---
title: "petals vs LLMs-from-scratch"
type: "comparison"
canonical_url: "https://www.graphcanon.com/compare/bigscience-workshop-petals-vs-rasbt-llms-from-scratch"
tools: ["bigscience-workshop-petals", "rasbt-llms-from-scratch"]
---

# petals vs LLMs-from-scratch

Neutral, constraint-first comparison with live GitHub stats.

| | [petals](/tools/bigscience-workshop-petals.md) | [LLMs-from-scratch](/tools/rasbt-llms-from-scratch.md) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Tagline | Run LLMs at home, BitTorrent-style | Implement a ChatGPT-like LLM in PyTorch from scratch |
| Stars | 10,266 | 98,715 |
| Forks | 621 | 15,148 |
| Open issues | 112 | 4 |
| Language | Python | Jupyter Notebook |
| License | MIT | Other |
| Categories | Inference & Serving, LLM Frameworks | Model Training, LLM Frameworks |

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**Machine-readable endpoints**

- JSON: [`/api/graphcanon/graph?tool=bigscience-workshop-petals`](/api/graphcanon/graph?tool=bigscience-workshop-petals)
- LLM index: [/llms.txt](/llms.txt)
- Full corpus: [/llms-full.txt](/llms-full.txt)

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