torchmonarch

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Monarch is a single-controller library for PyTorch, providing a centralized orchestration layer for distributed training. It simplifies multi-GPU and multi-node training by managing communication, checkpointing, and fault tolerance. Currently at version 0.5.0, it requires Python >=3.10 and is under active development.

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torchmonarch

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Monarch

✓ from torchmonarch.monarch import Monarch

✗ from torchmonarch import Monarch

Initialize Monarch with a config, then train a simple linear model.

import torch import torch.nn as nn from torchmonarch import Monarch, MonarchConfig config = MonarchConfig( num_gpus=torch.cuda.device_count(), backend='nccl', checkpoint_dir='/tmp/checkpoints' ) monarch = Monarch(config) model = nn.Linear(10, 5) optimizer = torch.optim.SGD(model.parameters(), lr=0.01) data = torch.randn(32, 10) target = torch.randn(32, 5) monarch.train(model, optimizer, data, target) print("Training step completed.")

Debug

Known issues

breakingThe API changed significantly from v0.4.x to v0.5.0. `MonarchConfig` now requires explicit `num_gpus` instead of inferring from CUDA_VISIBLE_DEVICES.

fix

Update code to pass `num_gpus=torch.cuda.device_count()` (or an integer) to `MonarchConfig`.

affects: >=0.5.0

deprecatedThe old `run` method has been renamed to `train` in v0.5.0.

fix

Replace `monarch.run(...)` with `monarch.train(...)`.

affects: >=0.5.0

gotchaMonarch requires NCCL backend for multi-GPU training. If NCCL is not available, it will fall back to Gloo silently, which may cause performance issues.

fix

Install PyTorch with CUDA support and ensure NCCL is installed.

affects: all

gotchaThe `checkpoint_dir` in `MonarchConfig` must exist before training; Monarch does not create it automatically.

fix

Create the directory beforehand: `import os; os.makedirs(config.checkpoint_dir, exist_ok=True)`.

affects: all

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Version history

0.5.0latest on PyPI · released May 20, 2026

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Dependencies

torchrequiredCore dependency: Monarch wraps PyTorch for distributed training.

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Resources

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