# bodaay/HuggingFaceModelDownloader

Simple go utility to download HuggingFace Models and Datasets

Repository: https://github.com/bodaay/HuggingFaceModelDownloader
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/huggingfacemodeldownloader
Language: Go
License: Apache-2.0
License Family: permissive
Topics: golang, huggingface, llm, transformers
Last push: 2026-06-13T11:52:21+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 87/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 87, release rhythm 88, longevity 83
- inputs: {"age_days": 1168, "days_push": 81, "days_rel": 81, "gap_med": 6.5, "n_releases_24m": 17}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1147, forks 123 (observed 2026-08-28T04:03:45.485344+00:00)

## What it is
A Go-based CLI utility for downloading models and datasets from the HuggingFace Hub with parallel, resumable downloads. It includes an interactive GGUF quantization picker with quality ratings and RAM estimates, and writes to the standard HuggingFace cache so Python libraries work seamlessly.

## Use cases
- download huggingface models from the command line
- download gguf quantized models with an interactive picker
- resume interrupted model downloads
- download models behind a corporate proxy
- fetch huggingface datasets quickly with parallel connections
- populate the huggingface cache for use with transformers

## When to choose
- you need fast, parallel, resumable downloads of HuggingFace models or datasets
- you want help choosing the right GGUF quantization for your hardware
- you need proxy/SOCKS5 support for restricted networks
- you want downloads compatible with the standard HuggingFace cache layout

## When to avoid
- you need a full Python-based HuggingFace tooling ecosystem (use huggingface_hub)
- you need to upload or manage models, not just download them
- you need a GUI-only workflow without any command line

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: active
- function: cli, developer-tools, machine-learning, llm-inference
- domain: machine-learning, large-language-models, developer-tools
- platform: windows, go, cli
- tags: huggingface, model-downloader, gguf, parallel-download, transformers, command-line, linux, macos, docker

## Member repositories
- bodaay/HuggingFaceModelDownloader (main) score 87

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:45.485344+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T06:34:01.459106+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/bodaay/HuggingFaceModelDownloader (fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:45.485344+00:00, sha a50bb883854f)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.