Practical overview
When it fits
Use GoMLX when you want to develop or run machine-learning workflows in Go, or experiment with model components while keeping the code and execution backend configurable.
Who it is for
- Go developers building machine-learning or neural-network applications.
- Practitioners who want to train or fine-tune models in Go.
- Researchers and learners experimenting with model components and training ideas in Go.
Documented uses
- Build and train machine-learning models in Go.
- Fine-tune, modify or combine models, including supported models read from Hugging Face.
- Run computations with a pure-Go, XLA or ONNX Runtime backend.
- Explore model training in a Jupyter notebook with the prebuilt Docker environment.
- Package model inference in a Go application or Docker image using the model code and trained checkpoint.
Requirements & limits
The project is open source under the Apache-2.0 license. Its pure-Go backend requires no separate installation; the XLA backend can automatically install required plugins, with manual installation documented for custom setups.
- The pure-Go backend is portable and is documented to run in WebAssembly; it requires no separate backend installation.
- XLA uses OpenXLA and can install PJRT plugins automatically; custom or production Docker setups may call for manual installation.
- The ONNX Runtime backend supports running computations and saving models as ONNX files.
- The prebuilt JupyterLab Docker image is about 5 GB and includes NVIDIA CUDA runtime for optional GPU support.
- For inference, the documented workflow uses the Go model code together with the trained checkpoint and training hyperparameters.
Check current requirements in the official documentation. Source-based guidance does not mean OpenViST has run or independently tested this project.
Start a GoMLX notebook with the prebuilt Docker image
Open the included GoMLX tutorial in JupyterLab using the project's Docker image.
Before you start
- Docker
- A directory to mount as Jupyter's work directory
- For optional GPU support, an NVIDIA GPU and Docker GPU access
Steps
Pull the
janpfeifer/gomlx_jupyterlab:latestimage.Run the image with port 8888 published and your current directory mounted at
/home/jupyter/work; add--gpus allfor GPU support.Open the tokenized URL beginning with
127.0.0.1:8888printed in the terminal.Open the included tutorial under
Projects/gomlx/examples/tutorial.
Expected outcome
A JupyterLab environment with the GoMLX tutorial available to interact with.
Guide limitations
- The image download is approximately 5 GB.
- The GPU option is documented for NVIDIA CUDA; GPU use requires the
--gpus allflag.
Compare options for Model inference and serving
These projects document a common task and share a project role. This is a source-based comparison, not an execution benchmark or a guarantee of interchangeability.
| Project | Documented purpose | Platform | Access and requirements |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gomlx | Build and train machine-learning models in Go. | Linux, macOS, Windows | The project is open source under the Apache-2.0 license. Its pure-Go backend requires no separate installation; the XLA backend can automatically install required plugins, with manual installation documented for custom setups. |
| Hyperpose | Customize pose-estimation architectures and datasets. | Docker, Linux, macOS, Windows | |
| Multi Task Nlp | Define multiple tasks and their data and model settings in a YAML file. | Linux, macOS, Windows | The project is an open-source library under the Apache-2.0 license, distributed through its public GitHub repository. |
Sources & review
Source record details
- Source availability
- Active
- Sources checked
- 12 October 2026
- Original website title
- gomlx/gomlx · Official homepage title · retained in its source language

