# Axolotl vs LLaMA-Factory

| Attribute | Axolotl | LLaMA-Factory |
|---|---|---|
| **Vioscale score** | 51.9 (32% (low)) | 59.2 (24% (low)) |
| activity.commits_last_30d | 29 | 14 |
| adoption.dependent_repos | 1 | - |
| adoption.github_stars | 12,407 | 74,382 |
| deployment.options | `{"cloud":true,"self_hosted":true}` | `{"self_hosted":true}` |
| description.long | A free framework that simplifies fine-tuning and customization of large language models on GPU hardware, with support for multiple training techniques and model architectures. | LlamaFactory is a user-friendly training and fine-tuning platform that enables local optimization of hundreds of pre-trained language models without requiring code. It supports diverse training methods including supervised fine-tuning, reinforcement learning approaches, and parameter-efficient techniques. |
| features.capabilities | `{"soc2_type_ii":false,"pricing_model":"free_open_source","architecture_model":"open_source_library_local_gpu","mit_or_apache_permissive_oss_license":false,"flash_attention_and_xformers_compilation":true,"four_bit_and_eight_bit_memory_quantization":true,"native_huggingface_hub_push_pull_integration":true,"weights_and_biases_wandb_experiment_tracking":false,"peft_lora_and_qlora_parameter_efficient_tuning":true,"rlhf_and_dpo_preference_alignment_optimization":true,"serverless_hosting_of_fine_tuned_adapters_lorax":false,"synthetic_data_generation_and_evaluation_pipeline":false,"distributed_multi_gpu_orchestration_fsdp_deepspeed":true}` | `{"pricing_model":"free_open_source","architecture_model":"open_source_library_local_gpu","mit_or_apache_permissive_oss_license":true,"flash_attention_and_xformers_compilation":true,"four_bit_and_eight_bit_memory_quantization":true,"weights_and_biases_wandb_experiment_tracking":true,"peft_lora_and_qlora_parameter_efficient_tuning":true,"rlhf_and_dpo_preference_alignment_optimization":true,"distributed_multi_gpu_orchestration_fsdp_deepspeed":true}` |
| integrations.count | 8 | 7 |
| integrations.list | `[{"name":"HuggingFace Hub"},{"name":"HuggingFace Transformers"},{"name":"PEFT"},{"name":"vLLM"},{"name":"TRL"},{"name":"DeepSpeed"},{"name":"FSDP"},{"name":"CUDA"}]` | `[{"name":"TensorBoard"},{"name":"Wandb"},{"name":"MLflow"},{"name":"SwanLab"},{"name":"Transformers"},{"name":"vLLM"},{"name":"Hugging Face Hub"}]` |
| language.primary | Python | Python |
| license.spdx | Apache-2.0 | Apache-2.0 |
| market.availability | `{"primaryMarkets":[],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` | - |
| platform.support | `{"cli":true}` | `{"cli":true}` |
| pricing | `{"type":"open_source","summary":"Free and open source","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://axolotl-ai-cloud.github.io/axolotl/","retrievedAt":"2026-08-21T10:59:28.191Z"}` | `{"type":"open_source","summary":"Free and open source","sourceUrl":"https://llamafactory.readthedocs.io","retrievedAt":"2026-08-21T11:03:55.421Z"}` |
| pricing.free_tier | yes | - |
| pricing.model | open_source | open_source |
| pricing.price_level | free | free |
| pricing.transparent | - | yes |
| release.cadence_days | 9 | 25 |
| release.history | 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| 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|
| security.vulnerabilities | `{"count":0,"source":"https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=pypi&package_name=axolotl&per_page=100","last_12m":0,"max_severity":null}` | - |

## Capabilities (Fine Tuning Platforms)

| Capability | Axolotl | LLaMA-Factory |
|---|:--:|:--:|
| **Capabilities** |  |  |
| Architecture model | Open source library local GPU | Open source library local GPU |
| Peft lora and qlora parameter efficient tuning | ✓ | ✓ |
| Rlhf and dpo preference alignment optimization | ✓ | ✓ |
| Serverless hosting of fine tuned adapters lorax | ✗ | - |
| Four bit and eight bit memory quantization | ✓ | ✓ |
| Flash attention and xformers compilation | ✓ | ✓ |
| Distributed multi GPU orchestration fsdp deepspeed | ✓ | ✓ |
| Synthetic data generation and evaluation pipeline | ✗ | - |
| Native huggingface hub push pull integration | ✓ | - |
| Weights and biases wandb experiment tracking | ✗ | ✓ |
| SOC2 type ii | ✗ | - |
| Mit or apache permissive oss license | ✗ | ✓ |
| Pricing model | Free open source | Free open source |

*Source: Vioscale. Generated 2026-09-01T15:15:17.468Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*