FareedKhan-dev/kimi-k3-in-c
A 2.78-trillion-parameter Kimi K3 running inference on a single CPU in 8.24 GB of RAM. Portable C99: no BLAS, no framework, no GPU.
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daily_stars · 351 stars today
2026-11-05 06:45:18.565Z
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Repository: FareedKhan-dev/kimi-k3-in-c. Source account: A 2.78-trillion-parameter Kimi K3 running inference on a single CPU in 8.24 GB of RAM. Portable C99: no BLAS, no framework, no GPU.
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Stars in source daily window: 351 stars today (Nov 5, 2026 UTC; GitHub daily Trending window; attention only); previous same-scope observation: 351 (Nov 5, 2026 UTC). These observations do not establish demand growth. Recent records to compare: “Open source AI is booming. Hugging Face explains who profits.” (TechCrunch, Nov 4, 2026); “JustVugg/colibri” (GitHub Trending, Nov 4, 2026). Shared themes are navigation hints; they have not been verified as the same need or independent corroboration.
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