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Official inference framework for 1-bit LLMs

License history

LICENSE file

MIT No license change recorded since the repository was created in 2024.

Latest release

No GitHub releases published; the project releases elsewhere (tags or its own site).

About and history
Repository
microsoft/BitNet · created Aug 5, 2024
Language
C++
Foundation
None; run by Microsoft
Company
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GitHub detects
MIT
Stars per week
193 (GitHub weekly snapshots)

Weekly snapshots

Week ofStars
Nov 2, 202641,505
Oct 26, 202641,279
Oct 19, 202641,212
Oct 5, 202640,652
Sep 21, 202640,347

Changes

Stars per weekNov 8, 2026

Gains about 193 stars a week, up from 186.

Stars per weekOct 29, 2026

Gains about 186 stars a week, down from 216.

Stars per weekOct 20, 2026

Gains about 216 stars a week, up from 153.

Stars per weekOct 11, 2026

Gains about 153 stars a week.

TrackedSep 25, 2026

Now tracked, from microsoft/BitNet on GitHub.