How to use from
llama.cpp
Install from brew
brew install llama.cpp
# Start a local OpenAI-compatible server with a web UI:
llama-server -hf John1604/Qwen3-VL-8B-Instruct-gguf:
# Run inference directly in the terminal:
llama-cli -hf John1604/Qwen3-VL-8B-Instruct-gguf:
Install from WinGet (Windows)
winget install llama.cpp
# Start a local OpenAI-compatible server with a web UI:
llama-server -hf John1604/Qwen3-VL-8B-Instruct-gguf:
# Run inference directly in the terminal:
llama-cli -hf John1604/Qwen3-VL-8B-Instruct-gguf:
Use pre-built binary
# Download pre-built binary from:
# https://github.com/ggerganov/llama.cpp/releases
# Start a local OpenAI-compatible server with a web UI:
./llama-server -hf John1604/Qwen3-VL-8B-Instruct-gguf:
# Run inference directly in the terminal:
./llama-cli -hf John1604/Qwen3-VL-8B-Instruct-gguf:
Build from source code
git clone https://github.com/ggerganov/llama.cpp.git
cd llama.cpp
cmake -B build
cmake --build build -j --target llama-server llama-cli
# Start a local OpenAI-compatible server with a web UI:
./build/bin/llama-server -hf John1604/Qwen3-VL-8B-Instruct-gguf:
# Run inference directly in the terminal:
./build/bin/llama-cli -hf John1604/Qwen3-VL-8B-Instruct-gguf:
Use Docker
docker model run hf.co/John1604/Qwen3-VL-8B-Instruct-gguf:
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**Q5 ** 5-bit ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ High Excellent general-purpose quant
**Q6_K ** 6-bit ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ Very High Almost FP16 quality, larger size
**Q8 ** 8-bit ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ Near-lossless baseline
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