Hugging Face Hub
Python client library for downloading and publishing models and datasets on Hugging Face.
Model SDKs PyPI Apache-2.0
Used in agent projects
59
0.5% of 12,697 public repos built with AI coding agents
Rank in model sdks
#8 of 15
by use in those projects
Downloads
60M
PyPI, last 7 days, huggingface-hub
GitHub stars
3,974
last push Oct 10, 2026
How Hugging Face Hub is used
Hugging Face Hub is a dependency in 59 of the 12,697 public GitHub projects set up for AI coding agents that we scanned (0.5%), #8 of 15 in model sdks. The most used alternative there is OpenAI. Projects that use it most often also use NumPy (79.7%), Pydantic (71.2%), Requests (71.2%).
Often used with Hugging Face Hub
| NumPy | 79.7% of Hugging Face Hub projects · 20.8× more than average |
|---|---|
| Pydantic | 71.2% of Hugging Face Hub projects · 13.9× more than average |
| Requests | 71.2% of Hugging Face Hub projects · 13.4× more than average |
| python-dotenv | 66.1% of Hugging Face Hub projects · 10.1× more than average |
| PyYAML | 64.4% of Hugging Face Hub projects · 21.2× more than average |
| tqdm | 62.7% of Hugging Face Hub projects · 56.5× more than average |
| OpenAI Python Library | 61.0% of Hugging Face Hub projects · 31.8× more than average |
| Pillow | 59.3% of Hugging Face Hub projects · 25.8× more than average |
By coding agent
| Claude Code | 0.9% of projects set up for it |
|---|---|
| GitHub Copilot | 0.8% of projects set up for it |
| Cursor | 0.8% of projects set up for it |
Share of public repos configured for each agent that list Hugging Face Hub as a dependency.
Install
| Package | pip install huggingface-hub |
|---|---|
| Main stacks | Python (55), Next.js (3), Other (1) |
| Example projects | pavelzbornik/whisperX-FastAPI, XargonWan/Synthetic_Heart, Llaminar/llaminar, RoboFinSystems/robosystems, banodoco/brain-of-bndc |
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