server : update docs

docs/multimodal.md

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ llama.cpp supports multimodal input via `libmtmd`. Currently, there are 2 tools
 
 To enable it, can use use one of the 2 methods below:
 
-- Use `-hf` option with a [supported model](../../docs/multimodal.md)
+- Use `-hf` option with a supported model (see a list of pre-quantized model below)
     - To load a model using `-hf` while disabling multimodal, use `--no-mmproj`
     - To load a model using `-hf` while using a custom mmproj file, use `--mmproj local_file.gguf`
 - Use `-m model.gguf` option with `--mmproj file.gguf` to specify text and multimodal projector respectively

tools/server/README.md

@@ -7,13 +7,15 @@ Set of LLM REST APIs and a simple web front end to interact with llama.cpp.
 **Features:**
  * LLM inference of F16 and quantized models on GPU and CPU
  * [OpenAI API](https://github.com/openai/openai-openapi) compatible chat completions and embeddings routes
- * Reranking endoint (WIP: https://github.com/ggml-org/llama.cpp/pull/9510)
+ * Reranking endoint (https://github.com/ggml-org/llama.cpp/pull/9510)
  * Parallel decoding with multi-user support
  * Continuous batching
- * Multimodal (wip)
+ * Multimodal ([documentation](../../docs/multimodal.md)) / with OpenAI-compatible API support
  * Monitoring endpoints
  * Schema-constrained JSON response format
  * [Function calling](../../docs/function-calling.md) / tool use for ~any model
+ * Speculative decoding
+ * Easy-to-use web UI
 
 The project is under active development, and we are [looking for feedback and contributors](https://github.com/ggml-org/llama.cpp/issues/4216).
 
@@ -27,6 +29,7 @@ The project is under active development, and we are [looking for feedback and co
 | -------- | ----------- |
 | `-h, --help, --usage` | print usage and exit |
 | `--version` | show version and build info |
+| `--completion-bash` | print source-able bash completion script for llama.cpp |
 | `--verbose-prompt` | print a verbose prompt before generation (default: false) |
 | `-t, --threads N` | number of threads to use during generation (default: -1)<br/>(env: LLAMA_ARG_THREADS) |
 | `-tb, --threads-batch N` | number of threads to use during batch and prompt processing (default: same as --threads) |
@@ -41,7 +44,7 @@ The project is under active development, and we are [looking for feedback and co
 | `--prio-batch N` | set process/thread priority : 0-normal, 1-medium, 2-high, 3-realtime (default: 0)<br/> |
 | `--poll-batch <0\|1>` | use polling to wait for work (default: same as --poll) |
 | `-c, --ctx-size N` | size of the prompt context (default: 4096, 0 = loaded from model)<br/>(env: LLAMA_ARG_CTX_SIZE) |
-| `-n, --predict, --n-predict N` | number of tokens to predict (default: -1, -1 = infinity, -2 = until context filled)<br/>(env: LLAMA_ARG_N_PREDICT) |
+| `-n, --predict, --n-predict N` | number of tokens to predict (default: -1, -1 = infinity)<br/>(env: LLAMA_ARG_N_PREDICT) |
 | `-b, --batch-size N` | logical maximum batch size (default: 2048)<br/>(env: LLAMA_ARG_BATCH) |
 | `-ub, --ubatch-size N` | physical maximum batch size (default: 512)<br/>(env: LLAMA_ARG_UBATCH) |
 | `--keep N` | number of tokens to keep from the initial prompt (default: 0, -1 = all) |
@@ -69,6 +72,7 @@ The project is under active development, and we are [looking for feedback and co
 | `--numa TYPE` | attempt optimizations that help on some NUMA systems<br/>- distribute: spread execution evenly over all nodes<br/>- isolate: only spawn threads on CPUs on the node that execution started on<br/>- numactl: use the CPU map provided by numactl<br/>if run without this previously, it is recommended to drop the system page cache before using this<br/>see https://github.com/ggml-org/llama.cpp/issues/1437<br/>(env: LLAMA_ARG_NUMA) |
 | `-dev, --device <dev1,dev2,..>` | comma-separated list of devices to use for offloading (none = don't offload)<br/>use --list-devices to see a list of available devices<br/>(env: LLAMA_ARG_DEVICE) |
 | `--list-devices` | print list of available devices and exit |
+| `--override-tensor, -ot <tensor name pattern>=<buffer type>,...` | override tensor buffer type |
 | `-ngl, --gpu-layers, --n-gpu-layers N` | number of layers to store in VRAM<br/>(env: LLAMA_ARG_N_GPU_LAYERS) |
 | `-sm, --split-mode {none,layer,row}` | how to split the model across multiple GPUs, one of:<br/>- none: use one GPU only<br/>- layer (default): split layers and KV across GPUs<br/>- row: split rows across GPUs<br/>(env: LLAMA_ARG_SPLIT_MODE) |
 | `-ts, --tensor-split N0,N1,N2,...` | fraction of the model to offload to each GPU, comma-separated list of proportions, e.g. 3,1<br/>(env: LLAMA_ARG_TENSOR_SPLIT) |
@@ -82,25 +86,28 @@ The project is under active development, and we are [looking for feedback and co
 | `--control-vector-layer-range START END` | layer range to apply the control vector(s) to, start and end inclusive |
 | `-m, --model FNAME` | model path (default: `models/$filename` with filename from `--hf-file` or `--model-url` if set, otherwise models/7B/ggml-model-f16.gguf)<br/>(env: LLAMA_ARG_MODEL) |
 | `-mu, --model-url MODEL_URL` | model download url (default: unused)<br/>(env: LLAMA_ARG_MODEL_URL) |
-| `-hfr, --hf-repo REPO` | Hugging Face model repository (default: unused)<br/>(env: LLAMA_ARG_HF_REPO) |
-| `-hff, --hf-file FILE` | Hugging Face model file (default: unused)<br/>(env: LLAMA_ARG_HF_FILE) |
+| `-hf, -hfr, --hf-repo <user>/<model>[:quant]` | Hugging Face model repository; quant is optional, case-insensitive, default to Q4_K_M, or falls back to the first file in the repo if Q4_K_M doesn't exist.<br/>mmproj is also downloaded automatically if available. to disable, add --no-mmproj<br/>example: unsloth/phi-4-GGUF:q4_k_m<br/>(default: unused)<br/>(env: LLAMA_ARG_HF_REPO) |
+| `-hfd, -hfrd, --hf-repo-draft <user>/<model>[:quant]` | Same as --hf-repo, but for the draft model (default: unused)<br/>(env: LLAMA_ARG_HFD_REPO) |
+| `-hff, --hf-file FILE` | Hugging Face model file. If specified, it will override the quant in --hf-repo (default: unused)<br/>(env: LLAMA_ARG_HF_FILE) |
+| `-hfv, -hfrv, --hf-repo-v <user>/<model>[:quant]` | Hugging Face model repository for the vocoder model (default: unused)<br/>(env: LLAMA_ARG_HF_REPO_V) |
+| `-hffv, --hf-file-v FILE` | Hugging Face model file for the vocoder model (default: unused)<br/>(env: LLAMA_ARG_HF_FILE_V) |
 | `-hft, --hf-token TOKEN` | Hugging Face access token (default: value from HF_TOKEN environment variable)<br/>(env: HF_TOKEN) |
 | `--log-disable` | Log disable |
 | `--log-file FNAME` | Log to file |
 | `--log-colors` | Enable colored logging<br/>(env: LLAMA_LOG_COLORS) |
 | `-v, --verbose, --log-verbose` | Set verbosity level to infinity (i.e. log all messages, useful for debugging) |
 | `-lv, --verbosity, --log-verbosity N` | Set the verbosity threshold. Messages with a higher verbosity will be ignored.<br/>(env: LLAMA_LOG_VERBOSITY) |
-| `--log-prefix` | Enable prefx in log messages<br/>(env: LLAMA_LOG_PREFIX) |
+| `--log-prefix` | Enable prefix in log messages<br/>(env: LLAMA_LOG_PREFIX) |
 | `--log-timestamps` | Enable timestamps in log messages<br/>(env: LLAMA_LOG_TIMESTAMPS) |
 
 
 **Sampling params**
 
 | Argument | Explanation |
 | -------- | ----------- |
-| `--samplers SAMPLERS` | samplers that will be used for generation in the order, separated by ';'<br/>(default: dry;top_k;typ_p;top_p;min_p;xtc;temperature) |
+| `--samplers SAMPLERS` | samplers that will be used for generation in the order, separated by ';'<br/>(default: penalties;dry;top_n_sigma;top_k;typ_p;top_p;min_p;xtc;temperature) |
 | `-s, --seed SEED` | RNG seed (default: -1, use random seed for -1) |
-| `--sampling-seq SEQUENCE` | simplified sequence for samplers that will be used (default: dkypmxt) |
+| `--sampling-seq, --sampler-seq SEQUENCE` | simplified sequence for samplers that will be used (default: edskypmxt) |
 | `--ignore-eos` | ignore end of stream token and continue generating (implies --logit-bias EOS-inf) |
 | `--temp N` | temperature (default: 0.8) |
 | `--top-k N` | top-k sampling (default: 40, 0 = disabled) |
@@ -127,22 +134,26 @@ The project is under active development, and we are [looking for feedback and co
 | `--grammar GRAMMAR` | BNF-like grammar to constrain generations (see samples in grammars/ dir) (default: '') |
 | `--grammar-file FNAME` | file to read grammar from |
 | `-j, --json-schema SCHEMA` | JSON schema to constrain generations (https://json-schema.org/), e.g. `{}` for any JSON object<br/>For schemas w/ external $refs, use --grammar + example/json_schema_to_grammar.py instead |
-| `--jinja` | Enable experimental Jinja templating engine (required for tool use) |
-| `--reasoning-format FORMAT` | Controls extraction of model thinking traces and the format / field in which they are returned (default: `deepseek`; allowed values: `deepseek`, `none`; requires `--jinja`). `none` will leave thinking traces inline in `message.content` in a model-specific format, while `deepseek` will return them separately under `message.reasoning_content` |
+| `-jf, --json-schema-file FILE` | File containing a JSON schema to constrain generations (https://json-schema.org/), e.g. `{}` for any JSON object<br/>For schemas w/ external $refs, use --grammar + example/json_schema_to_grammar.py instead |
+
 
 **Example-specific params**
 
 | Argument | Explanation |
 | -------- | ----------- |
-| `--no-context-shift` | disables context shift on inifinite text generation (default: disabled)<br/>(env: LLAMA_ARG_NO_CONTEXT_SHIFT) |
+| `--no-context-shift` | disables context shift on infinite text generation (default: disabled)<br/>(env: LLAMA_ARG_NO_CONTEXT_SHIFT) |
 | `-sp, --special` | special tokens output enabled (default: false) |
 | `--no-warmup` | skip warming up the model with an empty run |
 | `--spm-infill` | use Suffix/Prefix/Middle pattern for infill (instead of Prefix/Suffix/Middle) as some models prefer this. (default: disabled) |
 | `--pooling {none,mean,cls,last,rank}` | pooling type for embeddings, use model default if unspecified<br/>(env: LLAMA_ARG_POOLING) |
 | `-cb, --cont-batching` | enable continuous batching (a.k.a dynamic batching) (default: enabled)<br/>(env: LLAMA_ARG_CONT_BATCHING) |
 | `-nocb, --no-cont-batching` | disable continuous batching<br/>(env: LLAMA_ARG_NO_CONT_BATCHING) |
+| `--mmproj FILE` | path to a multimodal projector file. see tools/mtmd/README.md<br/>note: if -hf is used, this argument can be omitted<br/>(env: LLAMA_ARG_MMPROJ) |
+| `--mmproj-url URL` | URL to a multimodal projector file. see tools/mtmd/README.md<br/>(env: LLAMA_ARG_MMPROJ_URL) |
+| `--no-mmproj` | explicitly disable multimodal projector, useful when using -hf<br/>(env: LLAMA_ARG_NO_MMPROJ) |
+| `--no-mmproj-offload` | do not offload multimodal projector to GPU<br/>(env: LLAMA_ARG_NO_MMPROJ_OFFLOAD) |
 | `-a, --alias STRING` | set alias for model name (to be used by REST API)<br/>(env: LLAMA_ARG_ALIAS) |
-| `--host HOST` | ip address to listen (default: 127.0.0.1)<br/>(env: LLAMA_ARG_HOST) |
+| `--host HOST` | ip address to listen, or bind to an UNIX socket if the address ends with .sock (default: 127.0.0.1)<br/>(env: LLAMA_ARG_HOST) |
 | `--port PORT` | port to listen (default: 8080)<br/>(env: LLAMA_ARG_PORT) |
 | `--path PATH` | path to serve static files from (default: )<br/>(env: LLAMA_ARG_STATIC_PATH) |
 | `--no-webui` | Disable the Web UI (default: enabled)<br/>(env: LLAMA_ARG_NO_WEBUI) |
@@ -160,16 +171,29 @@ The project is under active development, and we are [looking for feedback and co
 | `--props` | enable changing global properties via POST /props (default: disabled)<br/>(env: LLAMA_ARG_ENDPOINT_PROPS) |
 | `--no-slots` | disables slots monitoring endpoint<br/>(env: LLAMA_ARG_NO_ENDPOINT_SLOTS) |
 | `--slot-save-path PATH` | path to save slot kv cache (default: disabled) |
-| `--chat-template JINJA_TEMPLATE` | set custom jinja chat template (default: template taken from model's metadata)<br/>if suffix/prefix are specified, template will be disabled<br/>list of built-in templates:<br/>chatglm3, chatglm4, chatml, command-r, deepseek, deepseek2, exaone3, gemma, granite, llama2, llama2-sys, llama2-sys-bos, llama2-sys-strip, llama3, minicpm, mistral-v1, mistral-v3, mistral-v3-tekken, mistral-v7, monarch, openchat, orion, phi3, rwkv-world, vicuna, vicuna-orca, zephyr<br/>(env: LLAMA_ARG_CHAT_TEMPLATE) |
+| `--jinja` | use jinja template for chat (default: disabled)<br/>(env: LLAMA_ARG_JINJA) |
+| `--reasoning-format FORMAT` | reasoning format (default: deepseek; allowed values: deepseek, none)<br/>controls whether thought tags are extracted from the response, and in which format they're returned. 'none' leaves thoughts unparsed in `message.content`, 'deepseek' puts them in `message.reasoning_content` (for DeepSeek R1 & Command R7B only).<br/>only supported for non-streamed responses<br/>(env: LLAMA_ARG_THINK) |
+| `--chat-template JINJA_TEMPLATE` | set custom jinja chat template (default: template taken from model's metadata)<br/>if suffix/prefix are specified, template will be disabled<br/>only commonly used templates are accepted (unless --jinja is set before this flag):<br/>list of built-in templates:<br/>bailing, chatglm3, chatglm4, chatml, command-r, deepseek, deepseek2, deepseek3, exaone3, falcon3, gemma, gigachat, glmedge, granite, llama2, llama2-sys, llama2-sys-bos, llama2-sys-strip, llama3, llama4, megrez, minicpm, mistral-v1, mistral-v3, mistral-v3-tekken, mistral-v7, mistral-v7-tekken, monarch, openchat, orion, phi3, phi4, rwkv-world, smolvlm, vicuna, vicuna-orca, yandex, zephyr<br/>(env: LLAMA_ARG_CHAT_TEMPLATE) |
+| `--chat-template-file JINJA_TEMPLATE_FILE` | set custom jinja chat template file (default: template taken from model's metadata)<br/>if suffix/prefix are specified, template will be disabled<br/>only commonly used templates are accepted (unless --jinja is set before this flag):<br/>list of built-in templates:<br/>bailing, chatglm3, chatglm4, chatml, command-r, deepseek, deepseek2, deepseek3, exaone3, falcon3, gemma, gigachat, glmedge, granite, llama2, llama2-sys, llama2-sys-bos, llama2-sys-strip, llama3, llama4, megrez, minicpm, mistral-v1, mistral-v3, mistral-v3-tekken, mistral-v7, mistral-v7-tekken, monarch, openchat, orion, phi3, phi4, rwkv-world, smolvlm, vicuna, vicuna-orca, yandex, zephyr<br/>(env: LLAMA_ARG_CHAT_TEMPLATE_FILE) |
 | `-sps, --slot-prompt-similarity SIMILARITY` | how much the prompt of a request must match the prompt of a slot in order to use that slot (default: 0.50, 0.0 = disabled)<br/> |
 | `--lora-init-without-apply` | load LoRA adapters without applying them (apply later via POST /lora-adapters) (default: disabled) |
 | `--draft-max, --draft, --draft-n N` | number of tokens to draft for speculative decoding (default: 16)<br/>(env: LLAMA_ARG_DRAFT_MAX) |
-| `--draft-min, --draft-n-min N` | minimum number of draft tokens to use for speculative decoding (default: 5)<br/>(env: LLAMA_ARG_DRAFT_MIN) |
-| `--draft-p-min P` | minimum speculative decoding probability (greedy) (default: 0.9)<br/>(env: LLAMA_ARG_DRAFT_P_MIN) |
+| `--draft-min, --draft-n-min N` | minimum number of draft tokens to use for speculative decoding (default: 0)<br/>(env: LLAMA_ARG_DRAFT_MIN) |
+| `--draft-p-min P` | minimum speculative decoding probability (greedy) (default: 0.8)<br/>(env: LLAMA_ARG_DRAFT_P_MIN) |
 | `-cd, --ctx-size-draft N` | size of the prompt context for the draft model (default: 0, 0 = loaded from model)<br/>(env: LLAMA_ARG_CTX_SIZE_DRAFT) |
 | `-devd, --device-draft <dev1,dev2,..>` | comma-separated list of devices to use for offloading the draft model (none = don't offload)<br/>use --list-devices to see a list of available devices |
 | `-ngld, --gpu-layers-draft, --n-gpu-layers-draft N` | number of layers to store in VRAM for the draft model<br/>(env: LLAMA_ARG_N_GPU_LAYERS_DRAFT) |
 | `-md, --model-draft FNAME` | draft model for speculative decoding (default: unused)<br/>(env: LLAMA_ARG_MODEL_DRAFT) |
+| `-mv, --model-vocoder FNAME` | vocoder model for audio generation (default: unused) |
+| `--tts-use-guide-tokens` | Use guide tokens to improve TTS word recall |
+| `--embd-bge-small-en-default` | use default bge-small-en-v1.5 model (note: can download weights from the internet) |
+| `--embd-e5-small-en-default` | use default e5-small-v2 model (note: can download weights from the internet) |
+| `--embd-gte-small-default` | use default gte-small model (note: can download weights from the internet) |
+| `--fim-qwen-1.5b-default` | use default Qwen 2.5 Coder 1.5B (note: can download weights from the internet) |
+| `--fim-qwen-3b-default` | use default Qwen 2.5 Coder 3B (note: can download weights from the internet) |
+| `--fim-qwen-7b-default` | use default Qwen 2.5 Coder 7B (note: can download weights from the internet) |
+| `--fim-qwen-7b-spec` | use Qwen 2.5 Coder 7B + 0.5B draft for speculative decoding (note: can download weights from the internet) |
+| `--fim-qwen-14b-spec` | use Qwen 2.5 Coder 14B + 0.5B draft for speculative decoding (note: can download weights from the internet) |
 
 
 Note: If both command line argument and environment variable are both set for the same param, the argument will take precedence over env var.