Unsloth

⚡ Get started

Download the native Unsloth Desktop app for your operating system:

Download from Unsloth or GitHub Releases.

Or if you prefer to install manually:

macOS, Linux, WSL:

curl -fsSL https://unsloth.ai/install.sh | sh

Windows:

irm https://unsloth.ai/install.ps1 | iex

Docker:

The Unsloth Docker image unsloth/unsloth is available on Docker. Read guide.

Homebrew:

brew install --cask unsloth

Winget (Windows):

winget install --id UnslothAI.Unsloth -e

Community:

• Discord
• 𝕏 (Twitter)
• Reddit

⭐ Features

Unsloth works on Windows, Linux, WSL and macOS. We support Multi GPU setups, NVIDIA, AMD, Intel GPUs, CPUs and the Vulkan backend.

Run & Build with AI

• Run and train LLMs, MLX, GGUF, diffusion, decision, embedding, audio models: Qwen3.8, GLM-5.3-Flash, Kimi K3, Qwen-Image-2.1, MiniMax-H3, DeepSeek-V4, Gemma 4.
• Agents & Tools: Use local models with Claude Code, Codex, and MCP, including tool calling and code execution.
• Search & RAG: Use private and unlimited web search, deep research, auto-compaction (rolling context window) and RAG.
• Image and video: Run and train image and video diffusion or multimodal models
• Remote & LAN: Access your local models from any device on LAN or remotely through secure Cloudflare HTTPS.
• Connect: Serve models through an OpenAI compatible API. Also connect your ChatGPT/Codex subscription and cloud providers

Train & Deploy

• Fine-tuning: Train LLMs, diffusion, decision, TTS, and embedding models 2× faster with 70% less VRAM with no accuracy loss
• Complete support: Supports reinforcement learning, LoRA, QLoRA, full fine tuning, pretraining, RL, GRPO, DPO, and FP8.
• Export & Deploy: Export or Deploy models including GGUF, NVFP4, FP8 and more formats.
• Datasets: Build datasets from PDFs, CSVs, DOCX files, and more with Data Recipes.

🚀 Unsloth Start

Unsloth Start connects Claude Code, Codex and other agents to local models with one command.

unsloth start claude --model unsloth/Qwen3.8-27B-GGUF:UD-Q4_K_XL

Agent	Command
Claude Code	unsloth start claude
OpenAI Codex	unsloth start codex
Visual Studio Code	unsloth start vscode
DeepSeek Harness	unsloth start dsh
OpenCode	unsloth start opencode
Hermes Agent	unsloth start hermes
Pi	unsloth start pi
OpenClaw	unsloth start openclaw
Mistral Vibe	unsloth start vibe

📥 Install

Unsloth can be used in three ways: Unsloth Desktop, the desktop app; Unsloth Studio, the web UI; or Unsloth Core, the code based version.

Unsloth Desktop (recommended)

Unsloth Studio (web UI)

macOS, Linux, WSL:

curl -fsSL https://unsloth.ai/install.sh | sh

Windows:

irm https://unsloth.ai/install.ps1 | iex

Homebrew:

brew install --cask unsloth

Docker

Use our Docker image unsloth/unsloth. On Linux and Mac, set up GPU access once with

curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/unslothai/unsloth/main/docker/install_nvidia_toolkit.sh -o install_nvidia_toolkit.sh && sudo -E bash install_nvidia_toolkit.sh

For Windows instructions and more information, read our Unsloth Docker Guide.

Linux / WSL (Bash):

# for a public Cloudflare HTTPS link: use  -e UNSLOTH_STUDIO_SECURE=1  instead of -p 8000:8000, and  -p 127.0.0.1:8888:8888  instead of -p 8888:8888
docker run -d --name unsloth --gpus all --ipc=host \
  -p 8000:8000 -p 8888:8888 \
  -v "$PWD":/workspace/host \
  -v unsloth-workspace:/workspace \
  -v "$HOME/.cache/huggingface":/workspace/.cache/huggingface \
  -v unsloth-studio:/opt/unsloth-studio \
  unsloth/unsloth && docker logs -f unsloth

See Docker docs for more information. For notebooks only, use the unsloth/unsloth:core tag; all tags and options are on Docker Hub.For AMD there is a separate image: unsloth/unsloth-rocm.

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Launch

unsloth studio

HTTP Secure Deployment

unsloth studio --secure

Remote HTTPS & LAN Access

Server-side tools are on by default - so be careful! Keep your password safe, or use --disable-tools when exposing Unsloth.

Global HTTPS Access: Creates a free Cloudflare link that serves Unsloth - you can access the link globally (even on your phone!)

unsloth studio --secure

-H 0.0.0.0 and different ports also work:

unsloth studio -H 0.0.0.0 -p 8888

LAN Access (home network): Settings > API keys > LAN access

Password management & headless starts

Exposing Unsloth (--secure, --cloudflare, or a non-loopback -H) asks once at the terminal for a new admin password. Ctrl+C there aborts the launch rather than exposing the auto-generated one; set a password non-interactively instead, or use -H 127.0.0.1 to stay off the network.

Headless starts:

UNSLOTH_STUDIO_PASSWORD='your-strong-password' unsloth studio --secure   # via env var

Reset your password:

unsloth studio reset-password

Developer, Nightly, Uninstall

To see developer, nightly and uninstallation etc. instructions, see advanced installation.

Unsloth Core (code-based)

Linux, WSL:

curl -LsSf https://astral.sh/uv/install.sh | sh
uv venv unsloth_env --python 3.13
source unsloth_env/bin/activate
uv pip install unsloth --torch-backend=auto

Windows:

winget install -e --id Python.Python.3.13
winget install --id=astral-sh.uv  -e
uv venv unsloth_env --python 3.13
.\unsloth_env\Scripts\activate
uv pip install torchao
uv pip install unsloth --torch-backend=auto

Install torchao first on Windows: --torch-backend looks for it only on the PyTorch index, which has no recent Windows torchao, so a one-step install silently resolves an old Unsloth.

AMD, Intel, DGX Spark, Blackwell:

See our Blackwell guide and DGX Spark guide. To install Unsloth on AMD and Intel GPUs, follow our AMD Guide and Intel Guide.

📒 Free Notebooks

Train for free with our notebooks. Read our guide. Add dataset, run, then deploy your trained model.

Model	Free Notebooks	Performance	Memory use
Unsloth Studio	▶️ Start for free
Decision model (Qwen3.5-4B)	▶️ Start for free	1.5x faster	60% less
Gemma 4 (E2B)	▶️ Start for free	1.5x faster	50% less
Qwen3.5 (4B)	▶️ Start for free	1.5x faster	60% less
gpt-oss (20B)	▶️ Start for free	2x faster	70% less
Qwen3.5 GSPO	▶️ Start for free	2x faster	70% less
gpt-oss (20B): GRPO	▶️ Start for free	2x faster	80% less
Qwen3: Advanced GRPO	▶️ Start for free	2x faster	70% less
embeddinggemma (300M)	▶️ Start for free	2x faster	20% less
Llama 3.1 (8B) Alpaca	▶️ Start for free	2x faster	70% less
Llama 3.2 Conversational	▶️ Start for free	2x faster	70% less
Orpheus-TTS (3B)	▶️ Start for free	1.5x faster	50% less

• See all our notebooks for: Kaggle, GRPO, TTS, embedding & Vision
• See all our models and all our notebooks
• See detailed documentation for Unsloth here

📥 Advanced Installation

The below advanced instructions are for Unsloth Studio. For Unsloth Core advanced installation, view our docs.

Developer / Nightly / Experimental installs: macOS, Linux, WSL:

The developer install builds from the main branch, which is the latest (nightly) source.

git clone https://github.com/unslothai/unsloth
cd unsloth
./install.sh --local
unsloth studio -p 8888

To install into an isolated location, set UNSLOTH_STUDIO_HOME:

UNSLOTH_STUDIO_HOME="$PWD/.studio" ./install.sh --local
UNSLOTH_STUDIO_HOME="$PWD/.studio" unsloth studio -p 8888

Then to update:

cd unsloth && git pull
./install.sh --local
unsloth studio -p 8888

Developer / Nightly / Experimental installs: Windows PowerShell:

The developer install builds from the main branch, which is the latest (nightly) source.

git clone https://github.com/unslothai/unsloth.git
cd unsloth
Set-ExecutionPolicy -Scope Process -ExecutionPolicy RemoteSigned
.\install.ps1 --local
unsloth studio -p 8888

To install into an isolated location, set UNSLOTH_STUDIO_HOME:

$env:UNSLOTH_STUDIO_HOME="$PWD\.studio"; .\install.ps1 --local
$env:UNSLOTH_STUDIO_HOME="$PWD\.studio"; unsloth studio -p 8888

Then to update:

cd unsloth; git pull
.\install.ps1 --local
unsloth studio -p 8888

Advanced launch options

Skip PyTorch (GGUF-only mode):

curl -fsSL https://unsloth.ai/install.sh | UNSLOTH_NO_TORCH=1 sh

$env:UNSLOTH_NO_TORCH=1; irm https://unsloth.ai/install.ps1 | iex

Skip the post-install prompt that starts Unsloth (useful for automated installs):

curl -fsSL https://unsloth.ai/install.sh | UNSLOTH_SKIP_AUTOSTART=1 sh

$env:UNSLOTH_SKIP_AUTOSTART=1; irm https://unsloth.ai/install.ps1 | iex

Keep the install-time package cache under the Unsloth Studio directory instead of reusing an existing uv cache. Downloads are slower the first time, and an explicit UV_CACHE_DIR still wins over this:

curl -fsSL https://unsloth.ai/install.sh | UNSLOTH_ISOLATE_UV_CACHE=1 sh

$env:UNSLOTH_ISOLATE_UV_CACHE=1; irm https://unsloth.ai/install.ps1 | iex

For a local run the flag is --isolated-uv-cache:

./install.sh --local --isolated-uv-cache

.\install.ps1 --local --isolated-uv-cache

Discard the previous environment immediately when reinstalling, instead of keeping a copy until the new one works. A reinstall normally holds both at once, so it needs room for two; this needs room for one, at the cost of not being able to undo a failed install:

curl -fsSL https://unsloth.ai/install.sh | UNSLOTH_INSTALL_NO_ROLLBACK=1 sh

$env:UNSLOTH_INSTALL_NO_ROLLBACK=1; irm https://unsloth.ai/install.ps1 | iex

For a local run the flag is --no-rollback:

./install.sh --local --no-rollback

.\install.ps1 --local --no-rollback

Pinning the Python version:

curl -fsSL https://unsloth.ai/install.sh | UNSLOTH_PYTHON=3.12 sh

$env:UNSLOTH_PYTHON='3.12'; irm https://unsloth.ai/install.ps1 | iex

Install to a custom location with UNSLOTH_STUDIO_HOME:

curl -fsSL https://unsloth.ai/install.sh | UNSLOTH_STUDIO_HOME=/abs/path sh

$env:UNSLOTH_STUDIO_HOME='C:\path'; irm https://unsloth.ai/install.ps1 | iex

Point the frontend build at a corporate npm mirror/proxy with UNSLOTH_NPM_REGISTRY:

UNSLOTH_NPM_REGISTRY=https://artifactory.example.com/api/npm/npm/ ./install.sh --local

$env:UNSLOTH_NPM_REGISTRY='https://artifactory.example.com/api/npm/npm/'; .\install.ps1 --local

Cap Unsloth's native CPU thread pools on high-core hosts: UNSLOTH_CPU_THREADS=8 unsloth studio -p 8888.

Vulkan, custom llama.cpp backends:

You can force the backend during installation:

export UNSLOTH_LLAMA_CPP_BACKEND=vulkan   # or cpu, cuda, rocm, auto
curl -fsSL https://unsloth.ai/install.sh | sh

$env:UNSLOTH_LLAMA_CPP_BACKEND="vulkan"   # or cpu, cuda, rocm, auto
irm https://unsloth.ai/install.ps1 | iex

audio.cpp audio engine:

Setup also installs audio.cpp (prebuilt by unslothai/audio.cpp), which runs the audio.cpp speech, music and speech-to-text models on the Audio page, in Voice settings and behind /v1/audio/*. It is optional and never blocks setup:

• UNSLOTH_SKIP_AUDIO_CPP_INSTALL=1 skips it.
• UNSLOTH_AUDIO_CPP_ACCELERATOR=cpu (or cuda, vulkan, metal) picks the bundle instead of auto-detecting.
• AUDIOCPP_SERVER_PATH=/path/to/audiocpp_server uses your own build.

Uninstall

MacOS, WSL, Linux: curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/unslothai/unsloth/main/scripts/uninstall.sh | sh

Windows (PowerShell): irm https://raw.githubusercontent.com/unslothai/unsloth/main/scripts/uninstall.ps1 | iex

For more info, see our docs.

Deleting model files

You can delete old model files either from the bin icon in model search or by removing the relevant cached model folder from the default Hugging Face cache directory. By default, HF uses:

MacOS, Linux, WSL: ~/.cache/huggingface/hub/

Windows: %USERPROFILE%\.cache\huggingface\hub\

💚 Community and Links

Type	Links
Discord	Join Discord server
r/unsloth Reddit	Join Reddit community
📚 Documentation & Wiki	Read Our Docs
Twitter (aka X)	Follow us on X
🔮 Our Models	Unsloth Catalog
✍️ Blog	Read our Blogs

Citation

You can cite the Unsloth repo as follows:

@software{unsloth,
  author = {Daniel Han, Michael Han and Unsloth team},
  title = {Unsloth},
  url = {https://github.com/unslothai/unsloth},
  year = {2023}
}

If you trained a model with 🦥Unsloth, you can use this cool sticker!  

License

Unsloth uses a dual-licensing model of Apache 2.0 and AGPL-3.0. The core Unsloth package remains licensed under Apache 2.0, while certain optional components, such as the Unsloth Studio UI are licensed under the open-source license AGPL-3.0.

This structure helps support ongoing Unsloth development while keeping the project open source and enabling the broader ecosystem to continue growing.

Thank You to

• The llama.cpp library that lets users run and save models with Unsloth
• The Hugging Face team and their libraries: transformers and TRL
• The Pytorch and Torch AO team for their contributions
• NVIDIA for their NeMo DataDesigner library and their contributions
• And of course for every single person who has contributed or has used Unsloth!