Source: https://seerepo.com/compare/microsoft/unilm/vs/NVlabs/Sana
Markdown source: https://seerepo.com/compare/microsoft/unilm/vs/NVlabs/Sana.md
Description: unilm and Sana share 15 technologies: webdataset, Gradio, torch, transformers, timm, torchvision, opencv-python, accelerate, sentencepiece, diffusers, torchaudio, bitsandbytes, einops, triton, and peft. Both are written in Python.

# unilm vs Sana

unilm and Sana share 15 technologies: webdataset, Gradio, torch, transformers, timm, torchvision, opencv-python, accelerate, sentencepiece, diffusers, torchaudio, bitsandbytes, einops, triton, and peft. Both are written in Python.

- [microsoft/unilm](https://seerepo.com/r/microsoft/unilm): Large-scale Self-supervised Pre-training Across Tasks, Languages, and Modalities
- [NVlabs/Sana](https://seerepo.com/r/NVlabs/Sana): SANA & Sol: Efficient Generative Models and Full-Stack Training & Inference Engines for Image, Video, and World Modeling

## What they share and what sets them apart

- In common: webdataset, Gradio, torch, transformers, timm, torchvision, opencv-python, accelerate, sentencepiece, diffusers, torchaudio, bitsandbytes, einops, triton, peft
- Only in unilm: FastAPI, Flask, pyarrow, OpenAI, scikit-learn, datasets, sacrebleu, deepspeed, tokenizers, nltk, tiktoken, vLLM, torchmetrics, pycocotools, pillow, lxml, boto3
- Only in Sana: lmdb, Hugging Face, matplotlib, flash-linear-attention, open-clip-torch, optimum, mmcv, xformers, liger-kernel, qwen-vl-utils, beautifulsoup4, bs4, moviepy, imageio, psutil, spaces

## Side by side

| | unilm | Sana |
|---|---|---|
| Size | 769,203 lines written, 2,555 code files | 118,674 lines written, 247 code files |
| Who writes it | 0% of its commits signed by AI | 2.2% of its commits signed by AI. With Claude Code and Cursor |
| Activity | Last push September 21, 2026, 1,092 commits, 22,240 stars | Last push November 14, 2026, 223 commits, 9,825 stars |
| Tests | 163 test files. 5.1% of its code files have a test that imports them | 9 test files. 5.7% 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, unilm or Sana?

unilm, with 769,203 lines written; Sana has 118,674.

The proof: [microsoft/unilm's code at commit 31c5b90](https://github.com/microsoft/unilm/tree/31c5b904ca1bf2afb4c234a6675c683a4e5fc7cd)

### Which has more GitHub stars, unilm or Sana?

unilm, with 22,240 stars; Sana has 9,825.

The proof: [microsoft/unilm on GitHub](https://github.com/microsoft/unilm)

### Which has more tests, unilm or Sana?

unilm, with 163 test files; Sana has 9.

The proof: [microsoft/unilm's code at commit 31c5b90](https://github.com/microsoft/unilm/tree/31c5b904ca1bf2afb4c234a6675c683a4e5fc7cd)

### Which was updated more recently, unilm or Sana?

Sana: its last push was on November 14, 2026, and unilm's on September 21, 2026.

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

### Which has more commits signed by AI, unilm or Sana?

Sana: an AI signed 2.2% of its commits, with Claude Code and Cursor.

## Sources

- microsoft/unilm: Read on November 5, 2026, at commit 31c5b90 (https://github.com/microsoft/unilm/tree/31c5b904ca1bf2afb4c234a6675c683a4e5fc7cd)
- NVlabs/Sana: Read on November 14, 2026, at commit 27303b8 (https://github.com/NVlabs/Sana/tree/27303b8de8e3f02f5dc96acf14705a0e04fca355)

## 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.