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Daniel Han-Chen c1f9aac510 Fix/adjust diffusion: round 8 async unloads + tighter handoffs for PR #5754
Round 8 reviewer surfaced event-loop stalls (blocking unload from
async routes), incomplete VRAM handoff coverage (is_active /
loading_models / is_export_active not checked), token leaks via
exception messages, /v1 exposure, and several fail-open paths.

Async / event-loop
  * routes/inference.py /images/unload, GGUF chat-load handoff,
    safetensors chat-load handoff: blocking DiffusionBackend.unload
    pushed onto asyncio.to_thread. unload takes _load_lock +
    _generate_lock and can block for the full duration of an
    in-flight load / generation, which was freezing the FastAPI
    worker, SSE stream, and hardware poller for minutes.
  * routes/export.py + routes/training.py: same to_thread wrap on
    diffusion unload during checkpoint / training start.

GPU-owner handoff completeness
  * core/inference/diffusion.py _release_chat_backend_for_diffusion:
    llama-server now also unloaded when is_active=True (mid-download
    / startup), not only when is_loaded; flushed in-flight
    safetensors loads from loading_models too.
  * core/inference/diffusion.py _release_other_gpu_owners_for_
    diffusion: export shutdown now also fires when
    is_export_active() returns True (checkpoint not yet assigned).

Security / scrubbing
  * core/inference/diffusion.py: load failure paths now scrub
    hf_token from both _last_error AND the raised RuntimeError
    message (the previous scrub only cleared frame locals).
    Falls back to a regex strip of hf_[A-Za-z0-9]{20,} to
    catch tokens that came in via huggingface_hub default caching.
  * routes/inference.py: image lifecycle endpoints moved from
    router to studio_router so they no longer answer under
    the /v1 OpenAI-compat prefix. Studio-only side effects
    (download multi-GB GGUFs, unload chat, etc.) should not be
    reachable via an OpenAI-compat client.
  * models/inference.py: control-char validator now also rejects
    tab. Some log sinks split fields on tab; allowing it left a
    log-injection surface.

Fail-closed delete guards
  * routes/models.py /delete-cached: llama.cpp and safetensors
    branches now fail closed with 503 when their status check
    raises (matches the diffusion-side guard added earlier).
  * routes/export.py: split the try/except around the training
    backend so import failure falls back to 'skip' (no
    core.training in this build) while a runtime failure of
    get_training_backend()/is_training_active() fails closed.
  * routes/models.py /delete-finetuned: diffusion guard now also
    compares against relative path candidates (Path.resolve() works
    on relative input). Previously a load with a relative repo_id
    bypassed the guard.

CUDA cleanup ordering
  * core/inference/diffusion.py: split _release() (drops local +
    gc.collect) from _drain_cuda_cache() (torch.cuda.empty_cache).
    Callers now drain AFTER nulling every reference so the
    allocator actually reclaims the freed slabs (previously
    empty_cache ran while caller still held a local, which left
    the cache pinned).

Generate response (P2 #16)
  * routes/inference.py: response uses status()['active_repo_id']
    instead of the UI-facing repo_id, so a queued /images/load
    promoting a pending model cannot mislabel the just-rendered
    image with the new model's identity.

Test wiring
  * tests/test_diffusion_routes.py: mount inf.studio_router on the
    test app so /images/* routes are reachable now that they live
    on the Studio-only router.
2026-05-25 02:48:00 +00:00
.github ci: unblock Studio Windows + Linux + Mac smoke (#5741) 2026-05-23 06:59:16 -07:00
images images: use narrower Discord button and drop duplicate (#5552) 2026-05-18 05:00:59 -07:00
scripts Move uninstall scripts into scripts/ and fix references (#5644) 2026-05-20 04:42:03 -07:00
studio Fix/adjust diffusion: round 8 async unloads + tighter handoffs for PR #5754 2026-05-25 02:48:00 +00:00
tests ci: broaden Linux + narrow Windows llama.cpp runtime patterns + trim #5741 comments (#5746) 2026-05-23 21:48:12 -07:00
unsloth Lower default weight_decay in RL config from 0.01 to 0.001 (#5747) 2026-05-23 22:28:59 -07:00
unsloth_cli studio: regenerate desktop launcher on unsloth studio update (macOS + Linux + Windows) (#5577) 2026-05-19 05:49:10 -07:00
.gitattributes EOL LF (unix line endings) normalization (#3478) 2025-10-17 16:22:42 -07:00
.gitignore ci: advisory lockfile supply-chain audit (no install-script changes) (#5604) 2026-05-19 05:56:56 -07:00
.pre-commit-ci.yaml pre-commit CI config (#3565) 2025-11-07 14:44:18 -08:00
.pre-commit-config.yaml [pre-commit.ci] pre-commit autoupdate (#5586) 2026-05-18 22:57:43 -07:00
build.sh Add Studio web update banner and release version display (#5308) 2026-05-11 18:24:01 +04:00
cli.py Rename cli/ to unsloth_cli/ to fix namespace collision with stringzilla (#4393) 2026-03-17 20:40:21 -07:00
CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md Update CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md 2025-10-25 19:31:05 -07:00
CONTRIBUTING.md Revert "Improve documentation on how to export model from Colab" 2026-03-13 22:38:41 -07:00
COPYING Rename cli/ to unsloth_cli/ to fix namespace collision with stringzilla (#4393) 2026-03-17 20:40:21 -07:00
install.ps1 ci: broaden Linux + narrow Windows llama.cpp runtime patterns + trim #5741 comments (#5746) 2026-05-23 21:48:12 -07:00
install.sh ci: broaden Linux + narrow Windows llama.cpp runtime patterns + trim #5741 comments (#5746) 2026-05-23 21:48:12 -07:00
LICENSE Rename cli/ to unsloth_cli/ to fix namespace collision with stringzilla (#4393) 2026-03-17 20:40:21 -07:00
pyproject.toml API fixes + pypi 2026-05-22 09:16:53 -07:00
README.md Adding Connect a Provider README changes 2026-05-21 05:08:59 -07:00
unsloth-cli.py Merge pull request #3612 from Vangmay/feature/raw-text-dataprep 2026-01-08 03:38:15 -08:00

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Unsloth Studio lets you run and train models locally.

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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

Training

  • Train and RL 500+ models up to 2x faster with up to 70% less VRAM, with no accuracy loss.
  • Custom Triton and mathematical kernels. See some collabs we did with PyTorch and Hugging Face.
  • Data Recipes: Auto-create datasets from PDF, CSV, DOCX etc. Edit data in a visual-node workflow.
  • Reinforcement Learning (RL): The most efficient RL library, using 80% less VRAM for GRPO, FP8 etc.
  • Supports full fine-tuning, RL, pretraining, 4-bit, 16-bit and, FP8 training.
  • Observability: Monitor training live, track loss and GPU usage and customize graphs.
  • Multi-GPU training is supported, with major improvements coming soon.

📥 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: Chat + Data works. Train with Unsloth Core. Studio support is out soon.
  • Multi-GPU: Available now, with a major upgrade on the way

macOS, Linux, WSL:

curl -fsSL https://unsloth.ai/install.sh | sh

Windows:

irm https://unsloth.ai/install.ps1 | iex

Launch

unsloth studio -p 8888

For cloud or global access, add -H 0.0.0.0. By default, Unsloth is accessible only locally.

Update

To update, use the same install commands above or use unsloth studio update.

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

🦥 Unsloth News

  • Connections: Connect any API provider (OpenAI, Anthropic) or server (vLLM, Ollama). Guide
  • MTP: Run Qwen3.6 MTP in Unsloth. MTP settings are autoset specific to your hardware. Guide
  • API inference endpoint: Deploy and run local LLMs in Claude Code, Codex tools. Guide
  • Qwen3.6: Qwen3.6-35B-A3B can now be trained and run in Unsloth Studio. Blog
  • Gemma 4: Run and train Googles new models directly in Unsloth. Blog
  • Introducing Unsloth Studio: our new web UI for running and training LLMs. Blog
  • Qwen3.5 - 0.8B, 2B, 4B, 9B, 27B, 35-A3B, 112B-A10B are now supported. Guide + notebooks
  • 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. BlogNotebooks
  • 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 BlogVision RL

📥 Advanced Installation

The below advanced instructions are for Unsloth Studio. For Unsloth Core advanced installation, view our docs.

Developer installs: macOS, Linux, WSL:

git clone https://github.com/unslothai/unsloth
cd unsloth
./install.sh --local
unsloth studio -p 8888

Then to update :

unsloth studio update

Developer installs: Windows PowerShell:

git clone https://github.com/unslothai/unsloth.git
cd unsloth
Set-ExecutionPolicy -Scope Process -ExecutionPolicy Bypass
.\install.ps1 --local
unsloth studio -p 8888

Then to update :

unsloth studio update

Nightly: MacOS, Linux, WSL:

git clone https://github.com/unslothai/unsloth
cd unsloth
git checkout nightly
./install.sh --local
unsloth studio -p 8888

Then to launch every time:

unsloth studio -p 8888

Nightly: Windows:

Run in Windows Powershell:

git clone https://github.com/unslothai/unsloth.git
cd unsloth
git checkout nightly
Set-ExecutionPolicy -Scope Process -ExecutionPolicy Bypass
.\install.ps1 --local
unsloth studio -p 8888

Then to launch every time:

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!