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TRL

TRL is a post-training framework for foundation models. It includes methods like SFT, GRPO, and DPO. Each method has a dedicated trainer that builds on the [Trainer] class and scales from a single GPU to multi-node clusters.

py
from datasets import load_dataset
from trl import GRPOTrainer
from trl.rewards import accuracy_reward

dataset = load_dataset("trl-lib/DeepMath-103K", split="train")

trainer = GRPOTrainer(
    model="Qwen/Qwen2-0.5B-Instruct",
    reward_funcs=accuracy_reward,
    train_dataset=dataset,
)
trainer.train()

Transformers integration

TRL extends Transformers APIs and adds method-specific settings.

  • TRL trainers build on [Trainer]. Method-specific trainers like [~trl.GRPOTrainer] add generation, reward scoring, and loss computation. Config classes extend [TrainingArguments] with method-specific fields.

  • Model loading uses [AutoConfig.from_pretrained], then instantiates the model class from the config with that class' from_pretrained.

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