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Lightning-AI
pytorch-lightning
Python2019–2026
Lightning-AI / pytorch-lightning

pytorch-lightning

Pretrain, finetune ANY AI model of ANY size on 1 or 10,000+ GPUs with zero code changes.

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Pretrain, finetune ANY AI model of ANY size on 1 or 10,000+ GPUs with zero code changes.

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Observed mentions: 2019-08-06 02:38:55 UTC to 2026-05-01 03:18:51 UTC.

024682019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 3 mentions; 1 submissions, 2 comments20192020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 8 mentions; 2 submissions, 6 comments2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments20222023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2026-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2026-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2027-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 5 mentions; 0 submissions, 5 comments. Incomplete calendar period.2026*

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20192019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC312
20202020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC826
20212021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC000
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2026 (partial)2026-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2027-01-01 00:00:00 UTC505

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One thing that makes me wonder is that there are 4 security issues raised and all of them were automatically commented and closed by some bot called `pl-ghost` [1][2][3][4]. In the end, only this one [4] properly handled, and all bot comments are deleted. You can see the bot comments in another report [5], which is more informative than the OP one. [1] https://github.com/Lightning-AI/pytorch-lightning/issues/216... [2] https://github.com/Lightning-AI/pytorch-lightning/issues/216... [3] https://github.com/Lightning-AI/pytorch-lightning/issues/216... [4] https://github.com/Lightning-AI/pytorch-lightning/issues/216... [5] https://socket.dev/blog/lightning-pypi-package-compromised
In Shai-Hulud Themed Malware Found in the PyTorch Lightning AI Training Library
On GitHub, I saw this message from April 20, and I’m a bit confused. "deependujha hi @thebaptiste, thanks for inquiring. Release of 2.6.2 is blocked due to some internal reasons. Will notify once release is made. " I'd hate it if they knew of the problem that long ago and didn't warn until now. If someone has more info and can clarify I'd be thankful. https://github.com/Lightning-AI/pytorch-lightning/issues/216...
In Shai-Hulud Themed Malware Found in the PyTorch Lightning AI Training Library
Congrats on the launch! This looks interesting, however I feel like this space is quite crowded. You mentioned that your most important feature is the fact that you are open-source, but off the top of my head I can think of several projects: * Kubeflow: https://github.com/kubeflow/kubeflow * MLFlow: https://github.com/mlflow/mlflow * Pachyderm: https://github.com/pachyderm/pachyderm * DVC: https://github.com/iterative/dvc * Polyaxon: https://github.com/polyaxon/polyaxon * Sacred: https://github.com/IDSIA/sacred * pytorch-lightning + grid: https://github.com/PyTorchLightning/pytorch-lightning * DeterminedAI: https://github.com/determined-ai/determined * Metaflow: https://github.com/Netflix/metaflow * Aim: https://github.com/aimhubio/aim * And so many more... In addition to this list, several other hosted platform offer experiments trackin
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g and model management. How do you compare to all of these tools, and why do you think users should move from one of them to use replicate, thank you.
In Launch HN: Replicate (YC W20) – Version control for machine learning
Hi William -- we have absolutely not copied any of Lightning's APIs. In fact, our PyTorch API makes some significantly different design choices than Lightning does -- e.g., we require users to step optimizers and run the backward pass explicitly, which is a bit lower-level but allows for more flexibility when using the API. For instance, here is an example of a GAN using our PyTorch API: https://github.com/determined-ai/determined/blob/master/exam... This is a port of this PyTorch Lightning example: https://github.com/PyTorchLightning/pytorch-lightning/blob/m... Despite the former being a port of the latter, there are significant differences between the two APIs. More broadly, we welcome competition in this space and think there's a lot that we can all learn from one another.
In Grid: AI platform from the makers of PyTorch Lightning
Thanks for taking a look. 1) GPU acceleration and AWS VPC deployments are only available in the private beta (free tier is hosted on our private infrastructure). Apply here and we can set up a meeting with you asap: https://modelzoo.typeform.com/to/Y8U9Lw. 2) We've started with TensorFlow and Hugging Face Transformers. We're currently working on scikit-learn and PyTorch support (via https://github.com/PyTorchLightning/pytorch-lightning). What kind of frameworks do you use?
In Show HN: Model Zoo: Deploy your machine learning model in a single line of code

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