Text Generation Web UI

Changes

• Redesigned chat composer: Taller input area with the paperclip and message-action buttons pinned to the bottom, similar to Gemini and DeepSeek.
• Smooth scroll animation when sending a new message: Inspired by Gemini's chat UI.
• Electron improvements:
  • Persist window bounds and maximize state across launches.
  • Add a --no-electron flag to skip the desktop window and use the web UI in the browser instead.
  • Disable spellcheck in the chat input.
• API: Add support for list-format content in tool and assistant messages.
• Add more space below the last chat/chat-instruct message so its action buttons have breathing room.

Bug fixes

• Fix speculative decoding broken by upstream llama.cpp arg renames (#7541).
• Fix truncation length reverting after model load on UI reload (#7540).
• Don't clear the chat input when sending a message with no model loaded (#7542).
• Electron:
  • Fix big character picture failing to load (#7540).
  • Fix --listen mode in the launcher.
  • Fix missing log colors on Windows.

Dependency updates

• Update llama.cpp to https://github.com/ggml-org/llama.cpp/commit/68380ae11b564af67196afc70f10c99dbb532fa9
• Update ik_llama.cpp to https://github.com/ikawrakow/ik_llama.cpp/commit/9a26522af234f8db079ae3735f35ab6c20fe2c66

Portable builds

TextGen is now a desktop app for local LLMs. Download, unzip, double-click.

[!NOTE]
NVIDIA GPU: If nvidia-smi reports CUDA Version >= 13.1, use the cuda13.1 build. Otherwise, use cuda12.4.

ik_llama.cpp is a llama.cpp fork with new quant types. If unsure, use the llama.cpp column.

Windows

| GPU/Platform | llama.cpp | ik_llama.cpp |
|---|---|---|
| NVIDIA (CUDA 12.4) | Download (891 MB) | Download (1.23 GB) |
| NVIDIA (CUDA 13.1) | Download (817 MB) | Download (1.33 GB) |
| AMD/Intel (Vulkan) | Download (336 MB) | — |
| AMD (ROCm 7.2) | Download (604 MB) | — |
| CPU only | Download (319 MB) | Download (334 MB) |

Linux

| GPU/Platform | llama.cpp | ik_llama.cpp |
|---|---|---|
| NVIDIA (CUDA 12.4) | Download (848 MB) | Download (1.20 GB) |
| NVIDIA (CUDA 13.1) | Download (803 MB) | Download (1.33 GB) |
| AMD/Intel (Vulkan) | Download (324 MB) | — |
| AMD (ROCm 7.2) | Download (396 MB) | — |
| CPU only | Download (307 MB) | Download (334 MB) |

macOS

| Architecture | llama.cpp |
|---|---|
| Apple Silicon (arm64) | Download (271 MB) |
| Intel (x86_64) | Download (283 MB) |

Updating a portable install:

1. Download and extract the latest version.
2. Replace the user_data folder with the one in your existing install. All your settings and models will be moved.

Starting with 4.0, you can also move user_data one folder up, next to the install folder. It will be detected automatically, making updates easier:

textgen-4.6/
textgen-4.7/
user_data/    <-- shared by both installs