Hugging Face Transformers
Self-Hosted AIState-of-the-art machine learning model library
Replaces OpenAI API
3 self-hosted projects maintained by huggingface on GitHub — combined community: 183,642 GitHub stars.
The 3 projects span 2 categories: local llm runners and self-hosted ai. Hugging Face Transformers is the flagship at 167,686 stars — State-of-the-art machine learning model library. 2 of 3 are written primarily in Python. The oldest dates from 2018 and the newest from 2023. 2 publish a Docker deployment path. Heads-up: Text Generation Inference is archived upstream and no longer maintained.
| Projects | 3 |
|---|---|
| Combined stars | 183,642 |
| Hosted on | GitHub |
| Languages | Python (2), Rust (1) |
| Licenses | Apache-2.0 (3) |
| Setup difficulty | Medium (1), Hard (2) |
| Min. RAM range | 2,048–16,384 MB |
| First releases | 2018–2023 |
State-of-the-art machine learning model library
Replaces OpenAI API
Hugging Face toolkit for production LLM serving
Replaces OpenAI API
Fast inference server for text embedding models
Replaces OpenAI Embeddings API