A simple CLI wrapper for Hugging Face Hub to enable more fine-grained control when downloading and uploading files.

alt.hub is a Command Line Interface (CLI) tool designed as a wrapper for the popular Hugging Face Hub, providing users with additional options for managing their model files.

This project has been tested on Python 3.10+ and should work well on most Unix-based systems like Linux or MacOS.

To get started with alt.hub:

1. Clone the repository from the source URL:

# Clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/teleprint-me/alt.hub

2. Create a virtual environment and install dependencies without affecting your system's global packages using the following commands:

# Setup the virtual env
poetry shell
# Install dependencies only
poetry install --no-root

3. Authenticate with Hugging Face Hub by setting up API keys in an .env file as follows:

echo HUGGINGFACE_WRITE_API='hf_write_key' > .env
echo HUGGINGFACE_READ_API='hf_read_key' >> .env

alt.hub provides a variety of commands for downloading, uploading, and managing files on Hugging Face Hub using the python -m hf.cli.hub command. Here are some examples:

• Download model weights from the Hugging Face Model Hub:

python -m hf.cli.hub download -e .env -i <repository_id>

Replace <repository_id> with the ID of your desired repository (e.g., mistralai/Codestral-22B-v0.1).

• Upload local model weights to your personal Hugging Face Model Hub space:

python -m hf.cli.hub upload -e .env -i <repository_id> -p <local_path>

Replace <local_path> with the path to the directory or file you'd like to upload, and replace <repository_id> as before.

• -e .env: Specifies the path to your environment variables file (.env) containing Hugging Face API keys.
• -i <repository_id>: The ID of the repository you're interacting with on Hugging Face Hub.
• -p <local_path>: The local path from which to download or upload files or directories.

Contributions are welcome! Please follow common contribution guidelines before submitting any pull requests.

alt.hub is licensed under the AGPL license. See LICENSE for more information.