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KoboldCpp - Run GGUF AI models locally with a KoboldAI UI. One File. Zero Install.
34 mentions on Hacker News by 18 people: 4 stories, 30 comments · first 2023-04-07 · latest 2026-06-28
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Rolling build of Koboldcpp now supports Krea2: * https://github.com/LostRuins/koboldcpp/releases/tag/rolling Model weights: * https://github.com/leejet/stable-diffusion.cpp/blob/master/d... In the launcher GUI, select 'Image Gen' and set…
comment by Eisenstein · 2026-06-25 · in Krea 2: SOTA open-weights 12B image model -
…supports image generation, but you will have to wait for the next release for Krea2 support. * https://github.com/LostRuins/koboldcpp
comment by Eisenstein · 2026-06-25 · in Krea 2: SOTA open-weights 12B image model -
…a kcppt file and open that and it will download everything you need and load it for you. Engine: * https://github.com/LostRuins/koboldcpp/releases/latest/ Kcppt files: * https://huggingface.co/koboldcpp/kcppt/tree/main
comment by Eisenstein · 2026-02-10 · in Qwen-Image-2.0: Professional infographics, exquisite photorealism -
Try koboldcpp with the kcppt config file. The easiest way by far. Download the release here * https://github.com/LostRuins/koboldcpp/releases/tag/v1.103 Download the config file here * https://huggingface.co/koboldcpp/kcppt/resolve/main/z-i…
comment by Eisenstein · 2025-12-07 · in Z-Image: Powerful and highly efficient image generation model with 6B parameters -
…bypassing the GUI; I've successfully run it as a system service on Windows using nssm. https://github.com/LostRuins/koboldcpp/releases Though there are a lot of roleplay-centric gimmicks in its feature set, its context-shifting feature is…
comment by rhet0rica · 2025-06-25 · in MCP in LM Studio -
…/github.com/ggerganov/llama.cpp/blob/master/docs/dock... has a docker image but no examples to run it https://github.com/LostRuins/koboldcpp?tab=readme-ov-file#do... docker image was broken for me on 7800xt running rhel9…
comment by qamononep · 2024-10-02 · in AMD GPU Inference -
…Model weights: MiniCPM-V-2_6-Q6_K_L.gguf, mmproj-MiniCPM-V-2_6-f16.gguf Inference: * https://github.com/LostRuins/koboldcpp/releases/tag/v1.75.2
comment by Eisenstein · 2024-09-26 · in Llama 3.2: Revolutionizing edge AI and vision with open, customizable models -
…' Set anything you want as an API key. Now you have a truly local version. * https://github.com/LostRuins/koboldcpp/releases * https://huggingface.co/bartowski/Meta-Llama-3.1-8B-Instruct-... * https://github.com/LostRuins/koboldcpp/blo
comment by Eisenstein · 2024-09-18 · in Scramble: Open-Source Alternative to Grammarly -
…for distributed compute. 1 - https://www.deepbrainchain.org/ 2 - https://horde.koboldai.net/ 3 - https://github.com/LostRuins/koboldcpp
comment by InitEnabler · 2024-04-24 · in Any Online Communities on Local/Home AI? -
…integrates Clip with a llama model. Koboldcpp can now do this with many models out of the box: * https://github.com/LostRuins/koboldcpp/releases/tag/v1.61.2
comment by Eisenstein · 2024-04-02 · in LLaMA now goes faster on CPUs -
…- https://github.com/ollama-webui/ollama-webui - https://github.com/Chainlit/chainlit - https://github.com/LostRuins/koboldcpp - https://github.com/ParisNeo/lollms-webui/
comment by smnscu · 2024-02-28 · in Show HN: I made an app to use local AI as daily driver -
…- https://pinokio.computer - https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/ai-on-rtx/chat-with-rtx-generat... - https://github.com/LostRuins/koboldcpp Misc: - https://faraday.dev (AI Characters): No UI / Command line (not for me): - https://ollama.com -…
comment by pentagrama · 2024-02-28 · in Show HN: I made an app to use local AI as daily driver -
…react to your input. There's also SillyTavern that I have yet to try out. - https://faraday.dev/ - https://github.com/LostRuins/koboldcpp - https://github.com/SillyTavern/SillyTavern
comment by nigma · 2023-11-22 · in LM Studio – Discover, download, and run local LLMs -
…hardware. There are projects like llama.cpp https://github.com/ggerganov/llama.cpp and koboldcpp: https://github.com/LostRuins/koboldcpp that can make running open source models pretty easy. As for where to find the models, you can look at…
comment by KronisLV · 2023-11-17 · in A failed AI girlfriend product, and my lessons -
I got koboldcpp ( https://github.com/LostRuins/koboldcpp ) running locally on my M1 mac with 16gb. Use the guides on http://4chan.org/g/ in the AI Chatbot Thread. In the future, you will own and control access to your very own AI…
comment by narrator · 2023-11-16 · in A failed AI girlfriend product, and my lessons -
…you aren't using it already, as well as some of the "dynamic" sampling like mirostat and dynatemp: https://github.com/LostRuins/koboldcpp/pull/464 I think these should work with nvidia's implementation if you just swap the sampling out…
comment by brucethemoose2 · 2023-10-31 · in Phind Model beats GPT-4 at coding, with GPT-3.5 speed and 16k context -
…and Koboldcpp is the easiest and quite flexible: https://github.com/PygmalionAI/aphrodite-engine https://github.com/LostRuins/koboldcpp Picking a model to host is quite a rabbit hole, but I am very interested in SciPhi and Zephyr at the…
comment by brucethemoose2 · 2023-10-31 · in Mistral 7B,The complete Guide of the Best 7B model -
Koboldcpp has an OpenAI (and kobold api) endpoint now, and supports grammar syntax like you said: https://github.com/LostRuins/koboldcpp The biggest catch is it doesn't support llama.cpp's continuous batching yet. Maybe soon?
comment by brucethemoose2 · 2023-10-11 · in Mistral 7B -
…and literally one click, and KoboldAI, with the very fast and vram-efficient exllamav2 backend: https://github.com/LostRuins/koboldcpp https://github.com/henk717/KoboldAI - Hosts pick a quantized community LLM to run, which is (IMO) the…
comment by brucethemoose2 · 2023-10-09 · in Chat with, and help host, a free community LLM "horde" -
Koboldcpp does this: https://github.com/LostRuins/koboldcpp/releases/tag/v1.44.2 They basically just ship executables for different llama.cpp backends and select the correct one with a python script, which is fine, as the executables are…
comment by brucethemoose2 · 2023-09-26 · in Ollama for Linux – Run LLMs on Linux with GPU Acceleration -
Also https://github.com/LostRuins/koboldcpp The UI is relatively mature, as it predates llama. It includes upstream llama.cpp PRs, integrated AI horde support, lots of sampling tuning knobs, easy gpu/cpu offloading, and its basically…
comment by brucethemoose2 · 2023-08-28 · in ChatGPT Enterprise -
…Some projects to look into are * llama.cpp - https://github.com/ggerganov/llama.cpp * KoboldCpp - https://github.com/LostRuins/koboldcpp * GPT4All - https://gpt4all.io/index.html llama.ccp will run LLMs that have been ported to the gguf…
comment by loudmax · 2023-08-28 · in Continue with LocalAI: An alternative to GitHub's Copilot that runs locally -
…the model that you will see on TheBloke's download page for the model (very important). KoboldCPP: https://github.com/LostRuins/koboldcpp TheBloke: https://huggingface.co/TheBloke I would start with a 13b or 7b model quantized to 4-bits…
comment by Aerroon · 2023-08-17 · in Why host your own LLM? -
…do it. * koboldcpp might be better, I just haven't tried it yet Hope that helps! Edit: just tried https://github.com/LostRuins/koboldcpp and it also works great. I should have started here probably. Compile with `make LLAMA_CLBLAST=1` run…
comment by throwing_away · 2023-08-16 · in How Is LLaMa.cpp Possible? -
Path of least resistance: - Download koboldcpp: https://github.com/LostRuins/koboldcpp - Download your 70B ggml model of choice, for instance airoboros 70B Q3_K_L: https://huggingface.co/models?sort=modified&search=70b+ggml - Run Koboldcpp…
comment by brucethemoose2 · 2023-08-16 · in How Is LLaMa.cpp Possible? -
…even a small laptop one, prompt ingestion is dramatically faster. Try the latest Kobold release: https://github.com/LostRuins/koboldcpp But to answer your question, the GGML CPU implementation is very good, and actually generating the…
comment by brucethemoose2 · 2023-08-07 · in Ask HN: How is Llama-2 optimized so much? -
…a ggml file and then running it with koboldcpp (with opencl offloading) for maximum ease of use. https://github.com/LostRuins/koboldcpp You could get even better results using Japanese llama.cpp grammar, but I have not been down that…
comment by brucethemoose2 · 2023-07-28 · in Ask HN: Are there any LLMs specialised in translating Japanese to English? -
…server also has good guides to help you get going, linked in the model card of most of his models. https://github.com/LostRuins/koboldcpp https://huggingface.co/TheBloke Edit: There's a bug with the newest Nvidia drivers that causes speed…
comment by knaik94 · 2023-06-18 · in OpenLLaMA 13B Released -
…The pipeline is still relatively new though and is a bit involved. https://koboldai.org/discord https://github.com/LostRuins/koboldcpp
comment by knaik94 · 2023-06-18 · in OpenLLaMA 13B Released -
There are many UIs for running locally, but the easiest is koboldcpp: https://github.com/LostRuins/koboldcpp Its a llama.cpp wrapper descended from the roleplaying community, but works fine (and performantly) for questioning and such. You…
comment by brucethemoose2 · 2023-06-18 · in OpenLLaMA 13B Released