Why do dozens of llama.cpp hard forks never merge upstream? Devs question the trend
wombweed · reddit · 2026-09-29
A developer questions the proliferation of llama.cpp hard forks that target specific GPU architectures with "optimized" branding but show no intent to open PRs against upstream, asking whether there's a practical reason beyond self-promotion — highlighting growing fragmentation in the local inference ecosystem.
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