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### InstructLab

**Project Name**: InstructLab

**Description**:
[InstructLab](https://instructlab.ai) (based on [the Large-scale Alignment for ChatBots technique](https://arxiv.org/abs/2403.01081)) 
is an innovative open-source initiative led by Red Hat and IBM. 
The project aims to enhance the capabilities of Large Language Models 
(LLMs) through a community-driven approach that leverages a novel 
taxonomy-based curation process and synthetic data generation. InstructLab 
provides tools for users to engage with and improve LLMs, contributing skills
and knowledge to the project’s taxonomy repository.

**Key Features**:
- **ilab Command-Line Interface (CLI)**: Allows users to interact
with, train, and fine-tune LLMs using custom taxonomy data. The CLI
supports various platforms including macOS, Fedora Linux, and Windows.
- **Synthetic Data Generation**: Enhances LLM training through the
creation of synthetic datasets.
- **Taxonomy Repository**: A structured repository where users can
submit and manage their contributions of skills and knowledge.

**Community and Contribution**:
- InstructLab welcomes contributions from the open-source community.
Users can submit pull requests to the taxonomy repository, participate
in discussions, and contribute to ongoing development.
- The project maintains [a comprehensive guide for contributors](https://github.com/instructlab/community),
outlining best practices and governance.

**Repository Links**:
- [InstructLab Main Repository](https://github.com/instructlab/instructlab)
- [Taxonomy Repository](https://github.com/instructlab/taxonomy)
- [Community Repository](https://github.com/instructlab/community)

**Contact and Support**:
- Join the InstructLab community on
[Slack](https://instruct-lab.slack.com) for support and
collaboration.
- Refer to the [documentation](https://github.com/instructlab/instructlab)
for detailed guides and troubleshooting tips.

**Licenses**:
- InstructLab is released under the Apache-2.0 license.

For more details and to get involved, visit the [InstructLab GitHub
page](https://github.com/instructlab).