Both tagged llama, gemma, deepseek.
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unsloth vs LlamaFactory
Fine Tuning rivals. Both tagged fine-tuning, gemma, deepseek. Six rounds of real GitHub data, an AI referee, and the crowd picks a side.

unslothai/unsloth: 79,320 stars, Python. 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.
hiyouga/LlamaFactory: 75,996 stars, Python. Unified Efficient Fine-Tuning of 100+ LLMs & VLMs (ACL 2024)
unsloth vs LlamaFactory: tale of the tape
GitHub data as of November 11, 2026unsloth and LlamaFactory have about the same number of GitHub stars (79,320 vs 75,996). In the last 6 days, unsloth gained more stars: +248 (+0.3%) against +94 (+0.1%) for LlamaFactory. unsloth saw more development in the last 52 weeks with 16,849 commits, against 286 for LlamaFactory. LlamaFactory is the older project (created May 2023), unsloth started in November 2023. Both are written mainly in Python.
| unslothai/unsloth | hiyouga/LlamaFactory | |
|---|---|---|
| Stars | 79,320 | 75,996 |
| Stars gained, last 6 days | +248 | +94 |
| Growth, last 6 days | +0.3% | +0.1% |
| Avg. stars per day since creation | 74 | 60 |
| Forks | 7,385 | 9,363 |
| Commits, last 52 weeks | 16,849 | 286 |
| Open issues | 474 | 1,233 |
| Best Repocharts rank today | #37 in AI | #39 in AI |
| Language | Python | Python |
| License | Apache-2.0 | Apache-2.0 |
| Created | Nov 29, 2023 | May 28, 2023 |
| Last push | Nov 11, 2026 | Nov 11, 2026 |
Quick answers
Which is more popular, unsloth or LlamaFactory?
unsloth and LlamaFactory have about the same number of GitHub stars (79,320 vs 75,996) (Repocharts data as of November 11, 2026).
Which is growing faster, unsloth or LlamaFactory?
In the last 6 days, unsloth gained more stars: +248 (+0.3%) against +94 (+0.1%) for LlamaFactory.
Which is more actively developed?
unsloth saw more development in the last 52 weeks with 16,849 commits, against 286 for LlamaFactory.
What languages are unsloth and LlamaFactory written in?
Both are written mainly in Python.
How does RepoClash compare unsloth and LlamaFactory?
RepoClash scores both repositories in six rounds (popularity, momentum, activity, community, maintenance and freshness) from public GitHub data, adds an AI referee's verdict and lets developers vote for their favorite. Star counts are updated daily.
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The two most-starred repos in the charts: 562k ★ vs 535k ★.