// Train & fine-tune
peftv0.21.2
🤗 PEFT: State-of-the-art Parameter-Efficient Fine-Tuning.
Open source Maintained For developers
IN ONE PARAGRAPH
peft is 🤗 PEFT: State-of-the-art Parameter-Efficient Fine-Tuning.
Good for: Developers and teams who want to train & fine-tune.
01How to start
- 1Read the official quick-start (link above).
- 2Install from the official package registry:
pip install peft - 3Try it on a small example before wiring it into a project.
02Alternatives & comparison
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