Source: https://seerepo.com/compare/mlfoundations/open_clip/vs/unslothai/unsloth
Markdown source: https://seerepo.com/compare/mlfoundations/open_clip/vs/unslothai/unsloth.md
Description: open_clip and unsloth share 6 technologies: Hugging Face, torch, timm, safetensors, transformers, and tiktoken. Both are written in Python.

# open_clip vs unsloth

open_clip and unsloth share 6 technologies: Hugging Face, torch, timm, safetensors, transformers, and tiktoken. Both are written in Python.

- [mlfoundations/open_clip](https://seerepo.com/r/mlfoundations/open_clip): An open source implementation of CLIP.
- [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, torch, timm, safetensors, transformers, tiktoken
- Only in open_clip: webdataset, torchvision
- Only in unsloth: React, FastAPI, OpenAI, uvicorn, Tauri, Tokio, objc2-foundation, glib, objc2-app-kit, anyio, sqlite-vec, usearch, fastmcp, gio, TanStack, Vite, dexie, @tauri-apps/api, @assistant-ui/core, Rich, matplotlib, pyjwt, cryptography, peft, accelerate, trl, datasets, jiwer, sentence-transformers, tokenizers, @assistant-ui/react, gguf, librosa, sentencepiece, snac, pillow, av, jinja2, Pydantic, psutil, structlog, cairo-rs, gtk, tauri-plugin-dialog, webkit2gtk, webview2-com, gdk, objc2-web-kit, tauri-plugin-window-state, webkit2gtk-sys, tauri-plugin-notification, hmac, cut-cross-entropy, descript-audio-codec, descript-audiotools, einops, einx, julius, numkong, openai-whisper, pystoi, scikit-learn, torch-c-dlpack-ext, torch-stoi, triton-kernels, diffusers, data-designer-engine, kernels, spandrel, markdown-it-py, markdown2, mdurl, pymupdf, gdk-pixbuf, lxml, pymupdf4llm, python-docx, loguru, log, simplelog, class-variance-authority, Tailwind CSS, PostCSS, @tailwindcss/vite, postcss-selector-parser, tailwind-merge, Radix UI, xyflow, motion, sonner, @streamdown/code, recharts, cmdk, canvas-confetti, react-day-picker, react-resizable-panels, @dagrejs/dagre, @tauri-apps/plugin-notification, Base UI, hugeicons, Lucide, 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

| | open_clip | unsloth |
|---|---|---|
| Size | 43,646 lines written, 75 code files | 3,998,249 lines written, 3,626 code files |
| Who writes it | 2.3% of its commits signed by AI. With Claude Code and Codex | 1% of its commits signed by AI. With Claude Code, Gemini CLI, Cursor, Codex, and GitHub Copilot |
| Activity | Last push November 6, 2026, 779 commits, 14,247 stars | Last push November 9, 2026, 13,190 commits, 79,233 stars |
| Tests | 57 test files. 68% of its code files have a test that imports them | 5,927 test files. 61% 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, open_clip or unsloth?

unsloth, with 3,998,249 lines written; open_clip has 43,646.

The proof: [unslothai/unsloth's code at commit 56a96ad](https://github.com/unslothai/unsloth/tree/56a96ad8845cbecddf9611ec14c17b2648c43933)

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

unsloth, with 79,233 stars; open_clip has 14,247.

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

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

unsloth, with 5,927 test files; open_clip has 57.

The proof: [unslothai/unsloth's code at commit 56a96ad](https://github.com/unslothai/unsloth/tree/56a96ad8845cbecddf9611ec14c17b2648c43933)

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

unsloth: its last push was on November 9, 2026, and open_clip's on November 6, 2026.

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

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

open_clip: an AI signed 2.3% of its commits, with Claude Code and Codex; in unsloth, 1%.

## Sources

- mlfoundations/open_clip: Read on November 9, 2026, at commit f9a0948 (https://github.com/mlfoundations/open_clip/tree/f9a0948d573009f8fa3e530e55814cb11fb8e8bd)
- unslothai/unsloth: Read on November 9, 2026, at commit 56a96ad (https://github.com/unslothai/unsloth/tree/56a96ad8845cbecddf9611ec14c17b2648c43933)

## 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.