Local AI Glossary
What is Hugging Face?
Source: local-llm.net/glossary
The central platform for sharing open-weight AI models, datasets, and tools. Most models available for local AI are hosted on Hugging Face (huggingface.co). The Transformers library by Hugging Face is the standard Python library for working with AI models.
How Hugging Face fits in the local AI stack
Hugging Face is part of the broader local AI ecosystem. See the related guides, comparisons, and tools below to see how it applies in practice.
See also
- Full Local AI Glossary
- All learn topics
- What is Local AI?
- Quantization explained
- Hardware requirements
- How to choose a local LLM