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A high-performance Python-based I/O system for large (and small) deep learning problems, with strong support for PyTorch.

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Read and manage large datasets for deep learning projects using a specialized file format.

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A high-performance Python-based I/O system for large (and small) deep learning problems, with strong support for PyTorch.

webdataset has 3.1k stars on GitHub. It has been forked 231 times. webdataset is written mainly in Python. It has been in active development since 2019. webdataset is available under the BSD-3-Clause license. Its main topics are data-augmentation, deep-learning, pytorch, webdataset.

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What is webdataset?

A high-performance Python-based I/O system for large (and small) deep learning problems, with strong support for PyTorch.

Is webdataset open source?

webdataset is an open-source project. It is released under the BSD-3-Clause license.

Is webdataset free?

Yes. webdataset is free and open source — you can use, modify and self-host it.

What license does webdataset use?

webdataset is available under the BSD-3-Clause license.

What language is webdataset written in?

webdataset is written mainly in Python.

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