ColossalAI vs PaddleFormers
ColossalAI and PaddleFormers share 9 technologies: Hugging Face, ModelScope, scikit-learn, tiktoken, transformers, datasets, safetensors, sentencepiece, and jinja2. Both are written in Python.
What they share and what sets them apart
hpcaitech
ColossalAI
Making large AI models cheaper, faster and more accessible
Python41.4kRead on November 6, 2026, at commit da8f5c2What is ColossalAI built with?Only in ColossalAI
- FastAPI
uvicorn
chromadb
- anyio
- Ray
- Gradio
seaborn
matplotlib
- Rich
- SQLAlchemy
OpenAIsentence-transformers
- torch
- LangChain
- triton
peft
diffusers
- flash-attn
timm
- bitsandbytes
- vLLM
- einops
accelerate
- galore-torch
- math-verify
tokenizers
torchaudio
torchvision
markdown-it-py
markupsafe
- mdurl
pypdf
unstructured
pillow
- jsonlines
- annotated-types
- pydantic-core
- Pydantic
psutil
In common
PaddlePaddle
PaddleFormers
PaddleFormers is an easy-to-use library of pre-trained large language model zoo based on PaddlePaddle.
Python13kRead on November 10, 2026, at commit f7fa77fWhat is PaddleFormers built with?Only in PaddleFormers
- ml-dtypes
librosa
- colorlog
Side by side
ColossalAIPaddleFormers
SizeLines written by people and agents, without generated ones; code files, without tests.
ColossalAI317,403 lines written974 code files
PaddleFormers374,777 lines written599 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.
ColossalAI0.3% of its commits signed by AIWith Codex and Claude Code
PaddleFormers1.5% of its commits signed by AIWith Codex, Claude Code, and GitHub Copilot
ActivityFrom GitHub and its history, on the day SeeRepo read it.
ColossalAILast push November 6, 20263,887 commits41,430 stars
PaddleFormersLast push October 21, 20261,425 commits12,969 stars
TestsThe files that test the code, and the share of code files a test imports.
ColossalAI505 test files1.1% of its code files have a test that imports them
PaddleFormers408 test files45.7% of its code files have a test that imports them
Frequently asked questions
Which is bigger, ColossalAI or PaddleFormers?
PaddleFormers, with 374,777 lines written; ColossalAI has 317,403.
The proof: PaddlePaddle/PaddleFormers's code at commit f7fa77f
Which has more GitHub stars, ColossalAI or PaddleFormers?
ColossalAI, with 41,430 stars; PaddleFormers has 12,969.
The proof: hpcaitech/ColossalAI on GitHub
Which has more tests, ColossalAI or PaddleFormers?
ColossalAI, with 505 test files; PaddleFormers has 408.
Which was updated more recently, ColossalAI or PaddleFormers?
ColossalAI: its last push was on November 6, 2026, and PaddleFormers's on October 21, 2026.
The proof: hpcaitech/ColossalAI's commits on GitHub
Which has more commits signed by AI, ColossalAI or PaddleFormers?
PaddleFormers: an AI signed 1.5% of its commits, with Codex, Claude Code, and GitHub Copilot; in ColossalAI, 0.3%.
The proof: the commits each tool signed in PaddlePaddle/PaddleFormers
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