llama.cpp/gguf-py

gguf

This is a Python package for writing binary files in the GGUF (GGML Universal File) format.

See convert-llama-hf-to-gguf.py as an example for its usage.

Installation

pip install gguf

Development

Maintainers who participate in development of this package are advised to install it in editable mode:

cd /path/to/llama.cpp/gguf-py

pip install --editable .

Note: This may require to upgrade your Pip installation, with a message saying that editable installation currently requires setup.py. In this case, upgrade Pip to the latest:

pip install --upgrade pip

Publishing

To publish the package, you need to have twine and build installed:

pip install build twine

Then, folow these steps to release a new version:

1. Update the version in pyproject.toml.

2. Build the package:

   python -m build
   

3. Upload the generated distribution archives:

   python -m twine upload dist/*
   

TODO

• Add tests
• Include conversion scripts as command line entry points in this package.
• Add CI workflow for releasing the package.