Soup

Fine-tune LLMs in one command. No SSH, no config hell.

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Soup turns the pain of LLM fine-tuning into a simple workflow. One config, one command, done.

pip install soup-cli
soup init --template chat
soup train

Why Soup?

Training LLMs is still painful. Even experienced teams spend 30-50% of their time fighting infrastructure instead of improving models. Soup fixes that.

• Zero SSH. Never SSH into a broken GPU box again.
• One config. A simple YAML file is all you need.
• Auto everything. Batch size, GPU detection, quantization — handled.
• Works locally. Train on your own GPU with QLoRA. No cloud required.

Quick Start

1. Install

# From PyPI (recommended):
pip install soup-cli

# Or from GitHub (latest dev):
pip install git+https://github.com/MakazhanAlpamys/Soup.git

2. Create config

# Interactive wizard
soup init

# Or use a template
soup init --template chat    # conversational fine-tune
soup init --template code    # code generation
soup init --template medical # domain expert

3. Train

soup train --config soup.yaml

That's it. Soup handles LoRA setup, quantization, batch size, monitoring, and checkpoints.

4. Test your model

soup chat --model ./output

5. Push to HuggingFace

soup push --model ./output --repo your-username/my-model

6. Merge & Export

# Merge LoRA adapter with base model
soup merge --adapter ./output

# Export to GGUF for Ollama / llama.cpp
soup export --model ./output --format gguf --quant q4_k_m

Config Example

base: meta-llama/Llama-3.1-8B-Instruct
task: sft

data:
  train: ./data/train.jsonl
  format: alpaca
  val_split: 0.1

training:
  epochs: 3
  lr: 2e-5
  batch_size: auto
  lora:
    r: 64
    alpha: 16
  quantization: 4bit

output: ./output

DPO Training

Train with preference data using Direct Preference Optimization:

base: meta-llama/Llama-3.1-8B-Instruct
task: dpo

data:
  train: ./data/preferences.jsonl
  format: dpo

training:
  epochs: 3
  dpo_beta: 0.1
  lora:
    r: 64
    alpha: 16
  quantization: 4bit

Chat with your model

# Chat with a LoRA adapter (auto-detects base model)
soup chat --model ./output

# Specify base model explicitly
soup chat --model ./output --base meta-llama/Llama-3.1-8B-Instruct

# Adjust generation
soup chat --model ./output --temperature 0.3 --max-tokens 256

Push to HuggingFace

# Upload model to HF Hub
soup push --model ./output --repo your-username/my-model

# Make it private
soup push --model ./output --repo your-username/my-model --private

Merge LoRA Adapter

Merge a LoRA adapter with its base model into a standalone model:

# Auto-detect base model from adapter_config.json
soup merge --adapter ./output --output ./merged

# Specify base model and dtype
soup merge --adapter ./output --base meta-llama/Llama-3.1-8B --dtype bfloat16

Export to GGUF

Export models to GGUF format for use with Ollama and llama.cpp:

# Export LoRA adapter (auto-merges with base, then converts)
soup export --model ./output --format gguf --quant q4_k_m

# Export with different quantizations
soup export --model ./output --format gguf --quant q8_0
soup export --model ./output --format gguf --quant f16

# Export a full (already merged) model
soup export --model ./merged --format gguf

# Specify llama.cpp path manually
soup export --model ./output --format gguf --llama-cpp /path/to/llama.cpp

Supported quantizations: q4_0, q4_k_m, q5_k_m, q8_0, f16, f32

After export, use with Ollama:

echo 'FROM ./my-model.q4_k_m.gguf' > Modelfile
ollama create my-model -f Modelfile
ollama run my-model

Resume Training

Resume a training run from a checkpoint:

# Auto-detect latest checkpoint in output directory
soup train --config soup.yaml --resume auto

# Resume from a specific checkpoint
soup train --config soup.yaml --resume ./output/checkpoint-500

Weights & Biases Integration

Send training metrics to W&B for cloud-based experiment tracking:

# Enable W&B logging (requires: pip install wandb)
soup train --config soup.yaml --wandb

Make sure WANDB_API_KEY is set or run wandb login first.

Inference Server

Start a local OpenAI-compatible inference server:

# Install server dependencies
pip install 'soup-cli[serve]'

# Start server
soup serve --model ./output --port 8000

# With custom settings
soup serve --model ./output --port 8080 --host 127.0.0.1 --max-tokens 1024

Endpoints:

• POST /v1/chat/completions — chat completions (streaming supported)
• GET /v1/models — list available models
• GET /health — health check

Compatible with OpenAI SDK:

from openai import OpenAI
client = OpenAI(base_url="http://localhost:8000/v1", api_key="unused")
response = client.chat.completions.create(
    model="output",
    messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Hello!"}],
)

Synthetic Data Generation

Generate training data using LLMs:

# Generate using OpenAI API
soup data generate --prompt "Create math word problems" --count 100 --format alpaca

# Use a different model
soup data generate --prompt "Medical Q&A pairs" --model gpt-4o --count 500

# Deduplicate against existing data
soup data generate --prompt "..." --count 200 --dedup-with existing.jsonl

# Use seed examples to guide style
soup data generate --prompt "..." --seed examples.jsonl --count 100

Hyperparameter Sweep

Search for the best hyperparameters:

# Grid search over learning rate and LoRA rank
soup sweep --config soup.yaml --param lr=1e-5,2e-5,5e-5 --param lora_r=8,16,32

# Random search with max runs
soup sweep --config soup.yaml --param lr=1e-5,2e-5,5e-5 --strategy random --max-runs 5

# Preview without running
soup sweep --config soup.yaml --param lr=1e-5,2e-5 --param epochs=2,3 --dry-run

Model Comparison

Compare outputs of two models side-by-side:

# Compare with inline prompts
soup diff --model-a ./model_v1 --model-b ./model_v2 --prompt "Explain gravity"

# Compare with a prompts file
soup diff --model-a ./base --model-b ./finetuned --prompts test_prompts.jsonl

# Save results
soup diff --model-a ./a --model-b ./b --prompts prompts.txt --output results.jsonl

Multi-GPU / DeepSpeed

Train on multiple GPUs with DeepSpeed:

# ZeRO Stage 2 (recommended for most cases)
soup train --config soup.yaml --deepspeed zero2

# ZeRO Stage 3 (for very large models)
soup train --config soup.yaml --deepspeed zero3

# ZeRO Stage 2 with CPU offload (memory-constrained)
soup train --config soup.yaml --deepspeed zero2_offload

# Custom DeepSpeed config
soup train --config soup.yaml --deepspeed ./my_ds_config.json

Quickstart Demo

Run a complete demo in one command — creates sample data, config, and trains a tiny model:

# Full demo (creates data + config + trains TinyLlama)
soup quickstart

# Just create files without training
soup quickstart --dry-run

# Skip confirmation
soup quickstart --yes

Health Check

Check your environment for compatibility issues:

soup doctor

Shows: Python version, GPU availability, all dependency versions, and fix suggestions.

Version Info

# Basic version
soup version

# Full system info (useful for bug reports)
soup version --full
# → soup v0.3.2 | Python 3.11.5 | CUDA 12.1 | extras: serve, data

Error Handling

Soup shows friendly error messages by default (2-3 lines with a fix suggestion). For full tracebacks:

# Global flag goes BEFORE the command
soup --verbose train --config soup.yaml

# Works with any command
soup --verbose eval --model ./output --benchmarks mmlu

Note: --verbose is a global flag — it must go before the command name, not after.

Data Formats

Soup supports these formats (auto-detected). Files can be JSONL, JSON, CSV, or Parquet.

Alpaca:

{"instruction": "Explain gravity", "input": "", "output": "Gravity is..."}

ShareGPT:

{"conversations": [{"from": "human", "value": "Hi"}, {"from": "gpt", "value": "Hello!"}]}

ChatML:

{"messages": [{"role": "user", "content": "Hi"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "Hello!"}]}

DPO (preference pairs):

{"prompt": "Explain gravity", "chosen": "Gravity is a force...", "rejected": "I don't know"}

Data Tools

# Inspect a dataset
soup data inspect ./data/train.jsonl

# Validate format
soup data validate ./data/train.jsonl --format alpaca

# Convert between formats
soup data convert ./data/train.jsonl --to sharegpt --output converted.jsonl

# Merge multiple datasets
soup data merge data1.jsonl data2.jsonl --output merged.jsonl --shuffle

# Remove near-duplicates (requires: pip install 'soup-cli[data]')
soup data dedup ./data/train.jsonl --threshold 0.8

# Extended statistics (length distribution, token counts, languages)
soup data stats ./data/train.jsonl

Experiment Tracking

Every soup train run is automatically tracked in a local SQLite database (~/.soup/experiments.db).

# List all training runs
soup runs

# Show detailed info + loss curve for a run
soup runs show run_20260223_143052_a1b2

# Compare two runs side by side
soup runs compare run_1 run_2

# Delete a run
soup runs delete run_1

Model Evaluation

Evaluate models on standard benchmarks using lm-evaluation-harness:

# Install eval dependencies
pip install 'soup-cli[eval]'

# Evaluate on benchmarks
soup eval --model ./output --benchmarks mmlu,gsm8k,hellaswag

# Link results to a training run
soup eval --model ./output --benchmarks mmlu --run-id run_20260223_143052_a1b2

Features

Feature	Status
LoRA / QLoRA fine-tuning	✅
SFT (Supervised Fine-Tune)	✅
DPO (Direct Preference Optimization)	✅
Auto batch size	✅
Auto GPU detection (CUDA/MPS/CPU)	✅
Live terminal dashboard	✅
Alpaca / ShareGPT / ChatML / DPO formats	✅
HuggingFace datasets support	✅
Interactive model chat	✅
Push to HuggingFace Hub	✅
LoRA merge (adapter + base → full model)	✅
Export to GGUF (Ollama / llama.cpp)	✅
Resume training from checkpoint	✅
Weights & Biases integration	✅
Experiment tracking (SQLite)	✅
Data tools (convert, merge, dedup, stats)	✅
Model evaluation (lm-eval)	✅
Inference server (OpenAI-compatible)	✅
Synthetic data generation	✅
Hyperparameter sweep (grid/random)	✅
Model comparison (diff)	✅
Multi-GPU / DeepSpeed	✅
Friendly error messages	✅
Health check (soup doctor)	✅
Quickstart demo	✅
Confirmation prompts	✅
Web dashboard	🔜
Cloud mode (BYOG)	🔜

All Commands

soup init [--template chat|code|medical]      Create config
soup train --config soup.yaml                 Start training
soup chat --model ./output                    Interactive chat
soup push --model ./output --repo user/name   Upload to HuggingFace
soup merge --adapter ./output                 Merge LoRA with base model
soup export --model ./output --format gguf    Export to GGUF (Ollama)
soup eval --model ./output --benchmarks mmlu  Evaluate on benchmarks
soup serve --model ./output --port 8000       OpenAI-compatible API server
soup sweep --config soup.yaml --param lr=...  Hyperparameter search
soup diff --model-a ./a --model-b ./b         Compare two models
soup data inspect <path>                      View dataset stats
soup data validate <path> --format alpaca     Check format
soup data convert <path> --to chatml          Convert between formats
soup data merge data1.jsonl data2.jsonl       Combine datasets
soup data dedup <path> --threshold 0.8        Remove duplicates (MinHash)
soup data stats <path>                        Extended statistics
soup data generate --prompt "..." --count 100 Generate synthetic data
soup runs                                     List training runs
soup runs show <run_id>                       Run details + loss graph
soup runs compare <run_1> <run_2>             Compare two runs
soup doctor                                   Check environment
soup quickstart [--dry-run]                   Full demo
soup version [--full]                         Show version (--full: system info)
soup --verbose <command>                      Full traceback on errors

Requirements

• Python 3.9+
• GPU with CUDA (recommended) or Apple Silicon (MPS) or CPU (slow)
• 8 GB+ VRAM for 7B models with QLoRA

Optional Extras

Extra	Install	What it adds
serve	pip install 'soup-cli[serve]'	Inference server (FastAPI + uvicorn)
data	pip install 'soup-cli[data]'	Deduplication (MinHash via datasketch)
eval	pip install 'soup-cli[eval]'	Benchmark evaluation (lm-evaluation-harness)
deepspeed	pip install 'soup-cli[deepspeed]'	Multi-GPU training (DeepSpeed ZeRO)
dev	pip install 'soup-cli[dev]'	Tests + linting (pytest, ruff)

Development

git clone https://github.com/MakazhanAlpamys/Soup.git
cd Soup
pip install -e ".[dev]"

# Lint
ruff check soup_cli/ tests/

# Run unit tests (fast, no GPU needed)
pytest tests/ -v

# Run smoke tests (downloads tiny model, runs real training)
pytest tests/ -m smoke -v

Changelog

See GitHub Releases for version history.

License

MIT