Horovod | |
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Developer(s) | Uber |
Initial release | August 9, 2017 [1] |
Stable release | v0.28.1 [2] / June 12, 2023 |
Written in | Python, C++, CUDA |
Platform | Linux, macOS, Windows |
Type | Artificial intelligence ecosystem |
License | Apache License 2.0 |
Website | horovod![]() |
Horovod is a free and open-source software framework for distributed deep learning training using TensorFlow, Keras, PyTorch, and Apache MXNet. Horovod is hosted under the Linux Foundation AI (LF AI). [3] Horovod has the goal of improving the speed, scale, and resource allocation when training a machine learning model. [4]
Initial release
Horovod, a distributed training framework for TensorFlow, Keras and PyTorch, improves speed, scale and resource allocation in machine learning training activities. Uber uses Horovod for self-driving vehicles, fraud detection, and trip forecasting. It is also being used by Alibaba, Amazon and NVIDIA.