Overview
C/C++ LLM inference engine
Best for: Efficient local LLM inference; model quantization; embedded AI; research; foundation for other tools
At a glance
Pricing
Free
- Difficulty
- Advanced
- Time to productivity
- 2 hours
- Privacy
- High
- Learning curve
- Steep
Ideal for
ML engineersC/C++ developersembedded systems developersresearchersperformance optimizers
Key capabilities
Works with
- Text
- embeddings
Outputs
- Text generation
- embeddings
- API responses (server mode)
Mobile access
How to use llama.cpp on phones and tablets.
- Mobile web: Works in a mobile browser (responsive or dedicated mobile site).
Free Tier
Completely free and open-source (MIT)
Limits: None (hardware-limited)
When to upgrade: N/A (fully free)
Technical Details
Type: local
Offline: Yes
API: Yes
Languages: Multilingual (depends on model)
Integrations: Foundation for Ollama, LM Studio, GPT4All; Python bindings; server mode (OpenAI-compatible)