hf-hub
v0.5.0 GrowingThis 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.
Quick Verdict
- βActively maintained (updated 36d ago)
- !Pre-1.0: API may have breaking changes
- βMassive adoption (2.4K crates depend on it)
- βPermissive license (Apache-2.0)
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1.4M downloads in the last 30 days (46.9K/day), up 70% from the previous period.
2.4K crates depend on hf-hub. Strong ecosystem adoption means battle-tested code and long-term stability.
Despite being 2+ years old, hf-hub hasn't reached 1.0 yet. Expect potential API changes between versions.
At 47KB, hf-hub is lightweight. Small crate size correlates with focused, well-scoped functionality.
Notable dependents include tokenizers, fastembed, xgrammar, llama-cpp-2, lancedb. When high-quality crates choose hf-hub, it's a strong quality signal.
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default =["default-tls", "tokio", "ureq"]