MNIST Digit Recognition ML Frameworks

Tools and implementations specifically for handwritten digit classification using MNIST dataset. Does NOT include general image classification, other computer vision tasks, or non-MNIST datasets.

There are 28 mnist digit recognition frameworks tracked. 1 score above 50 (established tier). The highest-rated is cair/TsetlinMachine at 54/100 with 500 stars.

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#	Framework	Score	Tier	Stars	Language
1	cair/TsetlinMachine Code and datasets for the Tsetlin Machine	54	Established	500	Cython
2	Marco-Christiani/zigrad A deep learning framework built on an autograd engine with high level...	46	Emerging	186	Zig
3	cair/pyTsetlinMachine Implements the Tsetlin Machine, Convolutional Tsetlin Machine, Regression...	46	Emerging	149	C
4	BooBSD/Tsetlin.jl The Fuzzy-Pattern Tsetlin Machine library, with zero external dependencies,...	45	Emerging	67	Julia
5	cair/fast-tsetlin-machine-with-mnist-demo A fast Tsetlin Machine implementation employing bit-wise operators, with MNIST demo.	41	Emerging	68	C
6	Sebastianostby/pytsetlin PyTsetlin	41	Emerging	22	Python
7	davidMcneil/mnist MNIST data set parser https://crates.io/crates/mnist	39	Emerging	22	Rust
8	Lulzx/tiny-kernel fused metal kernels for llm inference. zig + metal. no python. no pytorch.	35	Emerging	5	Zig
9	kevinmcfarlane/rust-digit-recognizer Rust implementation of the Kaggle Digit Recognizer problem in Machine Learning	29	Experimental	3	Rust
10	franalgaba/neural-network-cairo Neural Network implementation from scratch for MNIST using Cairo 1.0	28	Experimental	10	Rust
11	Game4all/mnist-from-scratch 🔍 Handwritten digit classifier neural network written and trained on MNIST...	28	Experimental	2	Zig
12	MadLittleMods/zig-neural-networks A from scratch neural network library in Zig	28	Experimental	11	Zig
13	lab-key/phyzx Zig Bindings For MuJoCo & An Attempt To Be a All In One Robot Training Library	26	Experimental	3	C
14	ethanthoma/zensor Zig tensor library	24	Experimental	22	Zig
15	Kanerix/mnist-ai-rust An AI created using the MNIST dataset	23	Experimental	—	Rust
16	KhaledSharif/TsetlinMachine An implementation of the Tsetlin Machine in Rust	23	Experimental	16	Rust
17	jcriddle4/tsetlin_rust_mnist Demo of tsetlin on the MNIST character data set that uses genetic and...	20	Experimental	6	Rust
18	SuperKogito/Zorch Neural networks in Zig	20	Experimental	6	Zig
19	RAprogramm/tsetlin-rs High-performance Tsetlin Machine in Rust. Const generics, bitwise SIMD,...	19	Experimental	3	Rust
20	mattn/zig-tflite Zig binding for TensorFlow Lite	18	Experimental	37	Zig
21	wintermarstice-labratory/litha [WIP] A library for machine learning, neural networks, artificial...	18	Experimental	2	Zig
22	mohanavel15/quark Deep Learning Library in Zig	17	Experimental	—	Zig
23	Walker-00/rnn Handwritten Digit Recognizer (MNIST) in Rust	13	Experimental	3	Rust
24	skyzh/mnist.rs 🔢 MNIST training of minimal dependency implemented in Rust. Trained with...	11	Experimental	—	Rust
25	nkaush/naive-bayes-rs A Rust library with homemade machine learning models to classify the MNIST...	11	Experimental	—	Rust
26	NLion74/Neural-Network-Scratch A Neural Network implementation from scratch built in Rust, designed to work...	11	Experimental	—	Rust
27	MadLittleMods/zig-ocr-neural-network A from scratch neural network implementation in Zig, trained against the...	11	Experimental	4	Zig
28	cernockyd/zig-mnist trains a MNIST classifier (CPU only)	11	Experimental	3	Zig

Comparisons in this category

TsetlinMachine and pyTsetlinMachine (54 vs 46)