llm.c is a high-performance C/CUDA implementation for LLM pretraining that eliminates heavy dependencies (PyTorch, Python) while achieving 7% faster performance than PyTorch Nightly. It provides clean reference implementations for reproducing GPT-2/GPT-3 models with both GPU (CUDA) and CPU code paths, making it valuable for understanding model training mechanics and CUDA optimization.
llamafile 0.10.0 update from Mozilla.ai enables distributing and running open LLMs as single-file executables across platforms with no installation required, now with improved alignment to latest llama.cpp versions and support for more recent models. The tool also includes whisperfile for single-file speech-to-text capabilities, making local LLM deployment significantly more accessible for developers.