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picoGPT vs LLMs-from-scratch

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picoGPT

jaymody/picoGPT

3.5kpushed Apr 24, 2023
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LLMs-from-scratch

rasbt/LLMs-from-scratch

99kpushed Jun 2, 2026
picoGPTLLMs-from-scratch
TaglineAn unnecessarily tiny implementation of GPT-2 in NumPyImplement a ChatGPT-like LLM in PyTorch from scratch
Stars3.5k99k
Forks45915k
Open issues144
LanguagePythonJupyter Notebook
LicenseMITOther
Last pushedApr 24, 2023Jun 2, 2026
CategoriesLLM FrameworksModel Training, LLM Frameworks
Typed relationshippicoGPT alternative LLMs-from-scratch

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  • Comparable on headline GitHub signals - decide on fit, not metrics.

Choose LLMs-from-scratch if…

  • More widely adopted - 99k stars vs 3.5k.
  • More recently updated (last pushed Jun 2, 2026).
  • Leaner open-issue backlog (4).
  • Also covers Model Training.

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