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LlamaCppLLM

llama.cpp LLM implementation running the Python bindings for the C++ code.

Attributes

  • model_path: contains the path to the GGUF quantized model, compatible with the installed version of the llama.cpp Python bindings.

  • n_gpu_layers: the number of layers to use for the GPU. Defaults to -1, meaning that the available GPU device will be used.

  • chat_format: the chat format to use for the model. Defaults to None, which means the Llama format will be used.

  • n_ctx: the context size to use for the model. Defaults to 512.

  • n_batch: the prompt processing maximum batch size to use for the model. Defaults to 512.

  • seed: random seed to use for the generation. Defaults to 4294967295.

  • verbose: whether to print verbose output. Defaults to False.

  • structured_output: a dictionary containing the structured output configuration or if more fine-grained control is needed, an instance of OutlinesStructuredOutput. Defaults to None.

  • extra_kwargs: additional dictionary of keyword arguments that will be passed to the Llama class of llama_cpp library. Defaults to {}.

  • _model: the Llama model instance. This attribute is meant to be used internally and should not be accessed directly. It will be set in the load method.

Runtime Parameters

  • model_path: the path to the GGUF quantized model.

  • n_gpu_layers: the number of layers to use for the GPU. Defaults to -1.

  • chat_format: the chat format to use for the model. Defaults to None.

  • verbose: whether to print verbose output. Defaults to False.

  • extra_kwargs: additional dictionary of keyword arguments that will be passed to the Llama class of llama_cpp library. Defaults to {}.

Examples

Generate text

from pathlib import Path
from distilabel.llms import LlamaCppLLM

# You can follow along this example downloading the following model running the following
# command in the terminal, that will download the model to the `Downloads` folder:
# curl -L -o ~/Downloads/openhermes-2.5-mistral-7b.Q4_K_M.gguf https://huggingface.co/TheBloke/OpenHermes-2.5-Mistral-7B-GGUF/resolve/main/openhermes-2.5-mistral-7b.Q4_K_M.gguf

model_path = "Downloads/openhermes-2.5-mistral-7b.Q4_K_M.gguf"

llm = LlamaCppLLM(
    model_path=str(Path.home() / model_path),
    n_gpu_layers=-1,  # To use the GPU if available
    n_ctx=1024,       # Set the context size
)

llm.load()

# Call the model
output = llm.generate_outputs(inputs=[[{"role": "user", "content": "Hello world!"}]])

Generate structured data

from pathlib import Path
from distilabel.llms import LlamaCppLLM

model_path = "Downloads/openhermes-2.5-mistral-7b.Q4_K_M.gguf"

class User(BaseModel):
    name: str
    last_name: str
    id: int

llm = LlamaCppLLM(
    model_path=str(Path.home() / model_path),  # type: ignore
    n_gpu_layers=-1,
    n_ctx=1024,
    structured_output={"format": "json", "schema": Character},
)

llm.load()

# Call the model
output = llm.generate_outputs(inputs=[[{"role": "user", "content": "Create a user profile for the following marathon"}]])

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