Source: https://seerepo.com/compare/NVlabs/Sana/vs/OpenBMB/MiniCPM-V
Markdown source: https://seerepo.com/compare/NVlabs/Sana/vs/OpenBMB/MiniCPM-V.md
Description: Sana and MiniCPM-V share 17 technologies: webdataset, matplotlib, Gradio, sentencepiece, torchaudio, torch, torchvision, einops, transformers, timm, accelerate, peft, opencv-python, bitsandbytes, moviepy, imageio, and psutil. Both are written in Python.

# Sana vs MiniCPM-V

Sana and MiniCPM-V share 17 technologies: webdataset, matplotlib, Gradio, sentencepiece, torchaudio, torch, torchvision, einops, transformers, timm, accelerate, peft, opencv-python, bitsandbytes, moviepy, imageio, and psutil. Both are written in Python.

- [NVlabs/Sana](https://seerepo.com/r/NVlabs/Sana): SANA & Sol: Efficient Generative Models and Full-Stack Training & Inference Engines for Image, Video, and World Modeling
- [OpenBMB/MiniCPM-V](https://seerepo.com/r/OpenBMB/MiniCPM-V): See, hear, and interact on your local devices.

## What they share and what sets them apart

- In common: webdataset, matplotlib, Gradio, sentencepiece, torchaudio, torch, torchvision, einops, transformers, timm, accelerate, peft, opencv-python, bitsandbytes, moviepy, imageio, psutil
- Only in Sana: lmdb, Hugging Face, flash-linear-attention, open-clip-torch, optimum, diffusers, triton, mmcv, xformers, liger-kernel, qwen-vl-utils, beautifulsoup4, bs4, spaces
- Only in MiniCPM-V: AIOHTTP, FastAPI, uvicorn, cycler, fonttools, sphinx-design, contourpy, seaborn, Rich, fairscale, flash-attn, gradio-client, librosa, onnxruntime, OpenAI, pycocotools, sacrebleu, scikit-learn, sentence-transformers, tokenizers, umap-learn, vector-quantize-pytorch, vocos, nltk, deepspeed, pycocoevalcap, spaCy, tiktoken, docutils, jsonlines, markdown2, myst-parser, openpyxl, sphinxcontrib-jquery, xlsxwriter, pillow, decord, Pydantic, validators

## Side by side

| | Sana | MiniCPM-V |
|---|---|---|
| Size | 118,674 lines written, 247 code files | 36,999 lines written, 151 code files |
| Who writes it | 2.2% of its commits signed by AI. With Claude Code and Cursor | 1.1% of its commits signed by AI. With Cursor and Codex |
| Activity | Last push November 14, 2026, 223 commits, 9,825 stars | Last push October 30, 2026, 645 commits, 27,095 stars |
| Tests | 9 test files. 5.7% of its code files have a test that imports them | 0 test files |

- Size: Lines written by people and agents, without generated ones; code files, without tests.
- Who writes it: A commit counts as AI's when it carries its signature: a Co-Authored-By line, its author name or the merge of its branch.
- Activity: From GitHub and its history, on the day SeeRepo read it.
- Tests: The files that test the code, and the share of code files a test imports.

## Frequently asked questions

### Which is bigger, Sana or MiniCPM-V?

Sana, with 118,674 lines written; MiniCPM-V has 36,999.

The proof: [NVlabs/Sana's code at commit 27303b8](https://github.com/NVlabs/Sana/tree/27303b8de8e3f02f5dc96acf14705a0e04fca355)

### Which has more GitHub stars, Sana or MiniCPM-V?

MiniCPM-V, with 27,095 stars; Sana has 9,825.

The proof: [OpenBMB/MiniCPM-V on GitHub](https://github.com/OpenBMB/MiniCPM-V)

### Which has more tests, Sana or MiniCPM-V?

Sana, with 9 test files.

The proof: [NVlabs/Sana's code at commit 27303b8](https://github.com/NVlabs/Sana/tree/27303b8de8e3f02f5dc96acf14705a0e04fca355)

### Which was updated more recently, Sana or MiniCPM-V?

Sana: its last push was on November 14, 2026, and MiniCPM-V's on October 30, 2026.

The proof: [NVlabs/Sana's commits on GitHub](https://github.com/NVlabs/Sana/commits)

### Which has more commits signed by AI, Sana or MiniCPM-V?

Sana: an AI signed 2.2% of its commits, with Claude Code and Cursor; in MiniCPM-V, 1.1%.

## Sources

- NVlabs/Sana: Read on November 14, 2026, at commit 27303b8 (https://github.com/NVlabs/Sana/tree/27303b8de8e3f02f5dc96acf14705a0e04fca355)
- OpenBMB/MiniCPM-V: Read on November 8, 2026, at commit 47e1fa7 (https://github.com/OpenBMB/MiniCPM-V/tree/47e1fa75b45b8c122ca2a52150762bf6183f1c5e)

## What is your repo built with?

Any public repo, with no account: https://seerepo.com/r/owner/repo/built, with the owner and name it has on GitHub.