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⚡ Pure-Rust WebGPU inference engine — OpenAI-API compatible, GGUF native, runs on any GPU. No Python. No llama.cpp. Single binary.

by Michael-A-Kuykendall · GitHub
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Run AI models on any GPU without needing Python, using a simple command-line tool.

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⚡ Pure-Rust WebGPU inference engine — OpenAI-API compatible, GGUF native, runs on any GPU. No Python. No llama.cpp. Single binary.

shimmy has 5.6k stars on GitHub. It has been forked 543 times. shimmy is written mainly in Rust. It has been in active development since 2025. shimmy is available under the Apache-2.0 license. Its main topics are api-server, command-line-tool, developer-tools, gguf.

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What is shimmy?

⚡ Pure-Rust WebGPU inference engine — OpenAI-API compatible, GGUF native, runs on any GPU. No Python. No llama.cpp. Single binary.

Is shimmy open source?

shimmy is an open-source project. It is released under the Apache-2.0 license.

Is shimmy free?

Yes. shimmy is free and open source — you can use, modify and self-host it.

What license does shimmy use?

shimmy is available under the Apache-2.0 license.

What language is shimmy written in?

shimmy is written mainly in Rust.

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