How does GGUF work?

The format succeeded the original GGML format in 2023, adding richer metadata, better forward compatibility, and support for more quantization schemes. GGUF supports quantization precisions including Q2_K, Q3_K, Q4_K_M, Q4_K_S, Q5_K_M, Q6_K, Q8_0, and full FP16/BF16, with the K-quant family offering best quality-per-bit through mixed-precision block quantization. The platform strengthens enterprise re