--- title: GPT from scratch in Golang | daily.dev description: A minimal GPT implementation written from scratch in pure Go, trained on Jules Verne books. The project prioritizes educational clarity over performance by... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/gpt-from-scratch-in-golang-qlxiqmjtw twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: GPT from scratch in Golang | daily.dev og:description: A minimal GPT implementation written from scratch in pure Go, trained on Jules Verne books. The project prioritizes educational clarity over performance by... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/gpt-from-scratch-in-golang-qlxiqmjtw og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/qLxiQMJtw.png og:image:alt: GPT from scratch in Golang og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # GPT from scratch in Golang **[Go Developers](https://daily.dev/sources/golangnuts)** · [@func25](https://daily.dev/func25) · 41 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A minimal GPT implementation written from scratch in pure Go, trained on Jules Verne books. The project prioritizes educational clarity over performance by avoiding batches and external dependencies like gonum. It includes comprehensive explanations from basic neurons to self-attention mechanisms, with git tags showing model evolution stages. The implementation takes about 40 minutes to train on MacBook Air M3 and serves as a practical companion to neural network learning courses. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: --- Tags: [#machine-learning](https://daily.dev/tags/machine-learning), [#golang](https://daily.dev/tags/golang), [#neural-networks](https://daily.dev/tags/neural-networks), [#transformers](https://daily.dev/tags/transformers), [#gpt](https://daily.dev/tags/gpt) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/gpt-from-scratch-in-golang-qlxiqmjtw) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DiscussionForumPosting","mainEntityOfPage":"https://daily.dev/posts/gpt-from-scratch-in-golang-qlxiqmjtw","headline":"GPT from scratch in Golang","text":"Shared: zakirullin/gpt-go: Tiny GPT implemented from scratch in pure Go. Trained on Jules Verne books. Explained.","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/gpt-from-scratch-in-golang-qlxiqmjtw","datePublished":"2025-07-31T11:15:25.649Z","dateModified":"2025-07-31T11:15:56.483Z","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Phuong Le","url":"https://daily.dev/func25","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--HbVBqLGd--/f_auto,q_auto/v1697862633/avatars/avatar_s1rxG2e5sEfVSY1wCzdr8","interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"EndorseAction"},"userInteractionCount":8565}},"image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--VDukGCjf--/f_auto/v1722860399/public/Placeholder%2002","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":41},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"sharedContent":{"@type":"WebPage","url":"https://api.daily.dev/r/gGmZXC8Ko"},"isPartOf":{"@type":"WebPage","url":"https://daily.dev/squads/golangnuts","name":"Go Developers"}} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Go Developers","item":"https://daily.dev/squads/golangnuts"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"GPT from scratch in Golang"}]} ```