Modular Platform: A Unified AI Development and Deployment Solution

Modular Platform: A Unified AI Development and Deployment Solution

Summary

The Modular Platform is an open, fully-integrated suite of AI libraries and tools, including MAX and Mojo, designed to accelerate model serving and scale GenAI deployments. It abstracts hardware complexity, enabling industry-leading GPU and CPU performance for popular open models without code changes. This powerful platform simplifies AI development and deployment for developers.

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Updated on January 6, 2026
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Introduction

The modular/modular repository hosts the Modular Platform, a unified and open suite of AI libraries and tools designed for advanced AI development and deployment. This platform, which includes MAX??? and Mojo?, accelerates model serving and scales Generative AI (GenAI) deployments by abstracting away complex hardware details. It enables developers to achieve industry-leading GPU and CPU performance for popular open models without requiring any code changes. With over 450,000 lines of code from 6000+ contributors, it is recognized as one of the world's largest repositories of open-source CPU and GPU kernels.

Installation

You typically do not need to clone this repository to get started with the Modular Platform. Installation is straightforward using standard Python package managers:

You can install Modular as a pip or conda package. After installation, you can start an OpenAI-compatible endpoint with your chosen model. For a comprehensive guide on getting started with the Modular Platform and serving a model using the MAX framework, refer to the quickstart guide.

For convenient deployment, the MAX container is available as a Kubernetes-compatible Docker container. Here's an example to start a container for an NVIDIA GPU:

docker run --gpus=1 \
    -v ~/.cache/huggingface:/root/.cache/huggingface \
    -p 8000:8000 \
    modular/max-nvidia-full:latest \
    --model-path google/gemma-3-27b-it

More information can be found in the MAX container docs or on the Modular Docker Hub repository.

Examples

Once your model endpoint is operational, you can send inference requests using Modular's OpenAI-compatible REST API. The repository itself includes an /examples directory showcasing various use cases and implementations. Additionally, you can explore and run hundreds of other models from Modular's model repository.

Key components within the repository that offer examples and reference implementations include:

Why Use It

The Modular Platform stands out as a powerful solution for AI development due to several key advantages:

  • Unified AI Stack: It provides a fully integrated platform, simplifying the entire AI development and deployment lifecycle.
  • Exceptional Performance: Achieve industry-leading GPU and CPU performance for your AI models, optimized for the latest hardware.
  • Hardware Abstraction: The platform abstracts away hardware complexities, allowing you to run models efficiently across different environments without code modifications.
  • Open Source Innovation: With a vast collection of open-source CPU and GPU kernels, developers gain access to production-grade reference implementations and tools for extending the platform.
  • Active Community: Benefit from a vibrant community, regular meetups, hackathons, and direct engagement with the Modular team.

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