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type: Glossary Term
title: GGUF Format
description: "GGUF is a file format for storing quantized large language models, designed for efficient loading and inference. It replaced the older GGML format and is widely"
resource: "https://www.contextstudios.ai/glossary/gguf-format"
category: tech
language: en
timestamp: "2026-02-19T12:36:51.913Z"
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# GGUF Format

GGUF is a file format for storing quantized large language models, designed for efficient loading and inference. It replaced the older GGML format and is widely used by tools like llama.cpp and Ollama for running models locally.

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