Source: https://seerepo.com/compare/axolotl-ai-cloud/axolotl/vs/unslothai/unsloth
Markdown source: https://seerepo.com/compare/axolotl-ai-cloud/axolotl/vs/unslothai/unsloth.md
Description: axolotl and unsloth share 12 technologies: Hugging Face, sentencepiece, torch, transformers, peft, accelerate, datasets, trl, kernels, einops, tokenizers, and Pydantic. Both are written in Python.

# axolotl vs unsloth

axolotl and unsloth share 12 technologies: Hugging Face, sentencepiece, torch, transformers, peft, accelerate, datasets, trl, kernels, einops, tokenizers, and Pydantic. Both are written in Python.

- [axolotl-ai-cloud/axolotl](https://seerepo.com/r/axolotl-ai-cloud/axolotl): Go ahead and axolotl questions
- [unslothai/unsloth](https://seerepo.com/r/unslothai/unsloth): Local UI to run and train LLMs and diffusion models. Supports GGUF, MLX, Qwen3.8, DeepSeek-V4.1, MiniMax-H3, Gemma 4, FLUX and more.

## What they share and what sets them apart

- In common: Hugging Face, sentencepiece, torch, transformers, peft, accelerate, datasets, trl, kernels, einops, tokenizers, Pydantic
- Only in axolotl: adlfs, gcsfs, s3fs, PostHog, Gradio, fla-core, flash-linear-attention, langdetect, lm-eval, triton, torchao, bitsandbytes, liger-kernel, xformers, evaluate, mistral-common, optimum, trackio
- Only in unsloth: React, FastAPI, sqlite-vec, usearch, OpenAI, fastmcp, uvicorn, Tauri, Tokio, objc2-foundation, glib, objc2-app-kit, anyio, gio, TanStack, Vite, dexie, @tauri-apps/api, @assistant-ui/core, Rich, safetensors, sentence-transformers, gguf, librosa, markdown-it-py, pymupdf, pymupdf4llm, python-docx, pillow, av, jinja2, psutil, structlog, cairo-rs, gtk, tauri-plugin-dialog, webkit2gtk, webview2-com, gdk, objc2-web-kit, tauri-plugin-window-state, webkit2gtk-sys, matplotlib, tauri-plugin-notification, cryptography, hmac, pyjwt, cut-cross-entropy, descript-audio-codec, descript-audiotools, einx, jiwer, julius, numkong, openai-whisper, pystoi, scikit-learn, tiktoken, timm, torch-c-dlpack-ext, torch-stoi, triton-kernels, diffusers, data-designer-engine, snac, spandrel, markdown2, mdurl, gdk-pixbuf, lxml, loguru, log, simplelog, class-variance-authority, Tailwind CSS, PostCSS, @tailwindcss/vite, postcss-selector-parser, tailwind-merge, Radix UI, xyflow, sonner, motion, @streamdown/code, recharts, cmdk, canvas-confetti, react-day-picker, react-resizable-panels, @dagrejs/dagre, @tauri-apps/plugin-notification, Base UI, hugeicons, Lucide, @assistant-ui/react, assistant-stream, streamdown, mdast-util-from-markdown, mdast-util-gfm, mdast-util-math, micromark-extension-gfm, micromark-extension-math, unified, katex, remend, js-yaml, mammoth, marked, react-pdf, react-qr-code, decode-named-character-reference, dingbat-to-unicode, micromark-util-types, unpdf, @tauri-apps/plugin-process

## Side by side

| | axolotl | unsloth |
|---|---|---|
| Size | 396,280 lines written, 830 code files | 4,065,144 lines written, 3,678 code files |
| Who writes it | 0.4% of its commits signed by AI. With Claude Code, CodeRabbit, GitHub Copilot, and Cursor | 1% of its commits signed by AI. With Claude Code, Gemini CLI, Cursor, Codex, and GitHub Copilot |
| Activity | Last push November 10, 2026, 2,991 commits, 12,682 stars | Last push November 12, 2026, 13,457 commits, 79,373 stars |
| Tests | 815 test files. 64.6% of its code files have a test that imports them | 6,084 test files. 61.5% of its code files have a test that imports them |

- 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, axolotl or unsloth?

unsloth, with 4,065,144 lines written; axolotl has 396,280.

The proof: [unslothai/unsloth's code at commit 98836c2](https://github.com/unslothai/unsloth/tree/98836c27662fcce34c60a6e6ca264d5973cb0058)

### Which has more GitHub stars, axolotl or unsloth?

unsloth, with 79,373 stars; axolotl has 12,682.

The proof: [unslothai/unsloth on GitHub](https://github.com/unslothai/unsloth)

### Which has more tests, axolotl or unsloth?

unsloth, with 6,084 test files; axolotl has 815.

The proof: [unslothai/unsloth's code at commit 98836c2](https://github.com/unslothai/unsloth/tree/98836c27662fcce34c60a6e6ca264d5973cb0058)

### Which was updated more recently, axolotl or unsloth?

unsloth: its last push was on November 12, 2026, and axolotl's on November 10, 2026.

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

### Which has more commits signed by AI, axolotl or unsloth?

unsloth: an AI signed 1% of its commits, with Claude Code, Gemini CLI, Cursor, Codex, and GitHub Copilot; in axolotl, 0.4%.

The proof: [the commits each tool signed in unslothai/unsloth](https://seerepo.com/r/unslothai/unsloth/ai)

## Sources

- axolotl-ai-cloud/axolotl: Read on November 10, 2026, at commit cc14b95 (https://github.com/axolotl-ai-cloud/axolotl/tree/cc14b95a0daf2ddfec0f568df68aeec5d6237df8)
- unslothai/unsloth: Read on November 12, 2026, at commit 98836c2 (https://github.com/unslothai/unsloth/tree/98836c27662fcce34c60a6e6ca264d5973cb0058)

## 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.