Llama App (Hugging Face)

The official desktop app for llama.cpp: pick a model, download it with one click and chat locally.

DifficultyBeginner

HardwareCPU is enough for small models · 16 GB RAM or a GPU makes it much smoother

LicenseMIT (llama.cpp and Llama Windows)

LinksWebsite · GitHub

Llama App puts the llama.cpp engine into a small app in your menu bar (Mac) or system tray (Windows 11). You pick a recommended model from the Hugging Face Hub, download it with one click and chat through a web UI – no cloud, no account. On Linux, and for command-line fans, there's the "llama" command, which runs models straight from Hugging Face and can optionally provide an OpenAI-compatible API.

How to try it

Commands from the official guides – just copy them.

Linux

# Install the command-line version (there's no desktop app for Linux yet)
curl -LsSf https://llama.app/install.sh | sh
# In a new terminal, check that everything worked
llama --version
# Chat with a model in the terminal
llama cli -hf LiquidAI/LFM3-Omni-2B-GGUF
# Or: start the web UI and OpenAI-compatible API
llama serve -hf LiquidAI/LFM3-Omni-2B-GGUF

macOS

# Download and install the desktop app (it then lives in your menu bar):
# https://llama.app/download/mac
# Or install just the command line
curl -LsSf https://llama.app/install.sh | sh
# Check in a new terminal
llama --version

Windows (PowerShell)

# Download the desktop app for Windows 11 (it then lives in your system tray):
# https://llama.app/download/windows
# (or double-click the .msixbundle from https://github.com/ggml-org/Llama-Windows/releases)
# Or install just the command line in PowerShell
irm https://llama.app/install.ps1 | iex
# Check in a new terminal
llama --version

Commands from the official guide. New in the Toolbox since Nov 14, 2026.

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