--- title: Three AI engines walk into a bar in single file... description: Leonardo Russo released llama3pure, a set of three dependency-free inference engines for running local ML models in C, Node.js, and browser JavaScript. Unlike... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/three-ai-engines-walk-into-a-bar-in-single-file--3r8oipgq1 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Three AI engines walk into a bar in single file... | daily.dev og:description: Leonardo Russo released llama3pure, a set of three dependency-free inference engines for running local ML models in C, Node.js, and browser JavaScript. Unlike... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/three-ai-engines-walk-into-a-bar-in-single-file--3r8oipgq1 og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/3r8OIPgQ1.png og:image:alt: Three AI engines walk into a bar in single file... 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. # Three AI engines walk into a bar in single file... **[The Register](https://daily.dev/sources/theregister)** · 5 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Leonardo Russo released llama3pure, a set of three dependency-free inference engines for running local ML models in C, Node.js, and browser JavaScript. Unlike llama.cpp which prioritizes performance, llama3pure focuses on educational transparency by providing single-file implementations that make the logic of GGUF file parsing and token generation easily understandable. The engines support Llama and Gemma architectures, with testing up to 8B parameters for Llama and 4B for Gemma, limited primarily by available RAM. Russo positions this as a tool for developers who need architectural clarity, legacy hardware compatibility, or isolated implementations without dependency conflicts. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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