Hugging Face Transformers
State-of-the-art NLP and multimodal models for inference and training.
ML and data science PyPI Apache 2.0 License
Used in agent projects
80
0.6% of 12,697 public repos built with AI coding agents
Rank in ml and data science
#7 of 28
by use in those projects
Downloads
24.8M
PyPI, last 7 days, transformers
GitHub stars
167K
last push Oct 10, 2026
How Hugging Face Transformers is used
Hugging Face Transformers is a dependency in 80 of the 12,697 public GitHub projects set up for AI coding agents that we scanned (0.6%), #7 of 28 in ml and data science. The most used alternative there is NumPy. Projects that use it most often also use PyTorch (80.0%), NumPy (78.8%), pandas (62.5%).
Often used with Hugging Face Transformers
| PyTorch | 80.0% of Hugging Face Transformers projects · 93.2× more than average |
|---|---|
| NumPy | 78.8% of Hugging Face Transformers projects · 20.5× more than average |
| pandas | 62.5% of Hugging Face Transformers projects · 20.7× more than average |
| python-dotenv | 58.8% of Hugging Face Transformers projects · 9.0× more than average |
| scikit-learn | 57.5% of Hugging Face Transformers projects · 45.6× more than average |
| Pydantic | 56.2% of Hugging Face Transformers projects · 11.0× more than average |
| Requests | 52.5% of Hugging Face Transformers projects · 9.9× more than average |
| PyYAML | 50.0% of Hugging Face Transformers projects · 16.5× more than average |
By coding agent
| Claude Code | 1.1% of projects set up for it |
|---|---|
| GitHub Copilot | 1.2% of projects set up for it |
| Cursor | 1.2% of projects set up for it |
| OpenAI Codex | 1.1% of projects set up for it |
Share of public repos configured for each agent that list Hugging Face Transformers as a dependency.
Install
| Package | pip install transformers |
|---|---|
| Main stacks | Python (78), Next.js (2) |
| Example projects | Kaggle/kaggle-environments, daydreamlive/DEMON, timowhite88/Farnsworth, Llaminar/llaminar, loblawbob873-svg/posterchanai |
Alternatives to Hugging Face Transformers
| Tool | Used in agent projects | Downloads / wk | GitHub stars | License |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NumPy pypi Fundamental Python library for numerical computing with arrays and matrices. |
487 (3.8%) | 21M | 33K | — |
| pandas pypi Data manipulation and analysis library with DataFrames for structured data. |
383 (3.0%) | 143M | 50K | — |
| scikit-learn pypi Python machine learning library with classification, regression and clustering algorithms. |
160 (1.3%) | 44.3M | 67.5K | — |
| SciPy pypi Fundamental algorithms for scientific computing with optimized numerical routines. |
141 (1.1%) | 72.2M | 15.1K | — |
| PyTorch pypi Deep learning framework with tensors and dynamic neural networks with GPU support. |
109 (0.9%) | 13.2M | 104K | — |
| Sentence Transformers pypi Pre-trained models for semantic embeddings, retrieval and reranking. |
83 (0.7%) | 5.1M | 19.2K | — |
| NetworkX pypi Python package for creating, analyzing and manipulating complex networks and graphs. |
73 (0.6%) | 50.2M | 17.3K | — |
| joblib pypi Lightweight pipelining and parallel computing for Python functions with caching support. |
65 (0.5%) | 38.7M | 4,403 | — |