gigatoken

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Language model tokenization at GB/s

  • .gitignore
  • .python-version
  • Cargo.lock
  • Cargo.toml
  • CONTRIBUTING.md
  • design_doc.md
  • LICENSE
  • pretokenizer_optimization_log.md
  • pyproject.toml
  • README.md
  • rust-toolchain.toml
  • uv.lock

# Installation Guide

1. Get the code
git clone https://github.com/marcelroed/gigatoken

Downloads the entire project code from GitHub to your computer.

cd gigatoken

Moves into the project folder you just downloaded.

2. Official Install Script

Easy Recommended
Prerequisites
  • Python 3 Python is required to use pip.
pip install gigatoken

Installs the package published on PyPI directly β€” no need to clone the source.

βœ… After installing, open a new terminal and run the program's version command (e.g. --version) to confirm it worked.

Pulled directly from this repo's README.

3. Python

Easy
Prerequisites
  • Git Needed to download the project code from GitHub.
  • Python 3 On Windows, be sure to check 'Add Python to PATH' during installation.
pip install gigatoken

Installs the package published on PyPI directly β€” no need to clone the source.

βœ… If it runs without errors and prints output in the terminal, it worked.

Pulled directly from this repo's README.

4. Rust

Medium
Prerequisites
  • Git Needed to download the project code from GitHub.
  • Rust (rustup) Installing via rustup also installs cargo.
cargo build --release

Compiles the Rust project.

cargo run

Builds and then immediately runs the program.

βœ… If cargo build finishes without errors, it worked. The executable is created under target/.
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