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AI · October 13, 2020

PyTorch Lightning

The light PyTorch wrapper for high-performance AI research

PyTorch Lightning launched on October 13, 2020 with 79 votes, #612 of 4,053 launches that month.

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What it does

The lightweight PyTorch wrapper for high-performance AI research. Scale models, not boilerplate. Lightning is one of the most popular deep learning frameworks. Unlike Keras it gives full flexibility. Unlike PyTorch it does not need a ton of boilerplate.

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