---
id: huggingface
version: "0.0.1"
license: Apache 2.0
license_treatment: permissive
maintenance: abandoned
---

# huggingface — HuggingFace is a single library comprising the main HuggingFace libraries.

License: permissive · Maintenance: abandoned · Downloads: 106.0K/mo

## What it is and what it does

This is a minimal Python package claiming to provide a unified interface to HuggingFace libraries. According to its summary, it aims to comprise the main HuggingFace libraries into a single entry point. However, the package has zero runtime dependencies and has not been updated since its single release in December 2020—over two years ago. The description excerpt is primarily a release checklist from the AllenNLP repository, which suggests this may be a template or placeholder rather than a functional library. The package carries no known security vulnerabilities and installs with no friction, but its abandonment and lack of maintenance make it unsuitable for production use.

Use it for:

- Exploring early HuggingFace packaging experiments from 2020, if you need historical context.
- Learning how to structure a minimal Python package wrapper, using this as a reference template.
- Checking whether an older project depends on this specific package name for legacy reasons.

## Worth the install?

AI-flagged interpretation of the facts above — verify before relying.

This package provides a unified interface to HuggingFace libraries, though it appears to be a placeholder or early-stage wrapper rather than a functional library.

No. This package is abandoned (last release 2020-12-18, no updates since), has zero runtime dependencies suggesting it is not functional, and the description is a release checklist rather than documentation. The official HuggingFace libraries are actively maintained elsewhere. Install the real HuggingFace packages instead.

## Install

pip install huggingface
uv add huggingface
poetry add huggingface

## Installing huggingface

Before you install: Installation is frictionless, but the package has been abandoned since its only release on 2020-12-18 (over 2065 days ago) with no subsequent maintenance or updates.

License in practice: Licensed under Apache 2.0 (permissive), so there are no legal restrictions on use or modification.

Quickstart:

pip install huggingface==0.0.1
import huggingface

This package is abandoned and likely non-functional; no real usage is recommended.

Verify before relying:

- Whether this package actually wraps or provides access to HuggingFace functionality, or is merely a placeholder stub.
- What the intended relationship is between this package and the official HuggingFace organization's libraries.
- Whether the package has any actual runtime dependencies or if it is truly a zero-dependency wrapper.

## Package facts

- License: Apache 2.0 (permissive)
- Python support: unspecified
- Install friction: low
- Maintenance: abandoned
- Downloads: 106.0K/month (top 15,000 on PyPI)
- Known vulnerabilities: none known

## Tags

huggingface library wrapper, unified huggingface interface, huggingface python package, huggingface ai models, machine learning library access, abandoned, placeholder

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