{"slug": "after-3-5-years-llama-cpp-finally-calls-itself-1-0", "title": "After 3.5 years, llama.cpp finally calls itself 1.0", "summary": "Georgi Gerganov released llama.cpp and ggml v1.0.0 on November 13th, putting the C/C++ inference libraries behind much of local AI on formal semantic versioning for the first time in the project's 3.5-year history. The release covers libllama and libggml, with breaking API and ABI changes now tied to major version numbers.", "body_md": "# After 3.5 years, llama.cpp finally calls itself 1.0\n\n**Georgi Gerganov's libllama and libggml get formal semantic versioning on November 13th, with breaking API and ABI changes now tied to major releases.**\n\n        By [Ryan Merket](https://runtimewire.com/author/ryan-merket)\n        · Published \n        · Updated \n\nGeorgi Gerganov released llama.cpp and ggml v1.0.0 on November 13th, putting the C/C++ inference libraries behind much of local AI on formal semantic versioning for the first time in the project's 3.5-year history.…", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/after-3-5-years-llama-cpp-finally-calls-itself-1-0", "canonical_source": "https://runtimewire.com/article/llama-cpp-v1-semantic-versioning-gerganov", "published_at": "2026-11-13 20:20:24+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-11-13 22:22:48.395179+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["artificial-intelligence", "ai-infrastructure", "ai-tools", "developer-tools", "large-language-models"], "entities": ["llama.cpp", "ggml", "Georgi Gerganov", "libllama", "libggml"], "also_reported_by": [], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/after-3-5-years-llama-cpp-finally-calls-itself-1-0", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/after-3-5-years-llama-cpp-finally-calls-itself-1-0.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/after-3-5-years-llama-cpp-finally-calls-itself-1-0.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/after-3-5-years-llama-cpp-finally-calls-itself-1-0.jsonld"}}