# Fine-tuning for Beginners

If you're a beginner, here might be the first questions you'll ask before your first fine-tune. You can also always ask our community by joining our [Reddit page](https://www.reddit.com/r/unsloth/).

<table data-view="cards"><thead><tr><th data-type="content-ref"></th><th></th><th></th><th data-hidden data-card-target data-type="content-ref"></th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><a href="/pages/BAeSP6aOxvSeDUzCgKOK">/pages/BAeSP6aOxvSeDUzCgKOK</a></td><td>See every model you can run / train with Unsloth.</td><td>How to run GGUFs or train LLMs?</td><td><a href="/pages/BAeSP6aOxvSeDUzCgKOK">/pages/BAeSP6aOxvSeDUzCgKOK</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/pages/nw2c1elNySGBBav8WP9B">/pages/nw2c1elNySGBBav8WP9B</a></td><td>Step-by-step on how to fine-tune!</td><td>Learn the core basics of training.</td><td><a href="/pages/nw2c1elNySGBBav8WP9B">/pages/nw2c1elNySGBBav8WP9B</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/pages/BSShKhLoFNlGWO5cN8VJ">/pages/BSShKhLoFNlGWO5cN8VJ</a></td><td>Instruct or Base Model?</td><td>How big should my dataset be?</td><td><a href="/pages/BSShKhLoFNlGWO5cN8VJ">/pages/BSShKhLoFNlGWO5cN8VJ</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/pages/HP82bIzgldwxWk3OSzVy">/pages/HP82bIzgldwxWk3OSzVy</a></td><td>What can fine-tuning do for me?</td><td>RAG vs. Fine-tuning?</td><td><a href="/pages/HP82bIzgldwxWk3OSzVy">/pages/HP82bIzgldwxWk3OSzVy</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/pages/WbSfE0ITQYsNqERZwnbZ">/pages/WbSfE0ITQYsNqERZwnbZ</a></td><td>How do I install Unsloth locally?</td><td>How to update Unsloth?</td><td><a href="/pages/WbSfE0ITQYsNqERZwnbZ">/pages/WbSfE0ITQYsNqERZwnbZ</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/pages/XgcpRfamZHmHnRHBnVE4">/pages/XgcpRfamZHmHnRHBnVE4</a></td><td>How do I structure/prepare my dataset?</td><td>How do I collect data?</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/pages/odJXZM9jv284RKqZ2Pna">/pages/odJXZM9jv284RKqZ2Pna</a></td><td>Does Unsloth work on my GPU?</td><td>How much VRAM will I need?</td><td><a href="/pages/odJXZM9jv284RKqZ2Pna">/pages/odJXZM9jv284RKqZ2Pna</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/pages/gEugERiAw2ztDNt98JVR">/pages/gEugERiAw2ztDNt98JVR</a></td><td>How do I save my model locally?</td><td>How do I run my model via Ollama or vLLM?</td><td><a href="/pages/gEugERiAw2ztDNt98JVR">/pages/gEugERiAw2ztDNt98JVR</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/pages/y6obKRSk8TwyjIrCjuGE">/pages/y6obKRSk8TwyjIrCjuGE</a></td><td>What happens when I change a parameter?</td><td>What parameters should I change?</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

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