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karpathy /char-rnn

Multi-layer Recurrent Neural Networks (LSTM, GRU, RNN) for character-level language models in Torch

Open on GitHub #19 in Lua
Stars12,133
Forks2,622
Open issues111
Avg. stars / day3faster than 14% of Lua
LanguageLua
License–
CreatedMay 21, 2015
Last activityOct 24, 2023

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According to Repocharts, karpathy/char-rnn ranks #19 in the Lua ranking on November 5, 2026.