llama.cpp: Releases and Overview
LLM inference engine written in C/C++. Runs GGUF models on CPU and GPU (CUDA / Metal / Vulkan / ROCm) and underpins much of the local-LLM ecosystem, including Ollama, LM Studio and KoboldCpp.
Category: Inference engines and runtimes. Part of our engine and tool tracker.
At a Glance
| Item | Value |
|---|---|
| Repository | ggml-org/llama.cpp |
| License | MIT |
| Main language | C++ |
| GitHub stars | 128,500 (as of 2026-09-17) |
| Latest release | v0.4.1 (2026-09-15) |
| Install / docs | official documentation |
The project describes itself as: “LLM inference in C/C++”
Release History
Compiled by Local Model Watch from the project’s GitHub releases. Pre-releases are omitted. Where we wrote an article about a release, it is linked in the last column; smaller releases are tracked here only.
| Version | Released | Release notes | Our article |
|---|---|---|---|
| v0.4.1 | 2026-09-15 | GitHub | — |
| v0.4.0 | 2026-09-05 | GitHub | — |
| v0.3.0 | 2026-08-25 | GitHub | — |
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Last updated 2026-09-18 (JST). Facts above come from the GitHub API; the one-paragraph summary is written by the site’s editors.