BitNet license, foundation and stars
Model serving and local AI · MIT (open source) · backed by Microsoft · 40,347 stars
Official inference framework for 1-bit LLMs
License history
LICENSE fileMIT 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).
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About and history
- Repository
- microsoft/BitNet · created Aug 5, 2024
- Language
- C++
- Foundation
- None; run by Microsoft
- Company
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- MIT
- Stars per week
- From the second weekly snapshot
Weekly snapshots
| Week of | Stars | |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 21, 2026 | 40,347 |
Changes
| What changed | |
|---|---|
| Sep 25, 2026 | TrackedAdded: microsoft/BitNet |