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GitHub Pages WASM demo + community engagement + server support
- Add GitHub Pages workflow (.github/workflows/pages.yml) Deploys wasm/ to quantumaikr.github.io/quant.cpp on push to main - Add COOP/COEP headers for SharedArrayBuffer (WASM threads) - Add OpenAI-compatible server build option (TQ_BUILD_SERVER) - Show HN v3 draft + Reddit comparison post drafts - README hero text updates (en + ko synced) Community: - Posted on llama.cpp Discussion #20969 (TurboQuant implementation) - Posted on vllm-omni Issue #2215 (KV compression RFC) - Closed Issue #5 (Q3_K_M already supported) Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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.github/workflows/pages.yml

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name: Deploy WASM Demo to GitHub Pages
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on:
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push:
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branches: [main]
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paths:
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- 'wasm/**'
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- '.github/workflows/pages.yml'
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workflow_dispatch:
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permissions:
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contents: read
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pages: write
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id-token: write
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concurrency:
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group: pages
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cancel-in-progress: true
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jobs:
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deploy:
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environment:
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name: github-pages
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url: ${{ steps.deployment.outputs.page_url }}
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runs-on: ubuntu-latest
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steps:
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- name: Checkout
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uses: actions/checkout@v4
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with:
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fetch-depth: 1
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- name: Prepare pages directory
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run: |
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mkdir -p _site
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cp wasm/index.html _site/
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cp wasm/quant.js _site/
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cp wasm/quant.wasm _site/
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# COOP/COEP headers for SharedArrayBuffer support
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cp wasm/_headers _site/_headers 2>/dev/null || true
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- name: Setup Pages
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uses: actions/configure-pages@v5
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- name: Upload artifact
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uses: actions/upload-pages-artifact@v3
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with:
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path: _site
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- name: Deploy to GitHub Pages
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id: deployment
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uses: actions/deploy-pages@v4
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# Reddit Post — quant.cpp vs every other engine (2026-04-05)
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## English
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**Title:** quant.cpp vs llama.cpp vs vLLM vs MLX vs ONNX RT — honest comparison table
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**Body:**
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I keep getting asked "why not just use llama.cpp?" so I made a comparison table.
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| | quant.cpp | llama.cpp | vLLM | MLX | ONNX RT |
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|--|-----------|-----------|------|-----|---------|
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| KV compression | **7x, +0% PPL** | +10.6% PPL | -- | -- | -- |
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| Code size | **67K LOC** | 250K+ | 100K+ | 50K+ | 500K+ |
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| Dependencies | **zero** | ggml | PyTorch | Apple fw | runtime |
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| Embeddable | **single header** | -- | -- | -- | complex |
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| WASM | **192KB** | -- | -- | -- | -- |
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| GPU serving | basic | full | **best** | Metal | multi |
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The short version:
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- **llama.cpp** when you need speed
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- **vLLM** when you need throughput
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- **quant.cpp** when you need to fit more context in less memory — or embed LLM in your own app
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quant.cpp is not trying to replace llama.cpp. It solves a different problem. If your bottleneck is context length on limited hardware, 7x KV compression at +0% PPL is something no other engine offers. If your bottleneck is tok/s, use llama.cpp — it's faster.
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The other unique thing: `quant.h` is a single 15K-line C header. `#include` it, compile with `cc app.c -lm -lpthread`, done. Try doing that with any other engine on this list.
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Source: [github.com/quantumaikr/quant.cpp](https://github.com/quantumaikr/quant.cpp)
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---
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## 한글
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**Title:** quant.cpp vs llama.cpp vs vLLM vs MLX vs ONNX RT — 비교표
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**Body:**
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"llama.cpp 쓰면 되지 왜 새로 만들었냐"는 질문을 계속 받아서 비교표를 만들었습니다.
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| | quant.cpp | llama.cpp | vLLM | MLX | ONNX RT |
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|--|-----------|-----------|------|-----|---------|
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| KV 압축 | **7x, +0% PPL** | +10.6% PPL | -- | -- | -- |
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| 코드 규모 | **67K LOC** | 250K+ | 100K+ | 50K+ | 500K+ |
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| 외부 의존성 | **없음** | ggml | PyTorch | Apple fw | runtime |
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| 임베딩 가능 | **싱글 헤더** | -- | -- | -- | 복잡 |
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| WASM | **192KB** | -- | -- | -- | -- |
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| GPU 서빙 | 기본 || **최고** | Metal | 멀티 |
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한 줄 요약:
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- 속도가 필요하면 **llama.cpp**
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- 처리량이 필요하면 **vLLM**
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- 같은 메모리에서 더 긴 컨텍스트가 필요하거나, LLM을 내 앱에 넣고 싶으면 **quant.cpp**
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quant.cpp는 llama.cpp를 대체하려는 게 아닙니다. 다른 문제를 풉니다. 제한된 하드웨어에서 컨텍스트 길이가 병목이라면, 품질 손실 없이 KV 7배 압축은 다른 엔진에 없는 기능입니다. tok/s가 병목이면 llama.cpp를 쓰세요 — 더 빠릅니다.
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또 하나 독특한 점: `quant.h`는 15K줄짜리 C 헤더 파일 하나입니다. `#include`하고 `cc app.c -lm -lpthread`로 컴파일하면 끝. 이 표의 다른 엔진으로는 불가능한 일입니다.
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소스: [github.com/quantumaikr/quant.cpp](https://github.com/quantumaikr/quant.cpp)

docs/pr/2026-04-05-show-hn-v3.md

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# Show HN: quant.cpp — 7x longer LLM context in pure C (Gemma 4 26B on 16GB Mac)
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**URL**: https://github.com/quantumaikr/quant.cpp
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## Title (≤80 chars)
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Show HN: quant.cpp – 7x longer LLM context via KV cache compression, pure C
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## Post (Reddit/HN — 불릿 포맷, 테이블 없음)
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I built a minimal LLM inference engine in pure C (67K LOC, zero dependencies) with one goal: **extend context length without adding hardware.**
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**The key insight**: LLM inference memory is dominated by the KV cache, not model weights. Compressing the KV cache to 4-bit keys + Q4 values gives **6.9x memory reduction** with negligible quality loss.
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**Real numbers on a 16GB Mac (M1 Pro):**
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- Llama 3.2 3B: FP16 KV ~50K tokens → Compressed **~350K tokens** (6.9x)
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- Gemma 4 26B-A4B (MoE): FP16 KV ~4K tokens → Compressed **~30K tokens** (6.9x)
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**How it works:**
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- Keys: uniform 4-bit min-max quantization per 128-element block
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- Values: Q4 nibble quantization with per-block scales
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- Delta mode: store key[t] - key[t-1] instead of absolute keys (like video P-frames), enabling 3-bit at +1.3% PPL
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- QK-norm aware: models like Gemma 4 automatically use FP32 keys + Q4 values (sparse key distributions break low-bit quantization)
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**Quality (WikiText-2 PPL, SmolLM2 1.7B):**
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- 4-bit K + Q4 V: 14.57 (**+0.0%**)
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- Delta 3-bit K + Q4 V: 14.82 (+1.3%)
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- vs llama.cpp Q4_0 KV: **+10.6% PPL**. Same bit budget, 10x more degradation.
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**Code philosophy:** 67K lines of C11. No frameworks, no CUDA required. The full forward pass fits in one file. Ships as a single-header `quant.h` (15K LOC) you can drop into any C project.
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**Supported models:** Llama 3.2, Qwen 3.5, Gemma 3/4, MoE (128 experts).
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Feedback welcome. Particularly interested in: (1) what context length you'd need for your use case, (2) which models to prioritize next.
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## 포맷 참고사항
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- **테이블을 사용하지 않음** — Reddit Fancy Pants 에디터에서 마크다운 테이블이 깨지는 문제 방지
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- **불릿 리스트로 통일** — 모든 에디터에서 정상 렌더링
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- **"Talking Points" 섹션 제거** — 본문에 내부 메모가 노출되는 사고 방지
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- Reddit에 올릴 때 반드시 **Markdown Mode**로 전환 후 붙여넣기

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<meta http-equiv="Cross-Origin-Opener-Policy" content="same-origin">
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<title>quant.cpp — LLM in Your Browser</title>
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