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Unsloth

Desktop and web app for running and fine-tuning local LLMs and diffusion models

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What it is

Unsloth runs open models such as Qwen, Gemma, DeepSeek and FLUX locally, and fine-tunes LLMs, diffusion, TTS and embedding models with LoRA, QLoRA, full fine-tuning and reinforcement learning methods like GRPO and DPO while using less GPU memory. It ships as a desktop app, a web UI, and a Python library, and can export models to GGUF and other formats or serve them through an OpenAI-compatible API. Developers and researchers use it to customize models on their own hardware and to point coding agents like Claude Code or Codex at local models.

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78,310 GitHub stars.
78,310

Forks
7,245
Commits
11,453
Contributors
411
Language
Python
License
Apache-2.0
Last commit
Oct 20, 2026
On GitHub since
November 2023
First release
July 2024
Platforms
web, macOS, Windows, Linux, CLI, self-hosted, library
Self-hostable
Yes
Alternative to
LM Studio
Tags
  • model-training
  • image-generation
  • reinforcement-learning
  • llm-inference
  • local-ai
  • fine-tuning

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What people are saying

Updated Oct 20, 2026
  • Hacker NewsGLM-5.2 – How to Run LocallyJun 22, 2026 · 617 points · 305 comments (opens Hacker News in a new tab)
  • Hacker NewsHow to run Qwen 3.5 locallyMar 7, 2026 · 490 points · 168 comments (opens Hacker News in a new tab)
  • Hacker NewsQwen3.5 Fine-Tuning GuideMar 4, 2026 · 416 points · 107 comments (opens Hacker News in a new tab)
  • Hacker NewsShow HN: 80% faster, 50% less memory, 0% loss of accuracy Llama finetuningDec 1, 2023 · 385 points · 119 comments (opens Hacker News in a new tab)
  • Hacker NewsUnsloth StudioMar 17, 2026 · 388 points · 82 comments (opens Hacker News in a new tab)
  • Hacker NewsUnsloth Dynamic 3.0 GGUFsAug 19, 2026 · 322 points · 119 comments (opens Hacker News in a new tab)
  • Hacker NewsUnsloth Dynamic 2.0 GGUFsFeb 28, 2026 · 237 points · 68 comments (opens Hacker News in a new tab)
  • Hacker NewsUnsloth: 80% faster, 50% less memory, 0% accuracy loss Llama finetuningDec 1, 2023 · 132 points · 3 comments (opens Hacker News in a new tab)
  • Bluesky“You can now run Laya Decision models locally on just 4GB RAM! 🔥 Works on CPU, Mac, Windows, Linux and GPU setups. Serve Laya through a Jev-compatible API via…”Sep 28, 2026 · 58 likes · 1 reply (opens Bluesky in a new tab)
  • Hacker NewsIntroducing Unsloth DesktopAug 11, 2026 · 15 points · 1 comment (opens Hacker News in a new tab)
  • Hacker NewsUnsloth Desktop: Open-Source App for Local ModelsAug 11, 2026 · 10 points · 2 comments (opens Hacker News in a new tab)
  • Hacker NewsUnsloth - Qwen3.8 - How to Run LocallyAug 14, 2026 · 7 points · 0 comments (opens Hacker News in a new tab)
  • Hacker NewsUnsloth: Introducing AMD supportJul 20, 2026 · 7 points · 0 comments (opens Hacker News in a new tab)
  • Hacker News1.8-3.3x faster Embedding finetuning now in UnslothJan 22, 2026 · 3 points · 3 comments (opens Hacker News in a new tab)
  • Hacker NewsClaude Code makes local LLMs 90% slowerMar 10, 2026 · 4 points · 1 comment (opens Hacker News in a new tab)
  • Hacker NewsQwen3-Coder-Next: How to Run LocallyFeb 3, 2026 · 4 points · 0 comments (opens Hacker News in a new tab)
  • Hacker NewsUnsloth DesktopAug 29, 2026 · 2 points · 1 comment (opens Hacker News in a new tab)
  • Bluesky“Unsloth - Local UI to run and train LLMs and diffusion models, including Qwen3.8, Kimi K3, MiniMax-H3, Gemma 4, DeepSeek-V4, FLUX and more. #unsloth #foss…”Aug 14, 2026 · 3 likes · 0 replies (opens Bluesky in a new tab)
  • Hacker NewsMiniMax-M2.5: How to Run GuideFeb 23, 2026 · 3 points · 0 comments (opens Hacker News in a new tab)
  • Hacker NewsUnsloth – Train LLMs 2x faster with 70% less VRAMDec 10, 2025 · 3 points · 0 comments (opens Hacker News in a new tab)