Major Changes

• Bianries Update July 2025 by @martindevans in #1225
• docs: update the API references. by @AsakusaRinne in #1213, #1214

Bug Fixes

• Conversation -1 instead of _end by @martindevans in #1197
• Preserve cut off generated text by @OoLunar in #1202
• Fix for getting CUDA Version inside nvidia/cuda containers by @Crelex in #1222

Other Changes

• Update to stable Microsoft.Extensions.AI.Abstractions by @stephentoub in #1190
• Memory efficient context handling by @zsogitbe in #1183
• Expose DecodeSpecialTokens through IInferenceParams for StatelessExecutor by @jacob-mink-1996 in #1203
• Unseal the DefaultSamplingPipeline by @m0nsky in #1208
• Updated main workflow from windows-2019 to windows-2022 by @martindevans in #1216, #1218
• Multi modal (Just libraries) by @SignalRT in #1220

New Contributors

• @omahs made their first contribution in #1196
• @OoLunar made their first contribution in #1202
• @leopardracer made their first contribution in #1206
• @jacob-mink-1996 made their first contribution in #1203
• @kilavvy made their first contribution in #1207
• @vtjl10 made their first contribution in #1209
• @zeevick10 made their first contribution in #1210
• @maximevtush made their first contribution in #1211
• @Crelex made their first contribution in #1222

Full Changelog: v0.24.0...v0.25.0

Contributors

• @martindevans
• @stephentoub
• @Crelex
• @m0nsky
• @SignalRT
• @zsogitbe
• @OoLunar
• @SanftMonster
• @omahs
• @leopardracer
• @vtjl10
• @zeevick10
• @kilavvy
• @maximevtush
• @jacob-mink-1996

Major Changes

• May Binary Update by @martindevans, @AmSmart and @nipeone in #1179 / #1163
• Android Support by @AmSmart in #1130 / #1179
• Linux-ARM64 support by @nipeone in #1138 / #1179
• Feat/tensor override by @dpmm99 in #1180 and @martindevans in #1185
• Add LLamaReranker by @nipeone in #1150

Bug Fixes

• Adding extra values to the decode_result enum by @phil-scott-78 in #1140
• adding missing using statement by @NicklausBrain in #1154
• Fixed LLama.Web error starting session by @tonib in #1158
• Fixed CI (Ubuntu-24.04) by @martindevans in #1162
• Update LLamaEmbedder, Examples packages, and KernelMemory examples by @zsogitbe in #1170

Other Changes

• docs: Added link to new package MaIN.NET by @wisedev-pstach in #1155
• Create stale_issues.yml by @sangyuxiaowu in #1171
• docs: add deep-wiki link to readme. by @AsakusaRinne in #1172
• Update to M.E.AI 9.4.0-preview.1.25207.5 by @jozkee in #1156
• Update to M.E.AI 9.4.3-preview.1.25230.7 by @jozkee in #1182
• Update to M.E.AI 9.5.0-preview by @jozkee in #1186

New Contributors

• @NicklausBrain made their first contribution in #1154
• @wisedev-pstach made their first contribution in #1155
• @jozkee made their first contribution in #1156
• @tonib made their first contribution in #1158
• @nipeone made their first contribution in #1150

Full Changelog: v0.22.0...v0.24.0

Contributors

• @martindevans
• @phil-scott-78
• @NicklausBrain
• @nipeone
• @dpmm99
• @tonib
• @jozkee
• @sangyuxiaowu
• @zsogitbe
• @AmSmart
• @SanftMonster
• @wisedev-pstach

Major Changes

• Grammar Resampling by @martindevans, @m0nsky & @phil-scott-78 in #1109
• Added 'strict' parameter for template retrieval by @Lyrcaxis in #1124
• March 2025 version update by @martindevans in #1126

Bug Fixes

• Various fixes regarding special tokens (embeddings & anti-prompt) by @Lyrcaxis in #1112
• Fix Kernel Memory by @martindevans in #1081
• Updates json gbnf to match llama.cpp example by @phil-scott-78 in #1098
• InteractiveExecutor now stops at EOS tokens again by @dpmm99 in #1092

Other Changes

• Update README.md by @sangyuxiaowu in #1086
• Smaller Unit Test Model by @martindevans in #1105
• Update Microsoft.Extensions.AI to 9.3.0-preview.1.25114.11 by @stephentoub in #1102
• Cleaned up non-important warnings from the error list by @Lyrcaxis in #1111
• Update to M.E.AI 9.3.0-preview.1.25161.3 by @stephentoub in #1127
• Improved Memory Rental by @martindevans in #1113

Full Changelog: v0.21.0...v0.22.0

Contributors

• @martindevans
• @phil-scott-78
• @stephentoub
• @dpmm99
• @m0nsky
• @sangyuxiaowu
• @Lyrcaxis

Major Changes

• January 2025 Update by @martindevans in #1068

Full Changelog: v0.20.0...v0.21.0

Contributors

• @martindevans

Major Changes

• January 2025 Update by @m0nsky, @Lyrcaxis, @SignalRT & @martindevans in #1036
• Removed .NET6 by @martindevans in #982
• Implemented LogitBias for DefaultSamplingPipeline by @martindevans in #986

Bug Fixes

• Fixed LLamaTokenDataArrayNative.Create's size initialization by @Lyrcaxis in #981
• Fixed ChatSession.LoadSession by @martindevans in #976
• Non-deterministic default seed by @Lyrcaxis in #993
• Fixed log levels (issue #995) by @LoicDagnas in #997
• Fix Batching shared token issues by @martindevans in #1045

Other Changes

• Adding simple batch example by @phil-scott-78 in #1038
• Add an option to apply the chat template to prompts when using StateslessExecutor by @phil-scott-78 in #1025
• Adds an exception for missing templates. by @phil-scott-78 in #1034
• Updated tests model to "LLama 3.2 1B Instruct" by @Lyrcaxis in #983
• Update M.E.AI.Abstractions by @stephentoub in #979, #992 and #1044
• Added sampling tests by @Lyrcaxis in #984
• Updated Nuget Dependencies by @martindevans in #987
• Helper method for sampling Conversation with SafeLLamaSamplerChainHandle by @martindevans in #994

New Contributors

• @LoicDagnas made their first contribution in #997
• @AcoranGonzalezMoray made their first contribution in #1015
• @phil-scott-78 made their first contribution in #1025

Full Changelog: v0.19.0...v0.20.0

Contributors

• @martindevans
• @phil-scott-78
• @stephentoub
• @LoicDagnas
• @m0nsky
• @SignalRT
• @Lyrcaxis
• @AcoranGonzalezMoray

Major Changes

• November Binary Update by @martindevans in #962
• Custom Sampler Stages by @martindevans in #961
• Add Microsoft.Extensions.AI support for IChatClient / IEmbeddingGenerator by @stephentoub in #964

Bug Fixes

• Non-Null Default SamplingPipeline by @martindevans in #973

New Contributors

• @stephentoub made their first contribution in #964

Full Changelog: v0.18.0...v0.19.0

Contributors

• @martindevans
• @stephentoub

Major Changes

• Split platform-specific binaries for NuGet backends by @m0nsky in #957

Other Changes

• Updates to ContributingGuide for latest llama.cpp repo by @scritch1sm in #953
• Fix README chat session example by @easis in #956

New Contributors

• @easis made their first contribution in #956

Full Changelog: v0.17.0...v0.18.0

Contributors

• @m0nsky
• @easis
• @scritch1sm

Important: The CUDA packages for 0.17.0 exceeded the maximum size for a nuget package. This means some of the 0.17.0 packages are not available until a new way is to deploy those packages. If you need one of the missing packages, use 0.16.0 instead.

Major Changes

• October binary update by @martindevans in #940

Bug Fixes

• Fix: Increase Vulkan detection timeout to 12 seconds by @LSXPrime in #931
• Specify file open permissions needed as read only. by @scritch1sm in #943
• Fix llama_get_logits_ith Null Handling by @martindevans in #920
• Fix CUDA compile error by @martindevans in #924

Other Changes

• Add LLama2 Chat Session example with a custom templator by @asmirnov82 in #938

New Contributors

• @LSXPrime made their first contribution in #931
• @scritch1sm made their first contribution in #943

Full Changelog: v0.16.0...v0.17.0

Contributors

• @martindevans
• @asmirnov82
• @LSXPrime
• @scritch1sm

Major Changes

• August 2024 Binary Update by @martindevans in #905
• LLamaEmbedder 2.0 by @martindevans in #902

Bug Fixes

• Fixed constrained output (Grammar) support in BatchedExecutorGuidance by @webitube in #904
• Fixed Issue where Model with Grammar constrains only generates one output in Example by @L-Wehmschulte in #908

Other Changes

• Remove OpenCL & add Vulkan to readme by @m0nsky in #907
• Bump Swashbuckle.AspNetCore from 6.6.2 to 6.7.3 by @dependabot in #912
• Bump BenchmarkDotNet from 0.13.12 to 0.14.0 by @dependabot in #913
• Bump Microsoft.NET.Test.Sdk from 17.10.0 to 17.11.0 by @dependabot in #914
• Bump Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Razor.RuntimeCompilation from 8.0.7 to 8.0.8 by @dependabot in #916
• Bump Microsoft.KernelMemory.Abstractions and Microsoft.SemanticKernel.Abstractions by @dependabot in #915

New Contributors

• @webitube made their first contribution in #904
• @L-Wehmschulte made their first contribution in #908

Full Changelog: v0.15.0...v0.16.0

Contributors

• @martindevans
• @webitube
• @m0nsky
• @dependabot
• @L-Wehmschulte

Major Changes

• Llama 3.1 update binaries by @martindevans in #874
• Microsoft.KernelMemory version 0.68+ compatibility fix by @SpaceAntelope in #862

Bug Fixes

• Fixed missing [DllImport] for llama_encode by @martindevans in #864
• Safer Vulkan System Info by @martindevans in #885
• Fixed LLamaTimings by @martindevans in #881

Other Changes

• Fixed Incorrect Exception Docs Comments by @martindevans in #883
• Deprecate InferenceParams sampler configuration properties by @martindevans in #871
• Updated Semantic Kernel and Kernel Memory by @martindevans in #880
• Update README.md by @sangyuxiaowu in #872

New Contributors

• @SpaceAntelope made their first contribution in #862

Full Changelog: v0.14.0...v0.15.0

Contributors

• @martindevans
• @SpaceAntelope
• @sangyuxiaowu