--- title: GGUF, the long way around | daily.dev description: Vicki Boykis explores the GGUF format used by llama.cpp, which fixed design flaws in GGML and is now the default format. The post also discusses PyTorch models... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/gguf-the-long-way-around-rcuohere2 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: GGUF, the long way around | daily.dev og:description: Vicki Boykis explores the GGUF format used by llama.cpp, which fixed design flaws in GGML and is now the default format. The post also discusses PyTorch models... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/gguf-the-long-way-around-rcuohere2 og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/RcuOHerE2.png og:image:alt: GGUF, the long way around og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # GGUF, the long way around **[Simon Willison](https://daily.dev/sources/simonwillison)** · 1 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Vicki Boykis explores the GGUF format used by llama.cpp, which fixed design flaws in GGML and is now the default format. The post also discusses PyTorch models and their traditional persistence using Python pickle. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: --- Tags: [#ai](https://daily.dev/tags/ai), [#genai](https://daily.dev/tags/genai), [#llama](https://daily.dev/tags/llama), [#llama-cpp](https://daily.dev/tags/llama-cpp), [#llm](https://daily.dev/tags/llm), [#pytorch](https://daily.dev/tags/pytorch) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/gguf-the-long-way-around-rcuohere2) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"GGUF, the long way around","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/gguf-the-long-way-around-rcuohere2","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/gguf-the-long-way-around-rcuohere2"},"datePublished":"2024-02-29T21:44:47.970Z","dateModified":"2026-05-14T02:15:09.662Z","description":"Vicki Boykis explores the GGUF format used by llama.cpp, which fixed design flaws in GGML and is now the default format. The post also discusses PyTorch models...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--58gMhC4P--/f_auto/v1722860399/public/Placeholder%2012","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--58gMhC4P--/f_auto/v1722860399/public/Placeholder%2012","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"Simon Willison","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Simon Willison","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/t_logo,f_auto/v1/logos/cf12b897300740218b35f49a6309ec5b","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/simonwillison"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/gguf-the-long-way-around-rcuohere2","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":0},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"ai,genai,llama,llama-cpp,llm,pytorch","timeRequired":"PT1M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Simon Willison","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/simonwillison"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"GGUF, the long way around"}]} ```