Platform / hugging-face

Hugging Face API

An open AI community platform connecting models, datasets, Spaces and Inference Providers.

API capabilities

· Model and dataset catalog
· Inference Providers
· Spaces app hosting

Recommended use

· Open model discovery
· Dataset research
· Lightweight demos and model experiments

Important restrictions

· Third-party Inference Provider terms differ
· Free resources are shared and rate limited
· Model licenses must be checked separately

Free tier

· The official documentation and pricing page offer limited inference usage for free users; fixed allowances may change with account policy.
· Free limits: Rate limits apply per account, provider and model; refer to the official account page for the specific free allowance.
· Credit card: Free browsing and some inference paths do not require a credit card; paid plans are handled separately.
· Sign-up: No account is needed to browse; calling and creating resources usually requires a Hugging Face account and token.

Benchmark observation

Current public measurement: status Online, latency 109 ms, success rate 100%. These values come directly from the existing platform data and are not duplicated in the content layer.

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