google-pytorch/torch_tpu
- Total stars
- 142
- Today · UTC
- +33since 17:13 UTC
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About the project
TorchTPU is a PyTorch backend for Google TPUs that lets you run PyTorch models and operations on TPU devices, with custom ATen kernels, an XLA compilation cache, and distributed training support.
Useful for
- Run PyTorch models such as Llama, Qwen, ResNet, or UNet on TPU hardware.
- Set up distributed training with data or tensor parallelism on TPU VMs.
- Use torch.compile() graph mode execution with the TPU backend for optimized inference.
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Star growth looks organic. Data as of October 20, 2026, 18:22 UTC.
The star-growth assessment does not verify whether the project is safe to run.
Stars per day
Bars show stars per UTC day; the line is a moving average of available history. Gaps mean missing data, not zero growth. Today's bar is incomplete. Red marks spike days.
Why it’s trending
- Star-counter measurements on 2026-10-20 (UTC), 17:13–18:08: 109 → 142 stars (+33). This is the change over that interval.
- Estimated end-of-day forecast: about +42 stars, using observed gains and the previous day.
- Before this, the repository barely got any stars — about 0 per day.
- Hacker News: “Google open-sources TorchTPU, a native PyTorch back end for TPUs” — 53 points, 1 h ago.
- About 6 forks a day — people are taking the code.
Measured growth: the last 7 completed days
New stars over 7 days: 18. +350% versus the preceding 7 days.
Daily measurements · UTC
- October 13, 2026
- 0
- October 14, 2026
- 0
- October 15, 2026
- 1
- October 16, 2026
- 0
- October 17, 2026
- 0
- October 18, 2026
- 0
- October 19, 2026
- 17
Largest measured day in the last 30 days: 17 · October 19, 2026. Days with data: 30.
Completed days come from GitHub star history; today and forecasts are excluded from this comparison. History checked: October 20, 2026, 18:22 UTC. Sources and measurement limits →
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Numbers
- Total stars
- 142
- Today
- +33 stars measured 2026-10-20, 17:13–18:08 UTC, ≈ 42 by evening
- Forks
- 7
- Issues and pull requests
- 5,652
- Watchers
- 1
- Language
- C++
- Created
- March 9, 2026
- Last push
- October 20, 2026
Star trust
Growth looks organic: forks and discussion are in line with active projects, and stars arrive unevenly, the way people give them.
These are heuristics, not a verdict: we judge by the repository’s behavior, not by a list of stargazers.
Hacker News discussions
- Google open-sources TorchTPU, a native PyTorch back end for TPUs53 points, October 20, 2026
Spotted in
- October 20, 2026Spotted on Hacker News
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