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TensorFlow

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Maintained by Google (TensorFlow team)6 4 7

TensorFlow is an open-source, end-to-end machine learning platform with stable Python and C++ APIs, originally developed within Google Brain. With the 2.21 release in March 2026, Google said it would limit TensorFlow work to security and bug fixes, dependency updates, and community contributions, and pointed new generative AI work to Keras 3, JAX, and PyTorch.1 2 7

Repository: GitHub repository (external site: github.com)
Documentation: Website and documentation (external site: tensorflow.org)
Documentation: Install with pip (external site: tensorflow.org)
License: License (external site: raw.githubusercontent.com)
Release notes: What's new in TensorFlow 2.21 (external site: developers.googleblog.com)

Last reviewedSep 29, 2026Entry updated Sep 29, 2026Documented release Unknown

Availability and license

Overall availability

Public

Documented as available to the general public. Access conditions and license terms may still apply.1 3

Availability is separate from permission: read the license before using or redistributing.

Apache License 2.0 (external site: raw.githubusercontent.com)3 1
Applies to: Code · SPDX Apache-2.0 · on the rubric’s OSI-approved list

Public materials checklist

Items for a framework under USASI rubric v0.1. Unknown means unassessed or insufficient evidence.

Public materials checklist for TensorFlow
Item	Status	Notes and evidence
Source codeIs the source code publicly readable?	Public	Developed on GitHub at tensorflow/tensorflow.1
DocumentationIs user documentation published?	Public	Installation guides and other documentation are published at tensorflow.org.5 2
InstallationAre installation instructions or packages publicly available?	Public	Installed with pip ("tensorflow", or "tensorflow[and-cuda]" for NVIDIA GPU support on Linux and WSL2); a CPU-only package is also published.5 2
Supported platformsAre supported operating systems or hardware documented?	Public	The install guide lists Ubuntu 16.04 or later, macOS 12 or later (CPU only), Windows native (GPU support ended after TensorFlow 2.10), and Windows WSL2 with GPU support, with Python 3.10 to 3.13.5
Release statusAre versioned releases published?	Public	Versioned releases are published on PyPI; version 2.21.0 was uploaded on March 6, 2026.6

What it is useful for

The project describes TensorFlow as a platform and ecosystem of tools and libraries for building and deploying machine learning applications. Google's 2.21 announcement says the TensorFlow Lite project has been renamed LiteRT and is developed separately.2 7

Organization context

Google (Alphabet)

U.S. eligibility

Project eligibility rests on documented governing or maintaining entities, not on contributors.

Eligible · basis: U.S.-governed project

The PyPI package lists Google Inc. as author. TensorFlow's contributing guide requires Google's Contributor License Agreement and describes copying accepted pull requests into Google's internal codebase for testing. Google's developer blog announced, with the 2.21 release, the work TensorFlow would focus on going forward. Google's parent Alphabet Inc. has its principal executive offices in Mountain View, California, per its fiscal 2025 Form 10-K.6 4 7 8

Assessed Sep 29, 2026

Sources

1.
GitHub repository metadata for tensorflow/tensorflow (external site: api.github.com)
GitHub · Repository · accessed Sep 29, 2026
2.
tensorflow/tensorflow README (external site: raw.githubusercontent.com)
TensorFlow project (Google) · Repository · accessed Sep 29, 2026
3.
TensorFlow LICENSE (Apache License 2.0) (external site: raw.githubusercontent.com)
TensorFlow project (Google) · License · accessed Sep 29, 2026
4.
TensorFlow CONTRIBUTING.md (external site: raw.githubusercontent.com)
TensorFlow project (Google) · Documentation · accessed Sep 29, 2026
5.
Install TensorFlow with pip (external site: tensorflow.org)
TensorFlow (Google) · Documentation · accessed Sep 29, 2026
6.
tensorflow on PyPI (JSON metadata) (external site: pypi.org)
Python Package Index · Release notes · accessed Sep 29, 2026
7.
What's new in TensorFlow 2.21 (external site: developers.googleblog.com)
Google for Developers Blog · Announcement · published Mar 6, 2026 · accessed Sep 29, 2026
8.
Alphabet Inc. Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2025 (external site: sec.gov)
Alphabet Inc. (via U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission EDGAR) · Filing · accessed Sep 29, 2026

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