# Axolotl

> Free, open-source (Apache-2.0) fine-tuning framework: one YAML config covers dataset prep, training, evaluation and quantization. Full fine-tuning, LoRA, QLoRA, DPO, KTO, ORPO and GRPO on NVIDIA or AMD GPUs, multi-GPU with FSDP2 or DeepSpeed and multi-node with Torchrun or Ray.

- Official site: https://axolotl.ai
- Category: [Frameworks & Dev Tools](https://digidle.com/category/dev-tools/)
- Tags: fine-tuning, open-source, python
- Pricing: not verified by Digidle; see the official site.
- Listing page: https://digidle.com/tools/axolotl/
- Alternatives page: https://digidle.com/alternatives/axolotl/

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- [AI Agent Infrastructure](https://digidle.com/collections/ai-agent-infrastructure/)

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Source: Digidle Tools (https://digidle.com/), a curated directory of developer and vibe-coding tools. Full index: https://digidle.com/llms.txt