Decision Workspace
hugging-face-client vs hf-hub vs candle-hf-hub
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
44
hugging-face-client
experimentalv0.6.0
rust implment of Hugging Face Hub API
68
hf-hub
growingv0.5.0
This crates aims ease the interaction with huggingface It aims to be compatible with the huggingface_hub python package, but only implements a smaller subset of functions.
41
candle-hf-hub
growingv0.3.3
This crates aims ease the interaction with [huggingface](https://huggingface.co/) It aims to be compatible with [huggingface_hub](https://github.com/huggingface/huggingface_hub/) python package, but only implements a smaller subset of functions.
Core Metrics
| hugging-face-client | hf-hub | candle-hf-hub | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 44 | 68 | 41 |
| Total Downloads | 3.3K | 5.6M | 52.9K |
| 30d Downloads | 9 | 1.4M | 1.0K |
| Dependents | 0 | 2.4K | 4 |
| Releases | 6 | 13 | 1 |
| Last Updated | 318d ago | 36d ago | 517d ago |
| Age | 11m | 2y 8m | 1y 5m |
Health Breakdown
hugging-face-client
Maintenance
12
Quality
12
Community
6
Popularity
4
Documentation
10
hf-hub
Maintenance
16
Quality
15
Community
16
Popularity
8
Documentation
13
candle-hf-hub
Maintenance
2
Quality
15
Community
5
Popularity
6
Documentation
13
Technical Details
| hugging-face-client | hf-hub | candle-hf-hub | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.6.0 | 0.5.0 | 0.3.3 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| License | Apache-2.0 | Apache-2.0 | Apache-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 11 | 19 | 17 |
| Crate Size | 31KB | 48KB | 32KB |
| Features | 0 | 6 | 5 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2024 | 2021 | 2021 |
| MSRV | — | — | — |
| Owners | 1 | 4 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •hf-hub leads with a health score of 68/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •hf-hub is depended on by 2.4K crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •⚠ candle-hf-hub has not been updated in over a year.