Format
GGML Universal File (GGUF)
Summary
- Name
- GGML Universal File (GGUF)
- Version
- 3
- Identifiers
- PUID: fmt/2098
- Format type
- Dataset
- Description
- GGUF is a binary file format for storing large language model weights, metadata, and tokeniser data in a single self-contained file, designed for efficient loading and inference on consumer hardware. It was introduced in August 2023 by the llama.cpp project as a successor to earlier formats.
- File extensions
-
gguf - Submitted by
- Preservica / Preservica
Relationships
- Is subsequent version of
Internal signatures
GGUF 3
- Description
- BOF, offset 0: 'GGUF', followed by 4 byte version indicator 0x03000000
Byte sequences
- Min Frag Length
- Absolute from BOF
- Offset
- 0
- Max offset
- 0
- Byte Sequence
4747554603000000- Endianness
- None
Changelog
-
V123
- Release date
- 9 June 2026
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Added format
GGML Universal File (GGUF) 3: Full entry added. Submitted by Preservica.
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Added signature
GGML Universal File (GGUF) 3: Signature researched and samples provided by Preservica.