Hugging Face CLI (hf) Reference Guide

The hf command is the modern command-line interface for interacting with the Hugging Face Hub, providing tools to manage repositories, models, datasets, and Spaces.

IMPORTANT: The hf command replaces the now deprecated huggingface-cli command.

Quick Start

• Installation: curl -LsSf https://hf.co/cli/install.sh | bash -s
• Help: Use hf --help to view all available functions and real-world examples.
• Authentication: Recommended via HF_TOKEN environment variable or the --token flag.

Core Commands