Download a GGUF Model from Hugging Face — llamacpp_download

Downloads a single GGUF file from a Hugging Face repository with a streaming progress bar. Use list_hf_gguf_files() first to browse available quantizations.

Usage

llamacpp_download_model(
  .repo,
  .filename,
  .dir = Sys.getenv("LLAMACPP_MODEL_DIR", "~/models"),
  .timeout = 3600
)

Arguments

.repo: Hugging Face repository ID (e.g. "Qwen/Qwen3-8B-GGUF").
.filename: The exact filename to download (e.g. "Qwen3-8B-Q4_K_M.gguf"). Use list_hf_gguf_files(.repo) to see what is available.
.dir: Destination directory. Defaults to LLAMACPP_MODEL_DIR env var, then "~/models". Created if it does not exist.
.timeout: Download timeout in seconds (default: 3600).

Value

Invisibly returns the full path of the downloaded file.