Hugging Face

Auth Commands

Authenticate with Hugging Face Hub. Login with access tokens, manage credentials, and configure permissions for model and dataset access.

5 commands

Pro Tips

Use 'huggingface-cli login --token $HF_TOKEN' for non-interactive CI/CD pipelines.

Create separate tokens with limited scopes for different projects or environments.

Set HF_TOKEN environment variable to avoid repeated login prompts.

Common Mistakes

Never commit tokens to version control - use environment variables or secrets manager.

Write tokens are needed for uploads - read tokens suffice for downloads only.

Commands

Login to Hub

$ huggingface-cli login

Authenticate with Hugging Face Hub interactively.

Login with token

$ huggingface-cli login --token $HF_TOKEN

Non-interactive login using access token.

Check login status

$ huggingface-cli whoami

Display current authenticated user.

Logout

$ huggingface-cli logout

Remove stored authentication credentials.

Set token via env

$ export HF_TOKEN=hf_xxxxx

Set access token as environment variable.