candle license, foundation and stars
ML frameworks · Apache 2.0 (open source) · backed by Hugging Face · 21,100 stars
Minimalist ML framework for Rust
License history
LICENSE fileApache 2.0 No license change recorded since the repository was created in 2023.
Latest release
No GitHub releases published; the project releases elsewhere (tags or its own site).
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About and history
- Repository
- huggingface/candle · created Jun 19, 2023
- Language
- Rust
- Foundation
- None; run by Hugging Face
- Company
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- GitHub detects
- Apache-2.0
- Stars per week
- From the second weekly snapshot
Weekly snapshots
| Week of | Stars | |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 21, 2026 | 21,100 |
Changes
| What changed | |
|---|---|
| Sep 25, 2026 | TrackedAdded: huggingface/candle |