ThinkRL
Reinforcement Learning Research
Open Source Research Project

Advancing Reinforcement Learning from Human Feedback

ThinkRL is a comprehensive research platform for developing and evaluating state-of-the-art RLHF algorithms, enabling breakthrough advances in AI alignment and reasoning capabilities.

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Apache 2.0
License

Research Contributions

Pioneering advances in reinforcement learning from human feedback with novel algorithmic innovations

VAPO Algorithm

Value-model-based Augmented PPO that significantly improves sample efficiency and training stability in RLHF scenarios through advanced value function approximation.

State-of-the-art performance
DAPO Framework

Decoupling Value and Policy for Generalization in Reinforcement Learning - a novel approach that separates value function and policy learning to improve generalization across different environments and tasks.

Improved stability
GRPO Method

Group Relative Policy Optimization that leverages comparative learning signals to enhance preference modeling and alignment quality.

Enhanced alignment
Reasoning Systems

Advanced Chain-of-Thought and Tree-of-Thought implementations that enable systematic reasoning and multi-step problem solving capabilities.

Cognitive modeling
Multimodal RLHF

Unified framework for training vision-language models with human feedback, enabling cross-modal understanding and generation capabilities.

Cross-modal learning
Training Infrastructure

Scalable distributed training system with support for parameter-efficient fine-tuning, mixed precision, and advanced optimization techniques.

Production ready

Algorithm Implementations

State-of-the-art reinforcement learning algorithms optimized for human feedback training

VAPO (Value-Augmented Policy Optimization)

Our novel approach that enhances PPO with improved value function estimation, leading to better sample efficiency and more stable training in RLHF scenarios. Incorporates advanced techniques for handling preference data and reward modeling.

✓ Sample Efficient✓ Stable Training✓ Preference Modeling

DAPO (Decoupling Value and Policy for Generalization)

Implementation of the decoupling approach that separates value function and policy learning to improve generalization in reinforcement learning. This method enhances the agent's ability to transfer knowledge across different environments and tasks by maintaining independent optimization paths.

✓ Decoupled Updates✓ Better Generalization✓ Independent Optimization

GRPO (Group Relative Policy Optimization)

Advanced preference learning algorithm that leverages group-wise comparisons to better capture human preferences and improve alignment quality through relative ranking mechanisms.

✓ Group Comparisons✓ Better Alignment✓ Relative Ranking

PPO (Proximal Policy Optimization)

Robust implementation of the proven PPO algorithm with optimizations for RLHF scenarios, including support for preference datasets and reward model integration.

✓ Proven Stability✓ RLHF Optimized✓ Reward Integration

REINFORCE

Classic policy gradient algorithm implementation with modern optimizations for RLHF training. Features variance reduction techniques, baseline estimation, and support for continuous action spaces in language model fine-tuning.

✓ Policy Gradients✓ Variance Reduction✓ Baseline Estimation

Getting Started

Comprehensive documentation and examples for researchers and practitioners

Installation Guide
# Install ThinkRL
pip install thinkrl
# Install with all features
pip install thinkrl[all]
# Development installation
git clone https://github.com/ellanorai/ThinkRL.git
cd ThinkRL && pip install -e .

Open Source Community

Built by researchers and contributors dedicated to advancing AI alignment and reasoning

Project Origins

ThinkRL was initiated as a reinforcement learning research project to advance the state of RLHF algorithms and democratize access to cutting-edge AI alignment techniques for the global research community.

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Open Source Community
Global Contributors

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