ggml

ggml is an open-source tensor library designed for efficient machine learning computation with a focus on running models locally and with minimal dependencies. Written primarily in C and C++, the library provides low-level tensor operations and automatic differentiation that allow developers to implement machine learning algorithms and neural networks efficiently. The project emphasizes portability and performance, enabling machine learning inference across a wide range of hardware environments including CPUs and specialized accelerators. It is widely used as a foundational component in projects that run large language models locally, including tools that perform inference for transformer-based models. The library also implements optimization algorithms and computation graph functionality so developers can build training and inference workflows directly on top of its tensor operations.