rayllm-orchestrator 0.1.0

Train and serve LLMs on any hardware with one command each

RayLLM-Orchestrator

Train any LLM on your data. Serve it instantly. One command each.

# Train
python orchestrator.py train --model gpt2 --dataset my-data.jsonl --epochs 3

# Serve (in another terminal)
python orchestrator.py serve --model ./checkpoints/gpt2 --port 8000

# Test it
curl -X POST http://localhost:8000/v1/chat/completions \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{"messages":[{"role":"user","content":"Hello"}]}'

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What It Does

Train: Real PyTorch training with automatic:

• Model loading (HuggingFace IDs or local paths)
• Dataset tokenization (JSONL or HF datasets)
• Multi-GPU support (Ray + FSDP)
• Quantization (4-bit / 8-bit LoRA)
• Checkpointing + resume from any epoch

Serve: Auto-selects the fastest backend for your hardware:

• Apple Silicon: MLX (native, 4x faster than PyTorch)
• NVIDIA GPU: vLLM (continuous batching)
• CPU: PyTorch transformers (fallback, works everywhere)
• Quantized models: llama.cpp (memory-efficient)

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Installation

Option 1: PyPI (recommended)

pip install rayllm-orchestrator
rayllm train --model gpt2 --dataset my-data.jsonl
rayllm serve --model ./checkpoints/gpt2

Option 2: From source

git clone https://github.com/agastya-choudhary123/rayllm-orchestrator
cd rayllm-orchestrator
pip install -e .
python orchestrator.py train --model gpt2 --dataset my-data.jsonl

Option 3: Docker

docker pull ghcr.io/agastya-choudhary123/rayllm:latest
docker run -it ghcr.io/agastya-choudhary123/rayllm:latest train \
  --model gpt2 --dataset my-data.jsonl --epochs 3

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Quick Start

1. Prepare your data

Format: JSONL (one JSON object per line)

{"text": "Your training example here."}
{"text": "Another example."}

Or use a HuggingFace dataset:

python orchestrator.py train --model gpt2 \
  --dataset wikitext --epochs 1

2. Train

python orchestrator.py train \
  --model gpt2 \
  --dataset my-data.jsonl \
  --epochs 3 \
  --quant 4bit

What happens:

• Downloads model from HuggingFace
• Tokenizes your data
• Trains for 3 epochs (saves checkpoint after each)
• Merges LoRA adapters into final model
• Prints checkpoint path

3. Serve

python orchestrator.py serve \
  --model ./checkpoints/gpt2 \
  --port 8000

What happens:

• Auto-detects your hardware
• Loads model with best available backend
• Starts OpenAI-compatible API on port 8000
• Ready for requests

4. Use it

curl -X POST http://localhost:8000/v1/chat/completions \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{
    "messages": [
      {"role": "user", "content": "Write a haiku about coding"}
    ],
    "max_tokens": 50
  }'

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Common Use Cases

Train on Apple Silicon (M1/M2/M3)

python orchestrator.py train \
  --model meta-llama/Llama-3.2-1B \
  --dataset my-data.jsonl \
  --epochs 3

Uses MLX backend automatically (3-4x faster than PyTorch MPS).

Fine-tune with quantization (save memory)

python orchestrator.py train \
  --model meta-llama/Llama-3.2-8B \
  --dataset my-data.jsonl \
  --quant 4bit

Uses QLoRA: trains only 1-2% of parameters, 60% less VRAM.

Multi-GPU training

python orchestrator.py train \
  --model meta-llama/Llama-3.2-8B \
  --dataset my-data.jsonl \
  --strategy fsdp-ray \
  --num-workers 4

Uses Ray + PyTorch FSDP across 4 GPUs.

Serve with small draft model (faster generation)

python orchestrator.py serve \
  --model ./checkpoints/large-model \
  --draft-model ./checkpoints/small-model \
  --port 8000

Uses speculative decoding: small model proposes, large model verifies.

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Command Reference

train

Fine-tune a model on your data.

python orchestrator.py train \
  --model <model-id-or-path> \
  --dataset <dataset-id-or-path.jsonl> \
  --epochs <int> \
  --strategy <single|fsdp-ray|deepspeed-ray> \
  --quant <none|8bit|4bit> \
  --out <checkpoint-dir> \
  --num-workers <int>

Defaults:

• --epochs 1
• --strategy fsdp-ray (auto-detect GPUs, fall back to single)
• --quant none
• --out ./checkpoints
• --num-workers 0 (auto-detect)

serve

Serve a trained model with OpenAI-compatible API.

python orchestrator.py serve \
  --model <checkpoint-path-or-model-id> \
  --quant <none|8bit|4bit|awq|gptq> \
  --port <int> \
  --host <0.0.0.0> \
  --max-model-len <int> \
  --continuous-batching

Defaults:

• --port 8000
• --host 0.0.0.0
• --max-model-len 4096
• --continuous-batching (enabled by default)

run

Train AND serve in one command (for demos).

python orchestrator.py run \
  --model <model-id-or-path> \
  --data <dataset-id-or-path.jsonl> \
  --epochs 3 \
  --port 8000 \
  --no-fast

Trains, then immediately starts serving on port 8000.

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Hardware Support

Hardware	Train	Serve	Notes
CPU (any OS)	✓	✓	Slow but works everywhere
Apple Silicon (M1/M2/M3)	✓ (MLX)	✓ (MLX)	3-4x faster, native Metal GPU
NVIDIA GPU	✓ (FSDP)	✓ (vLLM)	Requires CUDA + PyTorch
Docker (CPU)	✓	✓	Reproducible, isolated
Docker (CUDA)	✓	✓	GPU inside container
Multi-GPU cluster	✓ (Ray+FSDP)	✓ (vLLM)	Distributed training + serving

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Troubleshooting

"ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'torch'"

Install PyTorch first:

pip install torch transformers datasets peft accelerate

"Out of memory" during training

Try quantization:

python orchestrator.py train --model gpt2 --dataset my-data.jsonl --quant 4bit

Or reduce batch size / context length in the code.

Slow training on Mac

Make sure MLX is installed:

pip install mlx

The trainer automatically picks MLX on Apple Silicon (much faster than PyTorch).

Serve doesn't respond

Check the server is running:

curl http://localhost:8000/v1/models

Should return a list of loaded models.

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Performance Notes

Training speed:

• Apple Silicon M3 Max: ~100 tok/s for 3B model
• NVIDIA H100: ~1000+ tok/s with FSDP
• CPU: ~10 tok/s (slow but works for small models)

Serving speed (tok/s, inference only):

• Apple Silicon M1/M2: 40-80 tok/s for 7B quantized
• NVIDIA RTX 4090: 100-150 tok/s for 7B quantized
• NVIDIA H100: 300+ tok/s for 8B

Speed depends on model size, quantization, hardware. Always benchmark on your setup.

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Architecture

orchestrator.py       ← Simple CLI
├── train.py         ← Training loop (PyTorch, LoRA, checkpointing)
├── serve.py         ← Serving layer (OpenAI API compatible)
├── models.py        ← Model loading (HF + quantization)
├── data.py          ← Tokenization (packing, bucketing)
├── backends_mlx.py  ← Apple Silicon native training/serving
├── fast.py          ← Optimizations (bf16, prefetch, packing)
└── util.py          ← Helpers (logging, device detection)

No external dependencies beyond PyTorch, transformers, datasets.

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License

MIT

Contributing

Issues and PRs welcome. Focus on:

• Bug reports with reproducible examples
• Performance improvements on your hardware
• New model/dataset support

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See Also

• vLLM — Fast serving inference
• MLX — Apple Silicon ML framework
• Ray Train — Distributed training
• Hugging Face — Model zoo & datasets