tiktoken license, foundation and stars
ML frameworks · MIT (open source) · backed by OpenAI · 19,323 stars
tiktoken is a fast BPE tokeniser for use with OpenAI's models.
License history
LICENSE fileMIT No license change recorded since the repository was created in 2022.
Latest release
No GitHub releases published; the project releases elsewhere (tags or its own site).
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About and history
- Repository
- openai/tiktoken · created Dec 1, 2022
- Language
- Python
- Foundation
- None; run by OpenAI
- Company
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- GitHub detects
- MIT
- Stars per week
- From the second weekly snapshot
Weekly snapshots
| Week of | Stars | |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 21, 2026 | 19,323 |
Changes
| What changed | |
|---|---|
| Sep 25, 2026 | TrackedAdded: openai/tiktoken |