nov 2026

llama.cpp

The core C/C++ runtime for local GGUF models

The widely used open-source inference engine for running GGUF models on CPUs and GPUs. Many desktop apps, including LM Studio and others, build on it or ship alongside it.

Pricing: Free and open source (MIT). You pay only for hardware. The project ships frequent tagged builds; a latest tag of b12383 was published 14 Nov 2026.
Platforms: CLI, Local

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Recent releases

llama.cpp b1238314 Nov 2026

Sources

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GitHub
llama.cpp GitHub