What it does
AI models learn from examples, and those examples often contain errors, like a photo of a cat labelled as a dog. cleanlab is a Python library that uses your existing model to spot these problems automatically.
It can check text, images, audio and table data for wrong labels, duplicates and unusual items, and it can help train models that cope better with messy data.
Its makers say it works with almost any model and is based on published research on a method called confident learning.
Who it's for
Data scientists and machine-learning engineers who want cleaner training data.
Can I use it without coding?
Developers only. It's a Python library used inside your own code. New to this? Start here.
Can I run it?
- Cost
- FreeNothing to pay or sign up for.
- Runs on
- Mac, Windows, Linux
- Computer
- An ordinary computer is fine
- Privacy
- Runs on your own device: your data stays with you
- API key
- Not needed
Try it
Using Claude Code, Cursor or another AI coding assistant? Paste the prompt and it will walk you through the setup.New to this?
Before you install
- Only download from the official GitHub page. Copies with similar names exist for many popular projects.
- License (Apache-2.0): Permissive: free to use, change and share, including for business.
- More on staying safe
Where people are talking about it
- Beware of Unreliable Data in Model Evaluation: A LLM Prompt Selection Case StudyHacker News · Jun 2023
- Confident Learning: Estimating Uncertainty in Dataset LabelsResearch paper · Nov 2019