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py-bitsandbytes k-bit optimizers and matrix multiplication routines
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Port Added: 2025-09-19 07:45:16
Last Update: 2025-09-23 18:18:25
Commit Hash: 96d4af5
License: MIT
WWW:
https://huggingface.co/docs/bitsandbytes/main/en/index
https://github.com/bitsandbytes-foundation/bitsandbytes
Description:
bitsandbytes enables accessible large language models via k-bit quantization for PyTorch. We provide three main features for dramatically reducing memory consumption for inference and training.
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Dependency lines:
  • ${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}bitsandbytes>0:misc/py-bitsandbytes@${PY_FLAVOR}
To install the port:
cd /usr/ports/misc/py-bitsandbytes/ && make install clean
To add the package, run one of these commands:
  • pkg install misc/py-bitsandbytes
  • pkg install py311-bitsandbytes
NOTE: If this package has multiple flavors (see below), then use one of them instead of the name specified above.
NOTE: This is a Python port. Instead of py311-bitsandbytes listed in the above command, you can pick from the names under the Packages section.
PKGNAME: py311-bitsandbytes
Package flavors (<flavor>: <package>)
  • py311: py311-bitsandbytes
distinfo:
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Packages (timestamps in pop-ups are UTC):
py311-bitsandbytes
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Dependencies
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Build dependencies:
  1. py311-setuptools>0 : devel/py-setuptools@py311
  2. py311-scikit-build-core>0 : devel/py-scikit-build-core@py311
  3. py311-wheel>0 : devel/py-wheel@py311
  4. cmake : devel/cmake-core
  5. python3.11 : lang/python311
  6. py311-build>=0 : devel/py-build@py311
  7. py311-installer>=0 : devel/py-installer@py311
Test dependencies:
  1. py311-einops>=0.8.0 : misc/py-einops@py311
  2. py311-lion-pytorch>=0.2.3 : misc/py-lion-pytorch@py311
  3. py311-scipy>=1.11.4 : science/py-scipy@py311
  4. py311-transformers>=4.30.1<5 : misc/py-transformers@py311
  5. py311-pytest>=7,1 : devel/py-pytest@py311
  6. python3.11 : lang/python311
Runtime dependencies:
  1. py311-numpy>=1.16,1<1.27,1 : math/py-numpy@py311
  2. py311-pytorch>0 : misc/py-pytorch@py311
  3. python3.11 : lang/python311
There are no ports dependent upon this port

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USES:
cmake:indirect python
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Number of commits found: 2

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0.47.0
23 Sep 2025 18:18:25
commit hash: 96d4af524cb86240948080167bf254c1a3ffa2cfcommit hash: 96d4af524cb86240948080167bf254c1a3ffa2cfcommit hash: 96d4af524cb86240948080167bf254c1a3ffa2cfcommit hash: 96d4af524cb86240948080167bf254c1a3ffa2cf files touched by this commit
Yuri Victorovich (yuri) search for other commits by this committer
misc/py-bitsandbytes: Fix build by adding missing dependency

Reported by:	fallout
0.47.0
19 Sep 2025 07:36:17
commit hash: 89de4db802e8d9e2f80c9f840e29f374231b95b3commit hash: 89de4db802e8d9e2f80c9f840e29f374231b95b3commit hash: 89de4db802e8d9e2f80c9f840e29f374231b95b3commit hash: 89de4db802e8d9e2f80c9f840e29f374231b95b3 files touched by this commit
Yuri Victorovich (yuri) search for other commits by this committer
misc/py-bitsandbytes: New port: k-bit optimizers and matrix multiplication
routines

Number of commits found: 2