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MLflow

An open-source platform that helps manage the entire machine learning lifecycle, including tracking experiments, packaging code, and deploying models.

TECHNICAL DEFINITION

MLflow is an open-source platform for managing the end-to-end machine learning lifecycle, comprising four components: MLflow Tracking (experiment logging), MLflow Projects (code packaging), MLflow Models (model deployment), and MLflow Model Registry (centralized model management).

SYNONYMS & ALIASES

  • ML Lifecycle Management
  • Experiment Tracker
  • Model Registry
  • MLflow Tracking

USAGE NOTE

Widely adopted for standardizing ML development, from experimentation to production.

DEVELOPERS

Organizations developing technology related to MLflow.

  • Databricks

    The original creators and primary maintainers of the MLflow open-source project. They offer a fully managed and integrated version of MLflow as a core component of the Databricks Lakehouse Platform.

  • Microsoft

    Microsoft develops deep, first-class integration for MLflow within its Azure Machine Learning platform. This allows users to track experiments, manage models, and deploy them using MLflow APIs directly within the Azure ecosystem.

  • Amazon Web Services (AWS)

    AWS develops and supports integrations between MLflow and Amazon SageMaker. This enables data scientists to use the MLflow Tracking client to log model training jobs and experiments running on SageMaker.

  • Google

    Google Cloud integrates MLflow with its Vertex AI platform, allowing users to track experiment parameters and metrics using a managed MLflow Tracking Server and leverage MLflow's model format within the Vertex AI ecosystem.

  • Domino Data Lab

    An enterprise MLOps platform that develops and maintains a robust integration with MLflow. They allow organizations to use MLflow for experiment tracking and model management within Domino's governed and collaborative environment.

  • Seldon

    Seldon is an MLOps company that develops open-source tools for machine learning deployment and monitoring. They provide integrations for deploying models registered in MLflow, bridging the gap between MLflow's model format and production-grade model serving.

  • Iterative.ai

    The company behind DVC (Data Version Control), which develops tools that are often used alongside MLflow. They actively develop integrations and best practices for combining DVC for data and pipeline versioning with MLflow for experiment tracking.

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