mozilla-ai/llamafile
Distribute and run LLMs with a single file.
About the project
A single-file executable that bundles llama.cpp with Cosmopolitan Libc to run LLMs locally on most OSes and CPU architectures without installation. Also includes whisperfile for single-file speech-to-text.
Useful for
- Run a local LLM by downloading a single llamafile and executing it without installing anything.
- Distribute a model to users as one portable file that works across operating systems.
- Transcribe or translate audio files locally using whisperfile without setup.
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Why it’s trending
- 2 stars so far today, about 5 expected by the end of the day.
- GitHub Trending C++ today: #4, +10 stars.
Stars per day
Bars are daily stars, the line is the usual pace. Red marks spike days.
Numbers
- Total stars
- 26,022
- Today
- 2 · ≈ 6 by evening
- Forks
- 1,606
- Issues and pull requests
- 885
- Watchers
- 232
- Language
- C++
- Latest release
- 0.10.6 · September 15, 2026
- Created
- September 10, 2023
- Last push
- September 22, 2026
Star trust
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- September 22, 2026GitHub Trending C++ today: #4, +10 stars
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