facebookresearch / facebookresearch/SONAR
Remove fairseq2 dependency
- Dominant language
- Python
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- 910
- Forks
- 103
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Description
SONAR currently depends on `fairseq2>=0.5.2` for transformer architecture, tokenization, speech models, data loading, sequence generation, and model registry. This limits adoption.
Goal: replace all fairseq2 usage with PyTorch-native implementations and/or HuggingFace transformers, making SONAR installable with standard `pip install` and compatible with a wider range of environments & make SONAR easier to use for embedding-only downstream applications while keeping the larger migration incremental.
Contributor guide
Research direction
Start by locating every fairseq2 usage in SONAR and grouping the listed responsibilities: architecture, tokenization, speech models, data loading, sequence generation, and model registry. Compare PyTorch-native and HuggingFace transformers options, then verify that standard pip installation works and embedding-only downstream use remains supported while the migration stays incremental.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- huggingface, python, pytorch
- Domain
- build-system, machine-learning
- Issue type
- Refactor
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Quiet
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100