Building Local LLMs Using Dart FFI And llama.cpp: Beyond Wrapper Packages
by GeekyAnts India Pvt Ltd dev.to
11 min read
Build local LLMs in Flutter with Dart FFI and llama.cpp, and see how native bridges, GGUF models, memory management, and token streaming enable private, on-device AI. Introduction When I first explored running local LLMs inside Flutter, I had a lot of questions: Why are people using C++ libraries for AI? Why not just write everything in Dart? What exactly is llama.cpp? What are .so, .dll, and .dy…
Topics AI in Flutter apps Dart FFI
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