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This repository is a white-box, from-principles guide and codebase for learners who want to build and understand large model systems by hand. It provides step-by-step, minimally abstracted implementations that span the full LLM stack, including model internals, pretraining, retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), agent systems, evaluation frameworks and diffusion models. The content is targeted at readers with a traditional deep learning background who want to reproduce key components at the PyTorch and Numpy level rather than relying on high-level packaged APIs. The project collects smaller subprojects such as TinyDiffusion, TinyLlama3, TinyLLM, TinyRAG, TinyAgent, TinyEval, TinyTransformer and TinyGraphRAG to illustrate core ideas, formula-to-code mappings and runnable examples so learners can independently build a compact, comprehensible Tiny LLM Universe.

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The repo emphasizes full-stack, hand-implemented examples and clear, annotated code to reveal internal mechanics of LLM systems. It includes focused modules: a minimal diffusion image model, transformer from-scratch implementation, a TinyLLM using Numpy and PyTorch, TinyLlama3 pretraining and inference walkthroughs, RAG and GraphRAG retrieval pipelines, a minimal Agent demo built with React structure, and an evaluation suite (TinyEval). The materials pair derivations and architecture diagrams with runnable code and some lecture/video complements. Design goals are simplicity, reproducibility and educational clarity, with low-resource demonstrations (claims of ~2G GPU usage for some examples) and an open community license model. The project is maintained and iterated by Datawhale contributors and welcomes community contributions.
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This project helps learners move from using packaged frameworks to understanding and implementing core LLM components themselves. By following derivations, code examples and annotated implementations, users can reproduce model training, tokenization, sampling, retrieval integration and basic agent tooling, gaining the ability to debug, modify and extend internals. The hands-on modules make it practical to run experiments on limited hardware and to learn RAG workflows, graph-augmented retrieval, diffusion sampling and model evaluation strategies. The structured tutorials and example code are suitable for those who already know deep learning basics and want to deepen their theoretical grasp while producing working, minimal systems they can adapt for research or education. Community notes and lecture materials supplement learning.

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