alt.freeweights.tools / FlashAttention
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FlashAttention

Release: v2.8.3.post2 (2026-10-13)Commit: 49774b3License: BSD-3-Clause

Fast, memory-efficient exact attention kernels.

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FactsLicenseBSD-3-ClauseLanguagePythonKindtrainingRelease2026-10-13PlatformsLinux (NVIDIA)Links to the projectpermissive
$ pip install flash-attn --no-build-isolation

Overview

Fast, memory-efficient exact attention kernels.

Kind
training
License
BSD-3-Clause
Language
Python
Platforms
Linux (NVIDIA)
Latest release
v2.8.3.post2 (2026-10-13)
Repository
Dao-AILab/flash-attention

Freeweights links to the project and does not host tool binaries.

Install

$ pip install flash-attn --no-build-isolation
$ pip install flash-attn --no-build-isolation

Checked against the project's README on 2026-11-15. The project's own instructions win when they differ: install docs

Freeweights links to the project and does not host tool binaries.

Use with Freeweights

Fine-tune a catalog model

Download the weights from Freeweights first (HF_ENDPOINT or fw.py), then point the tool at the folder.

Catalog models it can fine-tune (3137)

and 3077 more.

License

License
BSD-3-Clause
Class
Permissive

Read the license

Freeweights links to the project and does not host tool binaries.

Provenance

From: Dao-AILab <github.com/Dao-AILab>Newsgroups: alt.freeweights.toolsSubject: FlashAttentionRelease: v2.8.3.post2 (2026-10-13)Commit: 49774b3License: BSD-3-Clause
Repository
Dao-AILab/flash-attention
Pinned release
v2.8.3.post2, 2026-10-13
Release commit
49774b31c8d1172a5b28f72e9aed0f322bf4ccba
Default branch
main bd26bc8e10e7c8f10dce6e17276156accecd2994
Fetched
2026-11-15
Takedowns
None.

Freeweights links to the project and does not host tool binaries.

Works with

3137 catalog models. See the list