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Open source alternatives to LitGPT

Open source alternatives to LitGPT, ranked by GitHub stars and freshness.

8 open-source alternatives in the index, ranked by GitHub stars and freshness.

O OSS Framework medium

unslothai

Community

Unsloth Studio is a web UI for training and running open models like Gemma 4, Qwen3.6, DeepSeek, gpt-oss locally.

Alternative to Axolotl, Litgpt

★ 65,515 updated 3mo ago

open-source Apache-2.0 Python

Best for: Developers who want to fine-tune or experiment with open models locally without cloud costs.

O OSS Framework medium

Axolotl

Community

Go ahead and axolotl questions

Alternative to Unslothai, Litgpt, Openrlhf

★ 11,997 updated 3mo ago

open-source Apache-2.0 Python

Best for: Developers and researchers seeking a flexible, open-source tool for fine-tuning large language models

O OSS Framework medium

torchtune

Community

PyTorch native post-training library

Alternative to Litgpt, Axolotl, Unslothai

★ 5,763 updated 3mo ago

open-source BSD-3-Clause Python

Best for: Developers already working in PyTorch who need a lightweight, modular library for fine-tuning and adapting large models.

O OSS Framework medium

Meta Lingua

Community

Meta Lingua: a lean, efficient, and easy-to-hack codebase to research LLMs.

Alternative to Litgpt

★ 4,760 updated 1y ago

open-source BSD-3-Clause Python

Best for: Researchers and engineers who need a minimal, modifiable LLM training codebase for experimentation.

O OSS Framework medium

femtoGPT

Community

Pure Rust implementation of a minimal Generative Pretrained Transformer

Alternative to Litgpt

★ 934 updated 11mo ago

open-source MIT Rust

Best for: Developers and researchers who want a minimal, understandable GPT implementation in Rust for learning or small-scale experimentation.

O OSS Framework medium

Gemma2-9|27B

Community

Gemma 2, our next generation of open models, is now available globally for researchers and developers.

Alternative to Litgpt, Axolotl

open-source

Best for: Developers and researchers who need open, efficient models for fine-tuning or production deployment

O OSS Framework medium

Llama 3-8|70B

Community

[Llama 2-7 13 70B](https://llama.meta.com/llama2/)

Alternative to Vllm, Llama Cpp, Litgpt

open-source

Best for: Developers and researchers seeking a community-driven framework to deploy and customize Llama 3 models without proprietary dependencies.

O OSS Framework medium

Tune Studio

Community

Playground for devs to finetune & deploy LLMs

Alternative to Axolotl, Unslothai, Litgpt

open-source

Best for: Developers and researchers who want a free, open-source tool to fine-tune and deploy LLMs