Download HuggingFace Model with Command Line Interface (CLI)

ref

$ pip install -U "huggingface_hub[cli]"

Login

First, create a token from Hugging Face Settings (Permission: write).

$ huggingface-cli login

• Add token as git credential? --> n

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If you encounter huggingface-cli: command not found : ref

$ echo "export PATH=\"`python3 -m site --user-base`/bin:\$PATH\"" >> ~/.bashrc
$ source ~/.bashrc

Then retry huggingface-cli login. It should work now.

Logout

$ huggingface-cli logout

Download Model

Download an entire repository

$ huggingface-cli download {repo ID} --local-dir {local path}

--include: e.g., --include "*.json" "*.safetensors"
--exclude: e.g., --exclude "*.bin"

Download a single file

$ huggingface-cli download {repo ID} {file name} --local-dir {local path}