Huggingface Hub Dart #

🚧 THIS IS CURRENTLY A WORK IN PROGRESS 🚧

The unofficial Dart client for the Huggingface Hub.

Not all of the methods/functions have been implemented yet from the official huggingface_hub. However, the commonly used ones to download models/files, repos, etc. are implemented.

Flutter is required at the time of writing. This is due to the path_provider package. If someone has a nice way to disable the path_provider package unless running on mobile/flutter then this would be amazing and pure dart will work!

For web support, the plan would be to do something similar to transformers.js by either calling it directly or writing it in dart. This is not yet implemented which means web is not currently supported.

Setup #

To make sure everything is set up call HuggingfaceHub.ensureInitialized from the initialization of your application. Here is an example for a flutter application:

import 'package:flutter/widgets.dart';
import 'package:huggingface_hub/huggingface_hub.dart';

void main() async {  
  WidgetsFlutterBinding.ensureInitialized();
  await HuggingfaceHub.ensureInitialized();
  
  // Rest of your main function...
}

MacOS #

You may need the internet permission so that models can be downloaded. To do this add the following to both your macos/Runner/DebugProfile.entitlements and macos/Runner/Release.entitlements:

<key>com.apple.security.network.client</key>
<true/>

If you are looking for a concrete example checkout the example/ directory.

TODO: This might be possible to put directly in the package so others don't have to do this

iOS #

You may need the internet permission so that models can be downloaded. To do this add the following to your ios/Runner/Info.plist:

<key>NSAppTransportSecurity</key>
<dict>
   <key>NSAllowsArbitraryLoads</key><true/>
</dict>

I did not have to do this but just in case you run into this issue you'll know how to fix it.

TODO: This might be possible to put directly in the package so others don't have to do this

Example #

The example for this library contains a way to see how downloading works. May be helpful to get you started!

You can either copy the code or just try running the flutter application to see how things work. Please don't be too critical of the code - I hastily put together an example.

Version #

This library is based off of commit 9e0493cfdb4de5a27b45c53c3342c83ab1a138fb from the official Huggingface Hub library.

Supported Devices #

There is no Web support at the moment do to no file storage.

Windows #

✔️ Tested and works.

MacOS #

✔️ Tested and works.

Linux #

✔️ Tested and works.

Android #

✔️ Tested and works.

iOS #

✔️ Tested and works.

Web #

❌ Not implemented/supported.

Tests #

There are a lot of tests that should be added (hopefully one day...). Here is the structure:

• test tests contained in the folder should only use dart. If you try to use flutter required capabilities use below.
• example/integration_test for use with flutter/native/rust libraries. This will change once the official toolchain for dart is released. You can find more information noted in flutter_rust_bridge's documentation.
  • Tests that need to use hf_xet, rust, etc. should be put here