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huggingface/candle

Minimalist ML framework for Rust

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21k stars1.8k forksLast push Sep 25, 2026 Rust Apache-2.0

Decision brief

Candle is a minimalist ML framework for Rust with an Apache-2.0 license.

Good fit when

If you require a lightweight and efficient machine learning solution built in the Rust programming language for faster performance and memory safety.
When targeting projects that can benefit from web assembly (WASM) support, using Candle may allow seamless integration into WASM environments like browser-based applications.

Avoid when

If your project strictly requires deep interoperability with Python-centric ecosystems or libraries such as TensorFlow or PyTorch.
Candle might not be the best choice if extensive pre-trained model repositories availability and ecosystem is crucial, as it may lack the breadth of models compared to more established frameworks.

Observed Jul 16, 2026 · Source: enrich:decision_facts

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Maintenance: Very active (0d since push); As of Sep 26, 2026
Provenance: Not a fork · Organization account; As of Sep 26, 2026
Security (OSV): No lockfile; As of Jul 11, 2026

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Company: Hugging Face·GitHub org profile·Jul 11, 2026
Employees: 160·Wikidata (P1128 employees)·Jul 11, 2026
Funding: $235,000,000 (2023-08)·GraphCanon curated seed (public press)·Jul 11, 2026
Commercial model: OSS + managed cloud·GraphCanon curated seed·Jul 11, 2026

Install

cargo add candle

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Overview

Candle is a minimalist machine learning framework developed in the Rust programming language designed to provide efficient and scalable AI solutions.

Capability facts

Languages: rust
Source: github.language · Sep 26, 2026

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Hugging Facecompany

README

install target platform 'wasm32 unknown unknown' rustup target add wasm32 unknown unknown cd candle wasm examples/llama2 c wget https://huggingface.co/spaces/lmz/candle llama2/resolve/main/model.bin wget https://huggingface.co/spaces/lmz/candle llama2/resolve/main/tokenizer.json...

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