TensorFlow

TensorFlow is an open-source machine learning framework developed by Google for building and training neural networks and other ML models. It provides a comprehensive ecosystem supporting the full machine learning workflow from data preparation through model deployment, covering deep learning, computer vision, natural language processing, and reinforcement learning.

For web developers, TensorFlow.js is the most directly relevant component, enabling ML models to run in the browser or on Node.js without Python or GPU infrastructure. Pre-trained models for object detection, pose estimation, text toxicity classification, and sentiment analysis can be loaded with a few lines of JavaScript. Custom models trained in Python can be converted and deployed to the browser. This makes it possible to add intelligent features like image classification, real-time gesture recognition, or on-device text analysis to web applications without server-side ML infrastructure.