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UniLM

Microsoft research code and models for large AI systems that handle text, images, speech and documents.

Research-backed

What it does

This repository collects research from Microsoft on "foundation models", large AI models trained on huge amounts of data that can then be adapted to many tasks. It covers language, vision, speech, documents and models that combine them.

Projects include LayoutLM for understanding scanned documents and forms, TrOCR for reading text in images, BEiT for images, VALL-E for text-to-speech, the Kosmos multimodal models, and new model designs such as BitNet, RetNet and LongNet.

Many projects have their own folder with code and pretrained models. Most are aimed at researchers rather than everyday users.

Who it's for

AI researchers and engineers who want to study or build on Microsoft's published models.

Can I use it without coding?

Developers only. Research code; using it needs programming and machine-learning experience. New to this? Start here.

Can I run it?

Cost
FreeNothing to pay or sign up for.
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 (MIT): Very permissive: free to use, change and share, including for business.
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