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nanoGPT

The simplest, fastest repository for training and finetuning medium-sized GPTs.

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  • Rating

    4.8 / 5

  • Pricing

    Free

  • Difficulty

    Advanced

  • Works on

    macOS, Windows, Linux

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What is nanoGPT?

nanoGPT is Karpathy's minimal, hackable codebase for training and finetuning medium-sized GPTs — prioritising simplicity and speed over abstraction, and widely used as a teaching and research base.

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Pros: what nanoGPT does well

  • Minimal and readable GPT training code
  • Fast enough for real experiments
  • The standard teaching base for LLM training

Cons: where it falls short

  • Requires GPU resources for serious runs
  • Deliberately few abstractions and features

Who nanoGPT is for

Engineers and students who want to train and understand GPTs from a clean codebase.

Who can skip it

Teams wanting a batteries-included training platform.

nanoGPT alternatives

Not sold on nanoGPT? These do a similar job, and each card says what it has in common.

All Learning resources

Train LLM From Scratch

Focus: machine learning, tutorial and from scratch. Shares llm and training with nanoGPT. A course, not a framework. Rated 4.7 (nanoGPT: 4.8).

CourseFreeCross-Platform
4.7Visit

Dive into Deep Learning

Focus: deep learning, book and course. Shares pytorch and open source with nanoGPT. A course, not a framework. Adds Web. Rated 4.9 (nanoGPT: 4.8).

CourseFreeWeb
4.9Visit

LLM Course

Focus: course, roadmap and colab. Shares llm and open source with nanoGPT. A course, not a framework. Adds Web. Same 4.8 rating.

CourseFreeWeb
4.8Visit

Awesome LLM

Focus: awesome list, papers and ai. Shares llm and open source with nanoGPT. A website, not a framework. Adds Web. Rated 4.7 (nanoGPT: 4.8).

WebsiteFreeWeb
4.7Visit

Neural Networks: Zero to Hero

Focus: neural networks, course and backpropagation. Shares karpathy and gpt with nanoGPT. A course, not a framework. Adds Web. Rated 4.9 (nanoGPT: 4.8).

CourseFreeWeb
4.9Visit

Free alternatives to nanoGPT

Want to spend nothing? These free picks cover similar ground.

How to Train Your GPT

Focus: deep learning, tutorial and from scratch. Shares llm and pytorch with nanoGPT. A course, not a framework. Adds Web. Rated 4.5 (nanoGPT: 4.8).

CourseFreeCross-Platform, Web
4.5Visit

Fast GraphRAG

Focus: rag, graphrag and knowledge graph. Shares llm and open source with nanoGPT. Adds Web. Rated 4.7 (nanoGPT: 4.8).

FrameworkFreeCross-Platform, Web
4.7Visit

Spinning Up in Deep RL

Focus: reinforcement learning, openai and course. Shares open source with nanoGPT. A course, not a framework. Adds Web. Rated 4.7 (nanoGPT: 4.8).

CourseFreeWeb
4.7Visit

Open Notebook

Focus: notebooklm alternative, research and ai chat. Shares open source with nanoGPT. An AI tool, not a framework. Adds Web. Rated 4.6 (nanoGPT: 4.8).

AI ToolFreeWeb, Cross-Platform
4.6Visit
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