Open-source GUI for HuggingFace downloads fixes slow, stalling Xet-era browser downloads
acedelgado · reddit · 2026-09-07
A developer released Fantastic-HuggingFace-Downloader, a GUI wrapping the HF CLI to fix slow, stalling browser downloads after HuggingFace's move to Xet storage. It auto-detects file/folder/repo links, lets you pick files, runs per-file hash checks with resume, routes VAEs/text encoders/models to custom folders, supports tokens for gated repos, and works on Linux and Windows (PySide6 venv 800MB).
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