axolotl vs ColossalAI
axolotl and ColossalAI share 12 technologies: Hugging Face, Gradio, sentencepiece, torch, transformers, peft, triton, accelerate, datasets, bitsandbytes, einops, and Pydantic. Both are written in Python.
What they share and what sets them apart
axolotl-ai-cloud
axolotl
Go ahead and axolotl questions
Python12.7kRead on November 10, 2026, at commit cc14b95What is axolotl built with?Only in axolotl
- adlfs
- gcsfs
- s3fs
PostHog
fla-core
flash-linear-attention
- langdetect
lm-eval
torchao
trl
- liger-kernel
kernels
- xformers
tokenizers
evaluate
- mistral-common
optimum
trackio
In common
hpcaitech
ColossalAI
Making large AI models cheaper, faster and more accessible
Python41.4kRead on November 13, 2026, at commit 297c8cfWhat is ColossalAI built with?Only in ColossalAI
- FastAPI
uvicorn
chromadb
- anyio
- Ray
seaborn
matplotlib
- Rich
- SQLAlchemy
- ModelScope
OpenAI- rouge
- scikit-learn
sentence-transformers
- tiktoken
colossalai
- LangChain
diffusers
- flash-attn
safetensors
- vLLM
- galore-torch
- loralib
- math-verify
torchaudio
torchvision
- jinja2
markdown-it-py
markupsafe
- mdurl
pypdf
unstructured
pillow
- jsonlines
- annotated-types
- gpustat
psutil
fabric
Side by side
axolotlColossalAI
SizeLines written by people and agents, without generated ones; code files, without tests.
axolotl396,280 lines written830 code files
ColossalAI319,283 lines written975 code files
Who writes itA commit counts as AI's when it carries its signature: a Co-Authored-By line, its author name or the merge of its branch.
axolotl0.4% of its commits signed by AIWith Claude Code, CodeRabbit, GitHub Copilot, and Cursor
ColossalAI0.3% of its commits signed by AIWith Codex and Claude Code
ActivityFrom GitHub and its history, on the day SeeRepo read it.
axolotlLast push November 10, 20262,991 commits12,682 stars
ColossalAILast push November 13, 20263,904 commits41,424 stars
TestsThe files that test the code, and the share of code files a test imports.
axolotl815 test files64.6% of its code files have a test that imports them
ColossalAI515 test files1.1% of its code files have a test that imports them
Frequently asked questions
Which is bigger, axolotl or ColossalAI?
axolotl, with 396,280 lines written; ColossalAI has 319,283.
The proof: axolotl-ai-cloud/axolotl's code at commit cc14b95
Which has more GitHub stars, axolotl or ColossalAI?
ColossalAI, with 41,424 stars; axolotl has 12,682.
The proof: hpcaitech/ColossalAI on GitHub
Which has more tests, axolotl or ColossalAI?
axolotl, with 815 test files; ColossalAI has 515.
The proof: axolotl-ai-cloud/axolotl's code at commit cc14b95
Which was updated more recently, axolotl or ColossalAI?
ColossalAI: its last push was on November 13, 2026, and axolotl's on November 10, 2026.
The proof: hpcaitech/ColossalAI's commits on GitHub
Which has more commits signed by AI, axolotl or ColossalAI?
axolotl: an AI signed 0.4% of its commits, with Claude Code, CodeRabbit, GitHub Copilot, and Cursor; in ColossalAI, 0.3%.
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