LightGBM, Light Gradient Boosting Machine

LightGBM is a gradient boosting framework that uses tree based learning algorithms. It is designed to be distributed and efficient with the following advantages:

• Faster training speed and higher efficiency
• Lower memory usage
• Better accuracy
• Parallel learning supported
• Capable of handling large-scale data

For more details, please refer to Features.

Experiments on public datasets show that LightGBM can outperform other existing boosting framework on both efficiency and accuracy, with significant lower memory consumption. What's more, the experiments show that LightGBM can achieve a linear speed-up by using multiple machines for training in specific settings.

Get Started

To get started, please follow the Installation Guide and Quick Start.

Documents

• Wiki
• Installation Guide
• Quick Start
• Examples
• Features
• Parallel Learning Guide
• Configuration

Microsoft Open Source Code of Conduct

This project has adopted the Microsoft Open Source Code of Conduct. For more information see the Code of Conduct FAQ or contact opencode@microsoft.com with any additional questions or comments.