The llamafile leverages the Cosmopolitan framework, which allows for a build-once-run-anywhere approach. Sample binaries are available for different LLMs, but for Windows platforms, only the LLaVA 1.5 will run due to the 4 GB limit on executable files. The llamafile is a significant development in the running of self-hosted LLMs.
Key takeaways:
- Mozilla’s innovation group has released llamafile, an open source method that turns a set of weights into a single binary that can run on six different OSes without needing to be installed.
- This method makes it easier to distribute and run Large Language Models (LLMs), and ensures that a particular version of LLM remains consistent and reproducible.
- The creation of llamafile was made possible by the work of Justine Tunney, creator of Cosmopolitan, a build-once-run-anywhere framework, and llama.cpp.
- There are sample binaries available using the Mistral-7B, WizardCoder-Python-13B, and LLaVA 1.5 LLMs, but only the LLaVA 1.5 will run on a Windows platform due to the 4 GB limit on executable files that Windows has.