Unsloth Studio

(unsloth.ai)

132 points | by brainless 9 hours ago ago

29 comments

  • trvz 3 hours ago

    Installing with pip on macOS is just not an acceptable option. It'll mess up your system just like npm or gem.

    This needs to go on homebrew or be a zip file with an app for manual download.

    • DIVx0 3 hours ago

      Agree with you, a slightly more maintainable way to use it now is with "uv" or mise. i've used `uv tool install unsloth` for this one.

      • danielhanchen 2 hours ago

        Yep - uv is a better fit - and you get parallel downloads as well

    • danielhanchen 2 hours ago

      Hey we're still working on making installation much better - appreciate the feedback!

      We come from Python land mainly so packaging and distribution is all very new to us - homebrew will definitely be next!

    • beernet 2 hours ago

      Agreed, feels like a vibe-coded frontend based on already given backend features.

      Also, never saw any Unsloth related software in production to this day. Feels strongly like a non-essential tool for hobby LLM wizards.

      • danielhanchen 2 hours ago

        You would be surprised - we're the 4th largest independent distributor of LLMs in the world - and nearly every Fortune 500 company has utilized either our RL fine-tuning package or used our quants and models - we for example collab directly with large labs to release models with bug fixes.

      • airspresso 2 hours ago

        Unsloth is providing the best and most reliable libraries for finetuning LLMs. We've used it for production use-cases where I work, definitely solid.

    • bityard 2 hours ago

      I recommend installing uv first, then you can install any Python code you want inside a virtual environment to keep it isolated from the rest of the system.

      • danielhanchen 2 hours ago

        Yep uv pip install unsloth works as well - we probably should have just made that the default - in fact Unsloth makes its own venv using UV if you have it dynamically

    • gessha 2 hours ago

      I know the whole package system across most languages is a dumpster fire but for Python, uv solves a lot of problems.

      uv init

      uv add unsloth

      uv run main.py % or whatever

      • danielhanchen 2 hours ago

        Yep UV is fantastic - should have just that default!

    • Computer0 2 hours ago

      On my linux systems I use venv to not affect system packages, is that not an option for this situation?

  • zokier 2 hours ago

    What is unsloths business/income? They seem to be publishing lot of stuff for free, with no clear product to back them?

  • illusive4080 24 minutes ago

    Apache license. Can’t wait to try it out at work! LMStudio’s proprietary license makes getting permission hard.

  • car 2 hours ago

    Tried to build from source on MacOS, but got this error:

      (base)   unsloth git:(main) unsloth studio setup
      ╔══════════════════════════════════════╗
      ║     Unsloth Studio Setup Script      ║
      ╚══════════════════════════════════════╝ 
       Node v25.8.1 and npm 11.11.0 already meet requirements. Skipping nvm install.
       Node v25.8.1 | npm 11.11.0
       npm run build failed (exit code 2):
    
      > unsloth-theme@0.0.0 build
      > tsc -b && vite build
    
      src/features/chat/shared-composer.tsx(366,17): error TS6133: 'status' is declared but its value is never read.
    • danielhanchen 2 hours ago

      Hey will check ASAP and fix - sorry about that

  • car 2 hours ago

    Can Unsloth Studio use already downloaded models?

  • jawerty 5 hours ago

    Excited to use this been using unsloth models for the past couple years

    • danielhanchen 2 hours ago

      Thank you for your continued support - we have much more planned for it!

  • meowokIknewit 3 hours ago

    The GUI for the fine tuning looks interesting. Hopefully this leads to a lot of new custom models

    • danielhanchen 2 hours ago

      Thank you! We're still iterating on it so any suggestions are welcome!

  • saberience 3 hours ago

    Who's the intended user for this?

    Is it like, for AI hobbyists? I.e. I have a 4090 at home and want to fine-tune models?

    Is it a competitor to LMStudio?

    • lastdong 3 hours ago

      From the homepage looks like it: “Training: Works on NVIDIA GPUs: RTX 30, 40, 50, Blackwell, DGX Spark/Station etc.”

    • huydotnet 2 hours ago

      you just answered your own question, "AI hobbyists who has 4090 at home". And they are pretty much targeted user of Unsloth since the start.

      • danielhanchen 2 hours ago

        Actually the opposite haha- more than 50% of our audience comes from large organizations eg Meta, NASA, the UN, Walmart, Spotify, AWS, Google, and the list goes on!

    • mlnj 3 hours ago

      I am unaware lm studio is being used for fine tuning. I believe it only does inference.

      Happy to see unsloth making it even easier for people like me to get going with fine tuning. Not that I am unable to I'm just lazy.

      Fine tuning with a UI is definitely targeted towards hobbyists. Sadly I'll have to wait for AMD ROCm support.

      • danielhanchen 2 hours ago

        Thanks! We do have normal AMD support for Unsloth but yes the UI doesn't support it just yet! Will keep you posted!

    • danielhanchen 2 hours ago

      You would be surprised! Nearly every Fortune 500 company has utilized either our RL fine-tuning package or used our quants and models - the UI was primarily a culmination of pain points folks had when doing either training or inference!

      We're complimentary to LM Studio - they have a great tool as well!

      • TheTaytay 21 minutes ago

        I don’t know why this is being downvoted. Danielhanchen is legit, and unsloth was early to the fine-tuning on a budget party.