formless 0.6.0

Handwritten + image OCR.

formless

Handwritten + image OCR.

Usage

Hit the API:

curl -X POST -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d '{"image_url": "<image-url>"}' https://andrewhinh--formless-api-model-infer.modal.run

Or use the CLI:

uv run formless -i <image-url> [-v]

Soon:

• Python bindings.
• Frontend.

Development

Set Up

Set up the environment:

uv sync --all-extras --dev
modal setup

Create a .env (+ .env.dev + .env.local):

API_URL=
HF_TOKEN=

LIVE=
DEBUG=
STRIPE_PUBLISHABLE_KEY=
STRIPE_SECRET_KEY=
STRIPE_WEBHOOK_SECRET=
DOMAIN=

WANDB_API_KEY=
WANDB_ENTITY=

Repository Structure

.
├── api                 # API.
├── frontend            # frontend.
├── src/formless        # python bindings.
├── training            # training.

API

Test the API:

modal run api/app.py

Run the API "locally":

modal serve --env=dev api/app.py

Deploy on dev:

modal deploy --env=dev api/app.py

Deploy on main:

modal deploy --env=main api/app.py

Frontend

Run the web app "locally":

modal serve --env=dev frontend/app.py
stripe listen --forward-to <url>/webhook
# update API_URL, STRIPE_WEBHOOK_SECRET, and DOMAIN in .env.dev

Deploy on dev:

modal deploy --env=dev frontend/app.py
# update API_URL, STRIPE_WEBHOOK_SECRET, and DOMAIN in .env.dev

Deploy on main:

modal deploy --env=main frontend/app.py

PyPI

Run the package:

uv run formless -v
# update API_URL in src/formless/__init__.py

Build the package:

uvx --from build pyproject-build --installer uv

Upload the package:

uvx twine upload dist/*

Test the uploaded package:

uv run --with formless --no-project -- formless -v

Training (WIP)

Torchtune

Download the model:

uv run tune download meta-llama/Llama-3.2-11B-Vision-Instruct --output-dir /tmp/Llama-3.2-11B-Vision-Instruct

Run the training:

10:10 $ uv run tune run lora_finetune_single_device --config training/llama3_2_vision-11B_lora_single_device.yaml

Custom

Run ETL on HF dataset:

modal run ft/etl.py

Train the model:

modal run ft/train_modal.py