# IX Forge **Community fine-tuning platform for Inference-X** [![Status](https://img.shields.io/badge/Status-Alpha-orange.svg)]() [inference-x.com](https://inference-x.com)
--- ## What is IX Forge? IX Forge is a collaborative platform for fine-tuning AI models using distributed Inference-X nodes. Contribute training data, compute, or expertise — earn credits usable for inference. ## Features - **Dataset sharing** — curated, reviewed community datasets - **Distributed training** — split LoRA fine-tuning across multiple IX nodes - **Model sharing** — publish your fine-tuned LoRA adapters - **Credits system** — contribute compute, earn inference credits ## Supported methods - LoRA / QLoRA fine-tuning - GGUF quantization of fine-tuned models - Dataset formatting (Alpaca, ShareGPT, ChatML) ## Status Alpha — architecture defined, implementation ongoing. --- *Part of the [Inference-X community](https://git.inference-x.com/inference-x-community)*