Show HN: Llama.cpp Tutorial 2026: Run GGUF Models Locally on CPU and GPU

Posted by anju-kushwaha on Friday April 17, 2026 @08:37PM
from the show-hn dept.

Complete llama.cpp tutorial for 2026. Install, compile with CUDA/Metal, run GGUF models, tune all inference flags, use the API server, speculative decoding, and benchmark your hardware.

https://vucense.com/dev-corner/llama-cpp-tutorial-run-gguf-m...

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Re:Show HN: Llama.cpp Tutorial 2026: Run GGUF Models Locally... by CableNinja on Saturday April 18, 2026 @11:09AM (#47816506)

Ive been trying to run local, effectively followed this guide (before the guide existed), and have not had any success. Llama builds fine, and then when i start it up, it just indefinitely spins its progress bar. I left it sit for 3 days and nada.

Running on an 8core 12gb ram vm, which has an amd rx5500xt (8gb) passed through. ROCm built, llama built with the correct flags.

What am i missing?

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Re:Show HN: Llama.cpp Tutorial 2026: Run GGUF Models Locally... by washadjeffmad on Saturday April 18, 2026 @11:41AM (#47816775)

Logs to troubleshoot, for starters.

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Re:Show HN: Llama.cpp Tutorial 2026: Run GGUF Models Locally... by goran-j on Tuesday April 21, 2026 @09:05AM (#47848244)

great tutorial

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Re:Show HN: Llama.cpp Tutorial 2026: Run GGUF Models Locally... by ksato1234 on Thursday April 23, 2026 @02:46AM (#47872842)

I was just looking for a comprehensive website like this. Thank you

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