Source: https://seerepo.com/compare/hpcaitech/ColossalAI/vs/PaddlePaddle/PaddleFormers
Markdown source: https://seerepo.com/compare/hpcaitech/ColossalAI/vs/PaddlePaddle/PaddleFormers.md
Description: ColossalAI and PaddleFormers share 9 technologies: Hugging Face, ModelScope, scikit-learn, tiktoken, transformers, datasets, safetensors, sentencepiece, and jinja2. Both are written in Python.

# 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.

- [hpcaitech/ColossalAI](https://seerepo.com/r/hpcaitech/ColossalAI): Making large AI models cheaper, faster and more accessible
- [PaddlePaddle/PaddleFormers](https://seerepo.com/r/PaddlePaddle/PaddleFormers): PaddleFormers is an easy-to-use library of pre-trained large language model zoo based on PaddlePaddle.

## What they share and what sets them apart

- In common: Hugging Face, ModelScope, scikit-learn, tiktoken, transformers, datasets, safetensors, sentencepiece, jinja2
- Only in ColossalAI: FastAPI, uvicorn, chromadb, anyio, Ray, Gradio, seaborn, matplotlib, Rich, SQLAlchemy, OpenAI, sentence-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
- Only in PaddleFormers: ml-dtypes, librosa, colorlog

## Side by side

| | ColossalAI | PaddleFormers |
|---|---|---|
| Size | 317,403 lines written, 974 code files | 374,777 lines written, 599 code files |
| Who writes it | 0.3% of its commits signed by AI. With Codex and Claude Code | 1.5% of its commits signed by AI. With Codex, Claude Code, and GitHub Copilot |
| Activity | Last push November 6, 2026, 3,887 commits, 41,430 stars | Last push October 21, 2026, 1,425 commits, 12,969 stars |
| Tests | 505 test files. 1.1% of its code files have a test that imports them | 408 test files. 45.7% 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, ColossalAI or PaddleFormers?

PaddleFormers, with 374,777 lines written; ColossalAI has 317,403.

The proof: [PaddlePaddle/PaddleFormers's code at commit f7fa77f](https://github.com/PaddlePaddle/PaddleFormers/tree/f7fa77f02ec637441e1a4fad1f9066b228774fb6)

### Which has more GitHub stars, ColossalAI or PaddleFormers?

ColossalAI, with 41,430 stars; PaddleFormers has 12,969.

The proof: [hpcaitech/ColossalAI on GitHub](https://github.com/hpcaitech/ColossalAI)

### Which has more tests, ColossalAI or PaddleFormers?

ColossalAI, with 505 test files; PaddleFormers has 408.

The proof: [hpcaitech/ColossalAI's code at commit da8f5c2](https://github.com/hpcaitech/ColossalAI/tree/da8f5c2dd56f97d3d23d3d222b114e1a3d4710f5)

### 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](https://github.com/hpcaitech/ColossalAI/commits)

### 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](https://seerepo.com/r/PaddlePaddle/PaddleFormers/ai)

## Sources

- hpcaitech/ColossalAI: Read on November 6, 2026, at commit da8f5c2 (https://github.com/hpcaitech/ColossalAI/tree/da8f5c2dd56f97d3d23d3d222b114e1a3d4710f5)
- PaddlePaddle/PaddleFormers: Read on November 10, 2026, at commit f7fa77f (https://github.com/PaddlePaddle/PaddleFormers/tree/f7fa77f02ec637441e1a4fad1f9066b228774fb6)

## 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.