Source: https://seerepo.com/compare/hpcaitech/ColossalAI/vs/jingyaogong/minimind
Markdown source: https://seerepo.com/compare/hpcaitech/ColossalAI/vs/jingyaogong/minimind.md
Description: ColossalAI and minimind share 16 technologies: FastAPI, uvicorn, Rich, ModelScope, OpenAI, scikit-learn, sentence-transformers, tiktoken, transformers, datasets, einops, sentencepiece, jinja2, jsonlines, Pydantic, and psutil. Both are written in Python.

# ColossalAI vs minimind

ColossalAI and minimind share 16 technologies: FastAPI, uvicorn, Rich, ModelScope, OpenAI, scikit-learn, sentence-transformers, tiktoken, transformers, datasets, einops, sentencepiece, jinja2, jsonlines, Pydantic, and psutil. Both are written in Python.

- [hpcaitech/ColossalAI](https://seerepo.com/r/hpcaitech/ColossalAI): Making large AI models cheaper, faster and more accessible
- [jingyaogong/minimind](https://seerepo.com/r/jingyaogong/minimind): 🧠 Train a 64M-parameter LLM from scratch in just 2h!

## What they share and what sets them apart

- In common: FastAPI, uvicorn, Rich, ModelScope, OpenAI, scikit-learn, sentence-transformers, tiktoken, transformers, datasets, einops, sentencepiece, jinja2, jsonlines, Pydantic, psutil
- Only in ColossalAI: chromadb, Hugging Face, anyio, Ray, Gradio, seaborn, matplotlib, SQLAlchemy, rouge, torch, colossalai, LangChain, triton, peft, diffusers, flash-attn, safetensors, bitsandbytes, vLLM, accelerate, galore-torch, loralib, math-verify, torchaudio, torchvision, markdown-it-py, markupsafe, mdurl, pypdf, unstructured, pillow, annotated-types, gpustat, fabric
- Only in minimind: Flask, flask-cors, Streamlit, nltk, trl, marshmallow, ngrok, swanlab

## Side by side

| | ColossalAI | minimind |
|---|---|---|
| Size | 319,283 lines written, 975 code files | 4,696 lines written, 15 code files |
| Who writes it | 0.3% of its commits signed by AI. With Codex and Claude Code | 0.8% of its commits signed by AI. With Codex, Claude Code, and Cursor |
| Activity | Last push November 13, 2026, 3,904 commits, 41,424 stars | Last push October 27, 2026, 382 commits, 65,173 stars |
| Tests | 515 test files. 1.1% 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, ColossalAI or minimind?

ColossalAI, with 319,283 lines written; minimind has 4,696.

The proof: [hpcaitech/ColossalAI's code at commit 297c8cf](https://github.com/hpcaitech/ColossalAI/tree/297c8cf6d91cb0bff795cba961d3aea1e66fa370)

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

minimind, with 65,173 stars; ColossalAI has 41,424.

The proof: [jingyaogong/minimind on GitHub](https://github.com/jingyaogong/minimind)

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

ColossalAI, with 515 test files.

The proof: [hpcaitech/ColossalAI's code at commit 297c8cf](https://github.com/hpcaitech/ColossalAI/tree/297c8cf6d91cb0bff795cba961d3aea1e66fa370)

### Which was updated more recently, ColossalAI or minimind?

ColossalAI: its last push was on November 13, 2026, and minimind's on October 27, 2026.

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

### Which has more commits signed by AI, ColossalAI or minimind?

minimind: an AI signed 0.8% of its commits, with Codex, Claude Code, and Cursor; in ColossalAI, 0.3%.

## Sources

- hpcaitech/ColossalAI: Read on November 13, 2026, at commit 297c8cf (https://github.com/hpcaitech/ColossalAI/tree/297c8cf6d91cb0bff795cba961d3aea1e66fa370)
- jingyaogong/minimind: Read on November 12, 2026, at commit 233d00f (https://github.com/jingyaogong/minimind/tree/233d00fa068ec2b8c0d4f07b703934d6391a5a73)

## 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.