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    huggingface/xet-core

    xet client tech, used in huggingface_hub

    backend
    huggingface-hub
    rust
    storage
    xet
    Rust
    Apache-2.0
    622 stars
    111 forks
    622 GitHub watchers
    Updated Oct 30, 2026
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    Where it stands

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    4 releases in the last 90 days, the latest today, with 31 contributors on GitHub.

    Gained 9% more stars in the last 90 days than in the 90 days before.

    Use Cases & Benefits

    • Implements a Rust-based client library enabling chunk-based deduplication and efficient storage for uploading and downloading data to the HuggingFace Hub.
    • Provides optimized storage and retrieval with local disk caching and backwards compatibility with Git LFS, reducing redundant data transfer and storage.
    • Use for integrating efficient chunk deduplication in machine learning model and dataset storage workflows on HuggingFace Hub.
    • Use for developing Python applications that require performant and concurrent network communication with HuggingFace Hub backend services via Python bindings.
    • Use for debugging and diagnosing issues in data transfer processes with platform-specific diagnostic tools and debug symbol support.

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    License

    Apache 2.0

    Permissive: commercial use, modification and redistribution are allowed with attribution; includes an explicit patent grant from contributors.

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    • README: present
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    • Code of conduct: present

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    From the README

    🤗 xet-core - xet client tech, used in huggingface_hub

    xet-core enables huggingface_hub to utilize xet storage for uploading and downloading to HF Hub. Xet storage provides chunk-based deduplication, efficient storage/retrieval with local disk caching, and backwards compatibility with Git LFS. This library is not meant to be used directly, and is instead intended to be used from huggingface_hub.

    ♻ chunk-based deduplication implementation: avoid transferring and storing chunks that are shared across binary files (models, datasets, etc).

    🤗 Python bindings: bindings for huggingface_hub package.

    ↔ network communications: concurrent communication to HF Hub Xet backend services (CAS).

    🔖 local disk caching: chunk-based cache that sits alongside the existing huggingface_hub disk cache.

    Excerpt from the huggingface/xet-core README on GitHub (Apache-2.0 license). © its authors.Read the full README on GitHub

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    Forks

    111+26

    Open issues

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