---
tags:
- not-for-all-audiences
- llama-cpp
- gguf-my-repo
---

# DavidAU/llama-2-16b-nastychat-Q6_K-GGUF
This model was converted to GGUF format from [`chargoddard/llama-2-16b-nastychat`](https://huggingface.co/chargoddard/llama-2-16b-nastychat) using llama.cpp via the ggml.ai's [GGUF-my-repo](https://huggingface.co/spaces/ggml-org/gguf-my-repo) space.
Refer to the [original model card](https://huggingface.co/chargoddard/llama-2-16b-nastychat) for more details on the model.
## Use with llama.cpp

Install llama.cpp through brew.

```bash
brew install ggerganov/ggerganov/llama.cpp
```
Invoke the llama.cpp server or the CLI.

CLI:

```bash
llama-cli --hf-repo DavidAU/llama-2-16b-nastychat-Q6_K-GGUF --model llama-2-16b-nastychat.Q6_K.gguf -p "The meaning to life and the universe is"
```

Server:

```bash
llama-server --hf-repo DavidAU/llama-2-16b-nastychat-Q6_K-GGUF --model llama-2-16b-nastychat.Q6_K.gguf -c 2048
```

Note: You can also use this checkpoint directly through the [usage steps](https://github.com/ggerganov/llama.cpp?tab=readme-ov-file#usage) listed in the Llama.cpp repo as well.

```
git clone https://github.com/ggerganov/llama.cpp &&             cd llama.cpp &&             make &&             ./main -m llama-2-16b-nastychat.Q6_K.gguf -n 128
```

---

<h2>Special Thanks:</h2>

---

Special thanks to all the following, and many more...

All the model makers, fine tuners, mergers, and tweakers:
- Provides the raw "DNA" for almost all my models.
- Sources of model(s) can be found on the repo pages, especially the "source" repos with link(s) to the model creator(s).

Huggingface [ https://huggingface.co ] :
- The place to store, merge, and tune models endlessly.
- THE reason we have an open source community.

LlamaCPP [ https://github.com/ggml-org/llama.cpp ] :
- The ability to compress and run models on GPU(s), CPU(s) and almost all devices.
- Imatrix, Quantization, and other tools to tune the quants and the models.
- Llama-Server : A cli based direct interface to run GGUF models.
- The only tool I use to quant models.

Quant-Masters: Team Mradermacher, Bartowski, and many others:
- Quant models day and night for us all to use.
- They are the lifeblood of open source access.

MergeKit [ https://github.com/arcee-ai/mergekit ] :
- The universal online/offline tool to merge models together and forge something new.
- Over 20 methods to almost instantly merge model, pull them apart and put them together again.
- The tool I have used to create over 1500 models.

Lmstudio [ https://lmstudio.ai/ ] :
- The go to tool to test and run models in GGUF format.
- The Tool I use to test/refine and evaluate new models.
- LMStudio forum on discord; endless info and community for open source.

Text Generation Webui // KolboldCPP // SillyTavern:
- Excellent tools to run GGUF models with - [  https://github.com/oobabooga/text-generation-webui ] [ https://github.com/LostRuins/koboldcpp ] .
- Sillytavern [ https://github.com/SillyTavern/SillyTavern ] can be used with LMSTudio [ https://lmstudio.ai/ ] , TextGen [ https://github.com/oobabooga/text-generation-webui ], Kolboldcpp [ https://github.com/LostRuins/koboldcpp ], Llama-Server [part of LLAMAcpp] as a off the scale front end control system and interface to work with models.