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brew install hf v1.20.1 Apache-2.0

Python client library and CLI for the Hugging Face model hub, with support for downloading and uploading datasets and models.

Why you might care

Essential if you work with Hugging Face models, datasets, or spaces—provides a unified CLI and Python API for authentication, versioning, and hub operations. Handles large file transfers via Git LFS and integrates directly with transformers and datasets libraries. Single install covers both command-line workflows and programmatic access.

Categories

library sdk binding http-client

Alternatives

transformers datasets git-lfs
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Runtime dependencies

certifi git-lfs libyaml python@3.14

Build dependencies

pkgconf rust

Links

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