Hasktorch

Hasktorch is a library for tensors and neural networks in Haskell. It is an independent open source community project which leverages the core C++ libraries shared by PyTorch.

This project is in active development, so expect changes to the library API as it evolves. We would like to invite new users to join our Hasktorch slack space for questions and discussions. Contributions/PR are encouraged.

Currently we are developing the second major release of Hasktorch (0.2). Note the 1st release, Hasktorch 0.1, on hackage is outdated and should not be used.

Documentation

The documentation is divided into several sections:

• Introductory Videos
• Getting Started
• Known Issues
• Contributing
• Notes for Library Developers

Introductory Videos

• High-level MuniHac talk by @austinvhuang
• Hands-on live-coding demo by @tscholak
• Low-level FFI talk by @junjihashimoto

Getting Started

The following steps will get you started. They assume the hasktorch repository has just been cloned. After setup is done, read the online tutorials and API documents.

• linux+cabal+cpu
• linux+cabal+cuda11
• macos+cabal+cpu
• linux+stack+cpu
• macos+stack+cpu
• nixos+cabal+cpu
• nixos+cabal+cuda11
• docker+jupyterlab+cuda11

linux+cabal+cpu

Starting from the top-level directory of the project, run:

$ pushd deps       # Change to the deps directory and save the current directory.
$ ./get-deps.sh    # Run the shell script to retrieve the libtorch dependencies.
$ popd             # Go back to the root directory of the project.
$ source setenv    # Set the shell environment to reference the shared library locations.
$ ./setup-cabal.sh # Create a cabal project file

To build and test the Hasktorch library, run:

$ cabal build hasktorch  # Build the Hasktorch library.
$ cabal test hasktorch   # Build and run the Hasktorch library test suite.

To build and test the example executables shipped with hasktorch, run:

$ cabal build examples  # Build the Hasktorch examples.
$ cabal test examples   # Build and run the Hasktorch example test suites.

To run the MNIST CNN example, run:

$ cd examples                            # Change to the examples directory.
$ ./datasets/download-mnist.sh           # Download the MNIST dataset.
$ export DEVICE=cpu                      # Set device to CPU for the MNIST CNN example.
$ cabal run static-mnist-cnn -- ./mnist/ # Run the MNIST CNN example.

linux+cabal+cuda11

Starting from the top-level directory of the project, run:

$ pushd deps              # Change to the deps directory and save the current directory.
$ ./get-deps.sh -a cu118  # Run the shell script to retrieve the libtorch dependencies.
$ popd                    # Go back to the root directory of the project.
$ source setenv           # Set the shell environment to reference the shared library locations.
$ ./setup-cabal.sh        # Create a cabal project file

To build and test the Hasktorch library, run:

$ cabal build hasktorch  # Build the Hasktorch library.
$ cabal test hasktorch   # Build and run the Hasktorch library test suite.

To build and test the example executables shipped with hasktorch, run:

$ cabal build examples  # Build the Hasktorch examples.
$ cabal test examples   # Build and run the Hasktorch example test suites.

To run the MNIST CNN example, run:

$ cd examples                            # Change to the examples directory.
$ ./datasets/download-mnist.sh           # Download the MNIST dataset.
$ export DEVICE="cuda:0"                 # Set device to CUDA for the MNIST CNN example.
$ cabal run static-mnist-cnn -- ./mnist/ # Run the MNIST CNN example.

macos+cabal+cpu

Starting from the top-level directory of the project, run:

$ pushd deps       # Change to the deps directory and save the current directory.
$ ./get-deps.sh    # Run the shell script to retrieve the libtorch dependencies.
$ popd             # Go back to the root directory of the project.
$ source setenv    # Set the shell environment to reference the shared library locations.
$ ./setup-cabal.sh # Create a cabal project file

To build and test the Hasktorch library, run:

$ cabal build hasktorch  # Build the Hasktorch library.
$ cabal test hasktorch   # Build and run the Hasktorch library test suite.

To build and test the example executables shipped with hasktorch, run:

$ cabal build examples  # Build the Hasktorch examples.
$ cabal test examples   # Build and run the Hasktorch example test suites.

To run the MNIST CNN example, run:

$ cd examples                            # Change to the examples directory.
$ ./datasets/download-mnist.sh           # Download the MNIST dataset.
$ export DEVICE=cpu                      # Set device to CPU for the MNIST CNN example.
$ cabal run static-mnist-cnn -- ./mnist/ # Run the MNIST CNN example.

linux+stack+cpu

Install the Haskell Tool Stack if you haven't already, following instructions here

Starting from the top-level directory of the project, run:

$ pushd deps     # Change to the deps directory and save the current directory.
$ ./get-deps.sh  # Run the shell script to retrieve the libtorch dependencies.
$ popd           # Go back to the root directory of the project.
$ source setenv  # Set the shell environment to reference the shared library locations.

To build and test the Hasktorch library, run:

$ stack build hasktorch  # Build the Hasktorch library.
$ stack test hasktorch   # Build and run the Hasktorch library test suite.

To build and test the example executables shipped with hasktorch, run:

$ stack build examples  # Build the Hasktorch examples.
$ stack test examples   # Build and run the Hasktorch example test suites.

To run the MNIST CNN example, run:

$ cd examples                            # Change to the examples directory.
$ ./datasets/download-mnist.sh           # Download the MNIST dataset.
$ export DEVICE=cpu                      # Set device to CPU for the MNIST CNN example.
$ cabal run static-mnist-cnn -- ./mnist/ # Run the MNIST CNN example.

macos+stack+cpu

Install the Haskell Tool Stack if you haven't already, following instructions here

Starting from the top-level directory of the project, run:

$ pushd deps     # Change to the deps directory and save the current directory.
$ ./get-deps.sh  # Run the shell script to retrieve the libtorch dependencies.
$ popd           # Go back to the root directory of the project.
$ source setenv  # Set the shell environment to reference the shared library locations.

To build and test the Hasktorch library, run:

$ stack build hasktorch  # Build the Hasktorch library.
$ stack test hasktorch   # Build and run the Hasktorch library test suite.

To build and test the example executables shipped with hasktorch, run:

$ stack build examples  # Build the Hasktorch examples.
$ stack test examples   # Build and run the Hasktorch example test suites.

To run the MNIST CNN example, run:

$ cd examples                            # Change to the examples directory.
$ ./datasets/download-mnist.sh           # Download the MNIST dataset.
$ export DEVICE=cpu                      # Set device to CPU for the MNIST CNN example.
$ cabal run static-mnist-cnn -- ./mnist/ # Run the MNIST CNN example.

nixos+cabal+cpu

(Optional) Install and set up Cachix:

$ nix-env -iA cachix -f https://cachix.org/api/v1/install  # (Optional) Install Cachix.
# (Optional) Use IOHK's cache. See https://input-output-hk.github.io/haskell.nix/tutorials/getting-started/#setting-up-the-binary-cache
$ cachix use hasktorch                                     # (Optional) Use hasktorch's cache.

Starting from the top-level directory of the project, run:

$ nix develop  # Enter the nix shell environment for Hasktorch.

To build and test the Hasktorch library, run:

$ cabal build hasktorch  # Build the Hasktorch library.
$ cabal test hasktorch   # Build and run the Hasktorch library test suite.

To build and test the example executables shipped with hasktorch, run:

$ cabal build examples  # Build the Hasktorch examples.
$ cabal test examples   # Build and run the Hasktorch example test suites.

To run the MNIST CNN example, run:

$ cd examples                            # Change to the examples directory.
$ ./datasets/download-mnist.sh           # Download the MNIST dataset.
$ export DEVICE=cpu                      # Set device to CPU for the MNIST CNN example.
$ cabal run static-mnist-cnn -- ./mnist/ # Run the MNIST CNN example.

nixos+cabal+cuda11

(Optional) Install and set up Cachix:

$ nix-env -iA cachix -f https://cachix.org/api/v1/install  # (Optional) Install Cachix.
# (Optional) Use IOHK's cache. See https://input-output-hk.github.io/haskell.nix/tutorials/getting-started/#setting-up-the-binary-cache
$ cachix use hasktorch                                     # (Optional) Use hasktorch's cache.

Starting from the top-level directory of the project, run:

$ cat > nix/dev-config.nix
{
  profiling = true;
  cudaSupport = true;
  cudaMajorVersion = "11";
}
$ nix develop  # Enter the nix shell environment for Hasktorch.

To build and test the Hasktorch library, run:

$ cabal build hasktorch  # Build the Hasktorch library.
$ cabal test hasktorch   # Build and run the Hasktorch library test suite.

To build and test the example executables shipped with hasktorch, run:

$ cabal build examples  # Build the Hasktorch examples.
$ cabal test examples   # Build and run the Hasktorch example test suites.

To run the MNIST CNN example, run:

$ cd examples                            # Change to the examples directory.
$ ./datasets/download-mnist.sh           # Download the MNIST dataset.
$ export DEVICE="cuda:0"                 # Set device to CUDA for the MNIST CNN example.
$ cabal run static-mnist-cnn -- ./mnist/ # Run the MNIST CNN example.

docker+jupyterlab+cuda11

This dockerhub repository provides the docker-image of jupyterlab. It supports cuda11, cuda10 and cpu only. When you use jupyterlab with hasktorch, type following command, then click a url in a console.

$ docker run --gpus all -it --rm -p 8888:8888 htorch/hasktorch-jupyter
or
$ docker run --gpus all -it --rm -p 8888:8888 htorch/hasktorch-jupyter:latest-cu11

Known Issues

Tensors Cannot Be Moved to CUDA

In rare cases, you may see errors like

cannot move tensor to "CUDA:0"

although you have CUDA capable hardware in your machine and have followed the getting-started instructions for CUDA support.

If that happens, check if /run/opengl-driver/lib exists. If not, make sure your CUDA drivers are installed correctly.

Weird Behaviour When Switching from CPU-Only to CUDA-Enabled Nix Shell

If you have run cabal in a CPU-only Hasktorch Nix shell before, you may need to:

• Clean the dist-newstyle folder using cabal clean.
• Delete the .ghc.environment* file in the Hasktorch root folder.

Otherwise, at best, you will not be able to move tensors to CUDA, and, at worst, you will see weird linker errors like

gcc: error: hasktorch/dist-newstyle/build/x86_64-linux/ghc-8.8.3/libtorch-ffi-1.5.0.0/build/Torch/Internal/Unmanaged/Autograd.dyn_o: No such file or directory
`cc' failed in phase `Linker'. (Exit code: 1)

Contributing

We welcome new contributors.

Contact us for access to the hasktorch slack channel. You can send an email to hasktorch@gmail.com or on twitter as @austinvhuang, @SamStites, @tscholak, or @junjihashimoto3.

Notes for library developers

See the wiki for developer notes.

Project Folder Structure

Basic functionality:

• deps/ - submodules and downloads for build dependencies (libtorch, mklml, pytorch) -- you can ignore this if you are on Nix
• examples/ - high level example models (xor mlp, typed cnn, etc.)
• experimental/ - experimental projects or tips
• hasktorch/ - higher level user-facing library, calls into ffi/, used by examples/

Internals (for contributing developers):

• codegen/ - code generation, parses Declarations.yaml spec from pytorch and produces ffi/ contents
• inline-c/ - submodule to inline-cpp fork used for C++ FFI
• libtorch-ffi/- low level FFI bindings to libtorch
• spec/ - specification files used for codegen/