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Unified fine-tuning for 100+ LLMs versus Streamlined LoRA & QLoRA fine-tuning

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Choose LlamaFactory when…

  • You need DPO, RLHF, or reward modeling in addition to SFT
  • You want a no-code web UI for training runs
  • You're working across many different model families

Choose Axolotl when…

  • You want a config-driven OSS fine-tuning pipeline
  • You need support for LoRA, QLoRA, and FSDP in one tool
  • You prefer HuggingFace-native workflows

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Field
LlamaFactory
Axolotl
Category
Fine-tuning
Fine-tuning
Type
Open Source
Open Source
Free Tier
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Pricing Plans
GitHub Stars
42,000
9,800
Health
80 Active

LlamaFactory

Supports full fine-tuning, LoRA, QLoRA, DPO, RLHF, and reward modeling across 100+ models. Web UI (LlamaBoard) for no-code training. The most feature-complete OSS fine-tuning framework.

Axolotl

OSS fine-tuning framework built on HuggingFace Transformers. Supports LoRA, QLoRA, full fine-tuning, and FSDP. Config-driven — define your training run in a YAML file.

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Axolotl

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LlamaFactory

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