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* refactor(studio): move chat model picker into features/model-picker
Relocate model-selector + its support files from components/assistant-ui
into a self-contained features/model-picker feature (own barrel), mirroring
the modular Hub layout. Pure move + import repoint; no behaviour change.
* feat(model-picker): add per-model config persistence layer
Superset PerModelConfig (customContextLength, kvCacheDtype, speculativeType,
specDraftNMax, tensorParallel, chatTemplateOverride, trustRemoteCode) persisted
to localStorage (unsloth_model_configs) with schema versioning + LRU budget.
KV-dtype and speculative value sets match main's sidebar (no q4_0/ngram-simple).
Reuses features/hub/lib/model-identity for normalization; adds storage-key layer
and applyPerModelConfigToRuntime (sets tensorParallel, which the old PR omitted).
* feat(picker): modular backend for chat-template validate + default fetch
New studio/backend/picker package (schemas/service/routes) mounted at /api/picker:
- POST /api/picker/validate-chat-template (Jinja syntax validation, no false positives)
- GET /api/picker/chat-template/{model_name} (default template from tokenizer_config.json,
reusing get_cache_path/resolve_cached_repo_id_case; graceful null, no model-code exec)
Frontend api/templates.ts client + hooks/use-model-defaults lazy cache. No backend
changes to the existing inference load route (per-model load fields already supported).
* feat(model-picker): bind picker on-device list to shared hub inventory
Picker now sources cached + local models from useHubInventory (the Hub's shared
store) via a thin adapter, replacing its own /api/models/* fetchers + module
caches. Hub, download manager, and picker now share one source of truth, so
completed downloads reflect in the picker automatically. Partial/live-download
rows are filtered from the cached lists (unchanged rendering). Local naming/search
preserved via additive LocalInventoryRow modelId/displayName. Variant expander,
scan-folder management, recommended-fit, search, external providers untouched.
Known minor: cached 'Downloaded date' sort tiebreak degrades to alphabetical
(hub cached rows carry no mtime); default 'recent' (load-time) sort preserved.
* feat(model-picker): per-model config step inside the picker
Picking a (non-external) model now opens an in-picker config view built from
main's current load controls (context length, KV cache dtype, speculative
decoding, draft tokens, tensor parallel) plus a chat-template editor backed by
the picker validate/default endpoints. 'Remember for this model' persists the
config per model+variant; Run forwards the config to the existing load flow via
meta.config. External models bypass the step. Two-view orchestration lives in
model-selector (single interception point); pickers.tsx call sites untouched.
trustRemoteCode dropped from PerModelConfig to preserve main's per-load consent.
* feat(chat): apply/persist per-model config through the load flow
handleCheckpointChange threads meta.config into the selection; stageOrLoad and
the autoload/Hub-run paths now apply the picker config (explicit pick or saved
remembered config) via applyPerModelConfigToRuntime before staging/loading, with
keepSpeculative set so a remembered speculative mode survives the model switch.
Replaces the old remembered-load-settings seeding (resolveInitialConfig now the
single source). SelectedModelInput carries config.
* refactor(chat): remove per-model load config from the right sidebar
The load knobs (context, KV cache, speculative, draft tokens, tensor parallel)
and the chat-template editor now live only in the picker config step. The sheet's
Model section keeps the staged Load/Cancel flow (config is applied at pick time);
sampling params, system prompt, and RAG are unchanged. Deletes the superseded
remembered-load-settings module + the store's applyRememberedLoadSettings action,
removes the now-dead sheet state/imports, and points the settings reset at
unsloth_model_configs. Delete-cleanup deferred (stale config is LRU-capped).
* fix(model-picker): remove leftover sidebar-staging cogwheel + empty Model section
The downloaded-variant gear (ModelLoadSettingsAction) staged a model straight
into the right-sidebar Run-settings flow -- the old 'configure before load' path
now fully replaced by the in-picker config step. Removed the gear + its component.
Also gate the sheet's 'Model' section to staged picks only (pendingSelection):
after the load-knob strip its content is staged-only, so it was rendering an
empty section header whenever a model was merely loaded.
* chore(chat): remove dead per-model-config setters + modelControlsDisabled
After the load-config UI moved into the picker, the store's per-model setters
(setKvCacheDtype/setSpeculativeType/setSpecDraftNMax/setTensorParallel/
setCustomContextLength/setChatTemplateOverride) had zero callers
(applyPerModelConfigToRuntime writes via setState), and the sheet's
modelControlsDisabled was unreferenced. Verified dead across the whole tree.
* fix(chat): config-step Load actually loads (ignore Load-on-selection)
Root cause: with Settings > Chat > 'Load on selection' turned OFF, the config
step's load went down the deferred-staging path -- opening the right sidebar with
'<model> is staged, not loaded yet / Choose Load model'. The in-picker config step
IS the deliberate load action, so its Load now loads immediately (or downloads +
auto-loads when not cached) regardless of the toggle. Renamed the button
'Run model' -> 'Load model' to match. Native/dropped picks still honor the toggle.
* refactor(chat,hub): retire 'Load on selection' — config step is the only load flow
The in-picker config step (and the Hub Run button) now fully supersede the old
stage-to-sidebar flow, so the Load-on-selection toggle is removed everywhere:
- chat stageOrLoad: every pick loads immediately, or downloads + auto-loads when
not cached (the previous default behaviour, now universal).
- hub Run: drops the stage branch; downloaded GGUFs load directly with their saved
per-model config (no collision with the chat config step — both end at selectModel).
- store: removed loadOnSelection field/setter/key/default; Settings>Chat toggle and
its settings-reset entry removed.
- staged sidebar section is now a download-progress view (auto-loads on completion).
No manual staging remains; stageModel is used only for background auto-load downloads.
* feat(model-picker): default chat template from GGUF + thread variant through config flow
Read the embedded tokenizer.chat_template from GGUF files (read_gguf_chat_template
in gguf_metadata) and use it as the per-model default. Plumb gguf_variant through
the picker service, /api/picker/chat-template route, frontend templates API, and
use-model-defaults so the right variant's template is fetched.
Also refine the picker config-page/model-selector wiring, drop the dead
ggufNativeContextLength runtime path, and add the per-model-config storage keys to
the settings prefs export.
* feat(model-picker): read safetensors chat template + hide editor where it has no effect
Resolve the default chat template for safetensors models: prefer the modern
chat_template.jinja, fall back to the tokenizer_config.json chat_template field,
then chat_template.json (multimodal processor), then the GGUF embedded template.
Applied to local dirs, the HF cache snapshot scan, and the HF remote fetch.
Hide the chat-template editor in the picker for safetensors models — the override
is only applied at load by the GGUF/llama.cpp backend, so editing it on safetensors
currently has no effect. GGUF keeps the editor. Nothing removed; the dialog stays
for when the safetensors apply path is wired up in a later branch.
* fix(model-picker): set legacy-migration flag only after the write succeeds
Set unsloth_model_configs_migrated only once writeMap confirms the migrated
map persisted, so a quota/storage failure no longer marks migration done and
silently drops the user's pre-existing remembered settings — the next load retries.
* [pre-commit.ci] auto fixes from pre-commit.com hooks
for more information, see https://pre-commit.ci
* MVP model picker fixes
* MVP picker config fix
* MVP safetensors config
* MVP max seq config
* MVP max seq fix
* Fix static max tokens cap ignoring model context
* Fix picker GGUF scan parity
* fix(studio): harden model picker config loading
Apply remembered per-model configs consistently from picker and Hub loads, keep default configs from overriding standing speculative settings, add config access for direct local GGUF files, and support saving or forgetting active model settings without a reload.
* Fix model picker config flow
* Fix model picker config loads
* [pre-commit.ci] auto fixes from pre-commit.com hooks
for more information, see https://pre-commit.ci
* Avoid recursive per-model config migration reads
* Apply the displayed context length when loading a GGUF
* Fix template validation, cached template lookup, and failed load rollback
- Validate chat templates with the loopcontrols extension so templates
that use break or continue tags pass the picker validator, matching the
inference renderer that already accepts them.
- Read the default chat template from the newest cache snapshot rather than
an arbitrary iterdir order, so an older cached revision no longer prefills
a stale template.
- Capture the runtime per-model config before a load and reapply it when the
load fails, so a failed switch leaves the active model context, KV cache,
template, and speculative settings as they were.
* Make chat template view only for safetensors models
Custom chat template overrides are applied at inference only for GGUF
models, which pass the template to llama-server. The safetensors backend
renders with the model built-in template and ignores the override, so
editing it would save a value that never loads. For safetensors the
config page now opens the template as a read-only preview with a note
that editing is not available yet. This can become editable once
inference support for custom safetensors templates lands in main.
* Fix model picker config edge cases
- Restore prior runtime config when a load no-ops for the active model
- Cap the picker validator request body via the protected prefixes
- Keep the GGUF context slider max above the loaded context
- Fetch subfolder chat templates for uncached Hub repos
- Show the compare side config when reopening the picker
* Keep saved GGUF context above the fallback ceiling
* Show the model config in the run settings sidebar
* Fix model config sidebar reset and context slider
- Stack the remember toggle and action buttons in the sidebar
- Reset the config to defaults instead of the loaded values
- Fetch the native context so the slider max is not the loaded value
* Fix model picker config and download regressions
- Run picker chat template routes off the event loop
- Depth and root guard local template directory scans
- Restore download manager flow for uncached hub picks
- Apply per model context length on reload
- Import model picker symbols from the feature barrel
* Fix model picker config and cached download sorting
- Restore load settings when a Hub run is rejected mid load
- Reuse one NumericValueInput instead of a duplicate copy
- Fix double decode of the model name in the template route
- Remove the unused reset-to-loaded settings action
- Fix cached model download sorting
* Fix model picker per-model config edge cases
Honor a saved or typed max seq length above the model's native context so
RoPE extended values are no longer clamped and silently overwritten. Allow
typing past native while the slider keeps native as a soft ceiling.
Guard the fetch success paths in use-model-defaults against an aborted
signal, and refetch when the HF token changes.
Hash the chat template content in the sidebar remount key instead of its
length. Enable reset for a GGUF whose native context is unknown, and floor
the context slider max so it can never fall below the min.
* Fix GGUF context auto-fit and gated model config token
Stop forcing a 32768 context when a GGUF native context is unknown so the backend auto-fits to VRAM again, while still honoring an explicit context edit.
Send the HF token as a query param so gated safetensors models resolve their max position embeddings.
Derive model default state during render to drop the set-state-in-effect calls.
* Fix native GGUF context ceiling and guard picker template reads
Restore the native context store field so the sidebar slider keeps the
full ceiling for drag and drop GGUFs. Limit local chat template reads to
the browse allowlist, skip malformed repo ids, and drop unused model
picker exports.
* Fix model picker lint boundaries
* Fix model picker review findings
Chat template editor never seeded its draft. Radix only calls onOpenChange
from internal events, so the seed in the nextOpen branch was dead and a model
with a saved override opened empty. Saving then cleared the override. Drop the
dead branch, treat draft as an untouched sentinel, and reset it on every close.
Uncached Hub picks could auto load a model after the user left the chat. Main
detached the staged pick on route exit and on chat context change. Carry the
context key on the pending pick and skip the load when it no longer matches.
Also clear configTarget when the picker closes, restore the onUpdated ref so
variant rows stop resubscribing on every parent render, skip the LRU write when
the entry is already most recent, import NumericValueInput relatively, and drop
the unused ModelUpdateAction barrel export.
* Preserve GGUF context on active reload
* Fix model picker per-model config regressions
- Stop reloading the already loaded model on re-pick
- Hide infra models from the chat picker
- Detect vision support on cached GGUF repos
- Honor saved maxSeqLength on auto load
- Restore default chat template for local GGUFs
- Warn on save failure and revert config on cancel
- Refetch picker inventory on open
- Persist read only per model config safely
* Fix stale model auto load
* [pre-commit.ci] auto fixes from pre-commit.com hooks
for more information, see https://pre-commit.ci
* Fix model picker numeric input sizing and constraints
Size value inputs to their content so long context lengths are not clipped,
restrict them to numeric characters, and stop the speculative decoding label
from truncating in the sidebar.
* Fix picker CI tests and harden chat template resolution for PR #6647
- tests: point the descender guard at the moved model-selector.tsx path
- tests: exclude the disabled Reload model button from the regenerate locator so .first targets the real Regenerate
- picker/service.py: reject symlinked template/gguf leaves that resolve outside the browse allowlist (HF cache reads unchanged)
- compare mode: resolve each pane's own remembered chat template instead of inheriting the other pane's from the store
* [pre-commit.ci] auto fixes from pre-commit.com hooks
for more information, see https://pre-commit.ci
* Protect future-schema per-model configs from deletion for PR #6647
savePerModelConfig already refuses to overwrite a stored config whose schema version is newer than this client understands, but deletePerModelConfig did not. Unchecking Remember on an older client therefore silently destroyed a newer client's saved config. Apply the same guard on delete and surface the blocked case through the existing saveFailed toast.
* Protect future-schema per-model configs from quota eviction for PR #6647
The save and delete guards already refuse to touch a stored config whose schema version is newer than this client understands, but the quota-eviction path did not, so a full store on an older client could still evict a newer client's config. Skip future-schema entries when evicting and fail the save if the budget cannot be met without them.
* Fix GGUF context persistence, compare context, and rollback settings for PR #6647
Persist a GGUF context override from the user's intent instead of collapsing it against the loaded context, which reintroduced the context-reset (
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Unsloth Studio lets you run and train models locally.
Features • News • Quickstart • Notebooks • Documentation
⚡ Get started
macOS, Linux, WSL:
curl -fsSL https://unsloth.ai/install.sh | sh
Windows:
irm https://unsloth.ai/install.ps1 | iex
Community:
⭐ Features
Unsloth Studio (Beta) lets you run and train text, audio, embedding, vision models on Windows, Linux and macOS.
Inference
- Search + download + run models including GGUF, LoRA adapters, safetensors
- Export models: Save or export models to GGUF, 16-bit safetensors and other formats.
- Tool calling: Support for self-healing tool calling and web search
- Code execution: lets LLMs test code in Claude artifacts and sandbox environments
- API inference endpoint: Deploy and run local LLMs in Claude Code, Codex tools with Unsloth
- Auto set inference settings and customize chat templates.
- We work directly with teams behind gpt-oss, Qwen3, Llama 4, Mistral, Gemma 1-3, and Phi-4, where we’ve fixed bugs that improve model accuracy.
- Chat with images, audio, PDFs, code, DOCX and more. Connect API providers (OpenAI, Anthropic) or servers (vLLM, Ollama).
- Compare any two models side by side with the same prompt.
- OpenAI/Anthropic-compatible APIs: Serve local models through
/v1/chat/completions,/v1/responsesand/v1/messages. - Connect local models to agents: Use
unsloth startwith Claude Code, Codex, Hermes and more. - Web/PDF search can read PDF papers, manuals and other PDF results.
- GGUF hardware controls: Choose GPUs/layers, offload MoE experts, use multi-GPU or Tensor Parallelism.
- The opt-in MCP control endpoint lets AI clients manage models, training, recipes and exports.
Training
- Train and RL 500+ models up to 2x faster with 70% less VRAM; MoE up to 12x faster.
- Train and run RL on AMD GPUs across Windows, WSL and Linux.
- Data Recipes: Auto-create datasets from PDF, CSV, DOCX etc. Edit data in a visual-node workflow.
- Reinforcement Learning uses 80% less VRAM for GRPO, FP8 and vision RL, with 7x longer contexts.
- Long-context training: 3x faster, 30% less VRAM and 500K+ context.
- Supports LoRA/QLoRA, full fine-tuning, RL, pretraining, 4-bit, 16-bit and FP8.
- Custom Triton and mathematical kernels built with PyTorch and Hugging Face.
- Observability: Monitor training live, track loss and GPU usage and customize graphs.
- Multi-GPU training is supported, with major improvements coming soon.
🚀 Unsloth Start
Unsloth Start connects Claude Code, Codex and other agents to local models with one command.
Start Unsloth, load a model, open your project folder, then run:
unsloth start claude
Replace claude with any supported agent:
| Agent | Command |
|---|---|
| Claude Code | unsloth start claude |
| OpenAI Codex | unsloth start codex |
| Hermes Agent | unsloth start hermes |
| OpenClaw | unsloth start openclaw |
| OpenCode | unsloth start opencode |
| Pi Coding Agent | unsloth start pi |
📥 Install
Unsloth can be used in two ways: through Unsloth Studio, the web UI, or through Unsloth Core, the code-based version. Each has different requirements.
Unsloth Studio (web UI)
Unsloth Studio (Beta) works on Windows, Linux, WSL and macOS.
- CPU: Supported for Chat and Data Recipes currently
- NVIDIA: Training works on RTX 30/40/50, Blackwell, DGX Spark, Station and more
- macOS: Training, MLX and GGUF inference are ALL supported.
- AMD: Training, RL, chat and deployment work on Windows, WSL and Linux. Read the AMD guide.
- Vulkan: GGUF inference is supported on compatible GPUs, including Intel GPUs.
- Multi-GPU: Available now, with a major upgrade on the way
macOS, Linux, WSL:
curl -fsSL https://unsloth.ai/install.sh | sh
Use the same command to update.
Windows:
irm https://unsloth.ai/install.ps1 | iex
Use the same command to update.
Launch
unsloth studio -p 8888
For LAN or cloud access, add -H 0.0.0.0 (raw port only; add --cloudflare for a public URL). By default, Unsloth is accessible only locally.
To reach Unsloth over HTTPS, use unsloth studio --secure. Unsloth stays bound to localhost and is reached only through a free Cloudflare tunnel, which publishes it at a public https://*.trycloudflare.com URL (it fails closed if the tunnel can't start, so the raw port is never exposed). This makes Unsloth reachable from the internet, so anyone with the link and API key can use it and run code: keep your API key private (see Remote access below).
Docker
Use our Docker image unsloth/unsloth container. Run:
docker run -d -e JUPYTER_PASSWORD="mypassword" \
-p 8888:8888 -p 8000:8000 -p 2222:22 \
-v $(pwd)/work:/workspace/work \
--gpus all \
unsloth/unsloth
Developer, Nightly, Uninstall
To see developer, nightly and uninstallation etc. instructions, see advanced installation.
Unsloth Core (code-based)
Linux, WSL:
curl -LsSf https://astral.sh/uv/install.sh | sh
uv venv unsloth_env --python 3.13
source unsloth_env/bin/activate
uv pip install unsloth --torch-backend=auto
Windows:
winget install -e --id Python.Python.3.13
winget install --id=astral-sh.uv -e
uv venv unsloth_env --python 3.13
.\unsloth_env\Scripts\activate
uv pip install unsloth --torch-backend=auto
For Windows, pip install unsloth works only if you have PyTorch installed. Read our Windows Guide.
You can use the same Docker image as Unsloth Studio.
AMD, Intel:
For RTX 50x, B200, 6000 GPUs: uv pip install unsloth --torch-backend=auto. Read our guides for: Blackwell and DGX Spark.
To install Unsloth on AMD and Intel GPUs, follow our AMD Guide and Intel Guide.
📒 Free Notebooks
Train for free with our notebooks. You can use our new free Unsloth Studio notebook to run and train models for free in a web UI. Read our guide. Add dataset, run, then deploy your trained model.
| Model | Free Notebooks | Performance | Memory use |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gemma 4 (E2B) | ▶️ Start for free | 1.5x faster | 50% less |
| Qwen3.5 (4B) | ▶️ Start for free | 1.5x faster | 60% less |
| gpt-oss (20B) | ▶️ Start for free | 2x faster | 70% less |
| Qwen3.5 GSPO | ▶️ Start for free | 2x faster | 70% less |
| gpt-oss (20B): GRPO | ▶️ Start for free | 2x faster | 80% less |
| Qwen3: Advanced GRPO | ▶️ Start for free | 2x faster | 70% less |
| embeddinggemma (300M) | ▶️ Start for free | 2x faster | 20% less |
| Mistral Ministral 3 (3B) | ▶️ Start for free | 1.5x faster | 60% less |
| Llama 3.1 (8B) Alpaca | ▶️ Start for free | 2x faster | 70% less |
| Llama 3.2 Conversational | ▶️ Start for free | 2x faster | 70% less |
| Orpheus-TTS (3B) | ▶️ Start for free | 1.5x faster | 50% less |
- See all our notebooks for: Kaggle, GRPO, TTS, embedding & Vision
- See all our models and all our notebooks
- See detailed documentation for Unsloth here
🦥 Unsloth News
- AMD training: Train, run RL, chat and deploy on AMD GPUs across Windows, WSL and Linux. Guide
- GGUF hardware controls: Choose GPU/layer placement, offload MoE experts and use multi-GPU or Tensor Parallelism. #6414
- Local models for any agent: Use
unsloth startwith Claude Code, Codex, Hermes, OpenCode, OpenClaw, Pi and more through Unsloth's OpenAI- and Anthropic-compatible APIs. Guide - MCP control endpoint: Let compatible clients manage models, training, recipes, checkpoints and exports. #7191
- Local inference reliability: Resume long chats faster, recover stalled downloads and reuse existing GGUF files. #7204 • #6858 • #7209
- New models: Qwen-AgentWorld, Ornith, Kimi K2.7 Code and MiniMax M3
- GLM-5.2: Run Z.ai's 744B-parameter, 1M-context open model locally with Unsloth Dynamic GGUFs. Guide
- DeepSeek-V4: Run DeepSeek-V4-Flash locally with corrected multi-turn and tool-calling behavior. Guide
- DiffusionGemma: Run and fine-tune Google's diffusion language model with 1.8x faster inference in Unsloth Studio. Guide
- Qwen3.6: Run and train Qwen3.6 with MTP for 1.4-2.2x faster inference and NVFP4 quants for supported GPUs. Guide
- Gemma 4: Run and train Gemma 4 text, image and audio models with QAT, MTP, GGUF and MLX support. Guide
- MCP servers: Connect local models to files, apps, databases and external tools through Model Context Protocol. Guide
- Connections: Mix local models with API providers (OpenAI, Anthropic) or servers (vLLM, Ollama) in the same interface. Guide
- Introducing Unsloth Studio: our new web UI for running and training LLMs. Blog
- Train MoE LLMs 12x faster with 35% less VRAM - DeepSeek, GLM, Qwen and gpt-oss. Blog
- Embedding models: Unsloth now supports ~1.8-3.3x faster embedding fine-tuning. Blog • Notebooks
- New 7x longer context RL vs. all other setups, via our new batching algorithms. Blog
- New RoPE & MLP Triton Kernels & Padding Free + Packing: 3x faster training & 30% less VRAM. Blog
- 500K Context: Training a 20B model with >500K context is now possible on an 80GB GPU. Blog
- FP8 & Vision RL: You can now do FP8 & VLM GRPO on consumer GPUs. FP8 Blog • Vision RL
📥 Advanced Installation
The below advanced instructions are for Unsloth Studio. For Unsloth Core advanced installation, view our docs.
Developer / Nightly / Experimental installs: macOS, Linux, WSL:
The developer install builds from the main branch, which is the latest (nightly) source.
git clone https://github.com/unslothai/unsloth
cd unsloth
./install.sh --local
unsloth studio -p 8888
To install into an isolated location (its own virtual env, auth/, studio.db, cache and llama.cpp build), set UNSLOTH_STUDIO_HOME and pass it again at launch:
UNSLOTH_STUDIO_HOME="$PWD/.studio" ./install.sh --local
UNSLOTH_STUDIO_HOME="$PWD/.studio" unsloth studio -p 8888
Then to update :
cd unsloth && git pull
./install.sh --local
unsloth studio -p 8888
Developer / Nightly / Experimental installs: Windows PowerShell:
The developer install builds from the main branch, which is the latest (nightly) source.
git clone https://github.com/unslothai/unsloth.git
cd unsloth
Set-ExecutionPolicy -Scope Process -ExecutionPolicy Bypass
.\install.ps1 --local
unsloth studio -p 8888
To install into an isolated location (its own virtual env, auth/, studio.db, cache and llama.cpp build), set UNSLOTH_STUDIO_HOME and pass it again at launch:
$env:UNSLOTH_STUDIO_HOME="$PWD\.studio"; .\install.ps1 --local
$env:UNSLOTH_STUDIO_HOME="$PWD\.studio"; unsloth studio -p 8888
Then to update :
cd unsloth; git pull
.\install.ps1 --local
unsloth studio -p 8888
Remote access: --secure (HTTPS tunnel) vs raw port
By default unsloth studio binds to 127.0.0.1 (this machine only). To reach it from another device, pick one of:
--secure(recommended): serve only through a free Cloudflare HTTPS link. Unsloth stays bound to localhost and the tunnel provides the public URL; it fails closed (does not start) if the tunnel can't come up, so the raw port is never exposed.
unsloth studio --secure -p 8888
-H 0.0.0.0: bind the raw port on all network interfaces, reachable from anywhere on the network (subject to your firewall). It does not create a public internet URL; add--cloudflareto also publish an internet-reachablehttps://*.trycloudflare.comlink even behind a firewall. Only use this on a network you trust.
unsloth studio -H 0.0.0.0 -p 8888
The Cloudflare tunnel is off by default: -H 0.0.0.0 exposes the raw port only, not a public internet URL. Pair the wildcard bind with --cloudflare (unsloth studio -H 0.0.0.0 --cloudflare) to also publish a public https://*.trycloudflare.com link, or prefer --secure (above), which keeps the raw port private. --cloudflare has no effect on a loopback bind.
The first time Unsloth is published on a public URL (--secure or --cloudflare) with the auto-generated admin password still in place, it asks for a new admin password in the terminal (masked input with confirmation) before the public link goes up. Without an attached terminal it warns instead and keeps the bootstrap deadline: Unsloth shuts down after UNSLOTH_STUDIO_BOOTSTRAP_TIMEOUT (default 1 hour) unless the password is changed in the web UI.
For headless setups that cannot answer that prompt, set the initial admin password non-interactively with --password (only takes effect when no password is set yet; if one already exists it is a hard error, so rotate later with unsloth studio reset-password):
unsloth studio --secure --password 'your-strong-password' # visible in `ps`/history
UNSLOTH_STUDIO_PASSWORD='your-strong-password' unsloth studio --secure # via env var
printf '%s\n' 'your-strong-password' | unsloth studio --secure --password - # via stdin
A literal --password VALUE is visible in the process list and shell history, so prefer the UNSLOTH_STUDIO_PASSWORD env var or --password - (stdin) for automation. This applies to any launch (public or a headless -H 0.0.0.0 bind), and the password is set in the parent before the server binds, so it never reaches a re-executed child process.
Server-side tools (web search, Python and terminal code execution) run as your user and are on by default. Anyone who can reach the server with the API key can run code on this machine, so keep your API key private and pass --disable-tools when exposing Unsloth.
Advanced launch options
Installer options can be passed as environment variables. On macOS, Linux and WSL place the variable after the pipe so the shell passes it to sh; on Windows set it with $env: before piping to iex.
Skip PyTorch (GGUF-only mode):
curl -fsSL https://unsloth.ai/install.sh | UNSLOTH_NO_TORCH=1 sh
$env:UNSLOTH_NO_TORCH=1; irm https://unsloth.ai/install.ps1 | iex
Skip the post-install prompt that starts Unsloth (useful for automated installs):
curl -fsSL https://unsloth.ai/install.sh | UNSLOTH_SKIP_AUTOSTART=1 sh
$env:UNSLOTH_SKIP_AUTOSTART=1; irm https://unsloth.ai/install.ps1 | iex
Pin the Python version:
curl -fsSL https://unsloth.ai/install.sh | UNSLOTH_PYTHON=3.12 sh
$env:UNSLOTH_PYTHON='3.12'; irm https://unsloth.ai/install.ps1 | iex
Install to a custom location with UNSLOTH_STUDIO_HOME:
curl -fsSL https://unsloth.ai/install.sh | UNSLOTH_STUDIO_HOME=/abs/path sh
$env:UNSLOTH_STUDIO_HOME='C:\path'; irm https://unsloth.ai/install.ps1 | iex
On macOS, the installer defaults to the system certificate store (UV_SYSTEM_CERTS=1) so uv trusts the CAs in your Keychain, needed behind TLS-inspecting proxies (Cisco Umbrella, Zscaler, etc.). Opt out with:
curl -fsSL https://unsloth.ai/install.sh | UV_SYSTEM_CERTS=0 sh
Point the frontend build at a corporate npm mirror/proxy with UNSLOTH_NPM_REGISTRY (for the developer install behind a firewall that blocks registry.npmjs.org):
UNSLOTH_NPM_REGISTRY=https://artifactory.example.com/api/npm/npm/ ./install.sh --local
$env:UNSLOTH_NPM_REGISTRY='https://artifactory.example.com/api/npm/npm/'; .\install.ps1 --local
It is threaded as --registry into the Unsloth frontend npm/bun installs; the supply-chain locks (7-day min-release-age, exact version pins) stay in force.
Cap Unsloth's native CPU thread pools on high-core hosts: UNSLOTH_CPU_THREADS=8 unsloth studio -p 8888.
Uninstall
The recommended way to fully remove Unsloth Studio is the matching uninstall script for your OS. It stops any running servers, removes the install dir, the launcher data dir, the desktop shortcut, and any platform-specific entries (macOS .app bundle + Launch Services on Mac; Start Menu, HKCU\Software\Unsloth registry key and user PATH entries on Windows):
- MacOS, WSL, Linux:
curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/unslothai/unsloth/main/scripts/uninstall.sh | sh - Windows (PowerShell):
irm https://raw.githubusercontent.com/unslothai/unsloth/main/scripts/uninstall.ps1 | iex
If you only want to drop the install dir and keep the launcher/shortcut for a later reinstall, you can instead run rm -rf ~/.unsloth/studio (Mac/Linux/WSL) or Remove-Item -Recurse -Force "$HOME\.unsloth\studio" (Windows). The model cache at ~/.cache/huggingface is not touched by any of these.
For more info, see our docs.
Deleting model files
You can delete old model files either from the bin icon in model search or by removing the relevant cached model folder from the default Hugging Face cache directory. By default, HF uses:
- MacOS, Linux, WSL:
~/.cache/huggingface/hub/ - Windows:
%USERPROFILE%\.cache\huggingface\hub\
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Citation
You can cite the Unsloth repo as follows:
@software{unsloth,
author = {Daniel Han, Michael Han and Unsloth team},
title = {Unsloth},
url = {https://github.com/unslothai/unsloth},
year = {2023}
}
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License
Unsloth uses a dual-licensing model of Apache 2.0 and AGPL-3.0. The core Unsloth package remains licensed under Apache 2.0, while certain optional components, such as the Unsloth Studio UI are licensed under the open-source license AGPL-3.0.
This structure helps support ongoing Unsloth development while keeping the project open source and enabling the broader ecosystem to continue growing.
Thank You to
- The llama.cpp library that lets users run and save models with Unsloth
- The Hugging Face team and their libraries: transformers and TRL
- The Pytorch and Torch AO team for their contributions
- NVIDIA for their NeMo DataDesigner library and their contributions
- And of course for every single person who has contributed or has used Unsloth!