step3-FlagOS

Introduction

FlagOS is a unified heterogeneous computing software stack for large models, co-developed with leading global chip manufacturers. With core technologies such as the FlagScale distributed training/inference framework, FlagGems universal operator library, FlagCX communication library, and FlagTree unified compiler, the FlagRelease platform leverages the FlagOS stack to automatically produce and release various combinations of <chip + open-source model>. This enables efficient and automated model migration across diverse chips, opening a new chapter for large model deployment and application.

Based on this, the step3-FlagOS model is adapted for the Nvidia chip using the FlagOS software stack, enabling:

Integrated Deployment

• Deep integration with the open-source FlagScale framework
• Out-of-the-box inference scripts with pre-configured hardware and software parameters
• Released FlagOS container image supporting deployment within minutes

Consistency Validation

• Rigorously evaluated through benchmark testing: Performance and results from the FlagOS software stack are compared against native stacks on multiple public.

Technical Overview

FlagScale Distributed Training and Inference Framework

FlagScale is an end-to-end framework for large models across heterogeneous computing resources, maximizing computational efficiency and ensuring model validity through core technologies. Its key advantages include:

• Unified Deployment Interface: Standardized command-line tools support one-click service deployment across multiple hardware platforms, significantly reducing adaptation costs in heterogeneous environments.
• Intelligent Parallel Optimization: Automatically generates optimal distributed parallel strategies based on chip computing characteristics, achieving dynamic load balancing of computation/communication resources.
• Seamless Operator Switching: Deep integration with the FlagGems operator library allows high-performance operators to be invoked via environment variables without modifying model code.

FlagGems Universal Large-Model Operator Library

FlagGems is a Triton-based, cross-architecture operator library collaboratively developed with industry partners. Its core strengths include:

• Full-stack Coverage: Over 100 operators, with a broader range of operator types than competing libraries.
• Ecosystem Compatibility: Supports 7 accelerator backends. Ongoing optimizations have significantly improved performance.
• High Efficiency: Employs unique code generation and runtime optimization techniques for faster secondary development and better runtime performance compared to alternatives.

FlagEval Evaluation Framework

FlagEval (Libra)** is a comprehensive evaluation system and open platform for large models launched in 2023. It aims to establish scientific, fair, and open benchmarks, methodologies, and tools to help researchers assess model and training algorithm performance. It features:

• Multi-dimensional Evaluation: Supports 800+ model evaluations across NLP, CV, Audio, and Multimodal fields, covering 20+ downstream tasks including language understanding and image-text generation.
• Industry-Grade Use Cases: Has completed horizontal evaluations of mainstream large models, providing authoritative benchmarks for chip-model performance validation.

Evaluation Results

Benchmark Result

User Guide

Environment Setup

Operation Steps

Download FlagOS Image

docker pull harbor.baai.ac.cn/flagrelease-public/flagrelease_nvidia_step3

Download Open-source Model Weights

pip install modelscope
modelscope download --model stepfun-ai/step3 --local_dir /share/step3

Start the inference service

#Container Startup
docker run --rm --init --detach   --net=host --uts=host --ipc=host   --security-opt=seccomp=unconfined   --privileged=true   --ulimit stack=67108864   --ulimit memlock=-1   --ulimit nofile=1048576:1048576   --shm-size=32G   -v /share:/share   --gpus all   --name flagos   harbor.baai.ac.cn/flagrelease-public/flagrelease_nvidia_step3   sleep infinity

Serve

flagscale serve step3

Service Invocation

API-based Invocation Script

import openai
openai.api_key = "EMPTY"
openai.base_url = "http://<server_ip>:9010/v1/"
model = "step3-nvidia-flagos"
messages = [
    {"role": "system", "content": "You are a helpful assistant."},
    {"role": "user", "content": "What's the weather like today?"}
]
response = openai.chat.completions.create(
    model=model,
    messages=messages,
    stream=False,
)
for item in response:
    print(item)

AnythingLLM Integration Guide

1. Download & Install

• Visit the official site: https://anythingllm.com/
• Choose the appropriate version for your OS (Windows/macOS/Linux)
• Follow the installation wizard to complete the setup

2. Configuration

• Launch AnythingLLM
• Open settings (bottom left, fourth tab)
• Configure core LLM parameters
• Click "Save Settings" to apply changes

3. Model Interaction

• After model loading is complete:
  • Click "New Conversation"
  • Enter your question (e.g., “Explain the basics of quantum computing”)
  • Click the send button to get a response

Contributing

We warmly welcome global developers to join us:

1. Submit Issues to report problems
2. Create Pull Requests to contribute code
3. Improve technical documentation
4. Expand hardware adaptation support

License

本模型的权重来源于stepfun-ai/step3，以apache2.0协议https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.txt开源。