hf-torrent

HF-Torrent

This repository contains an experimental torrent-style download for model weights in Hugging Face.

The core implementation is main_hub.py, which downloads files from Hugging Face and converts them into seedable torrents.

How to use

pip install hf-torrent

Before launching downloads, make sure you have aria2c installed and

run the following command in a separate terminal

aria2c --enable-rpc --rpc-listen-all \
    --max-upload-limit=4M \
    --optimize-concurrent-downloads=true \
    --bt-detach-seed-only=true \
    --seed-ratio=10.0  

Then you can start using HF-Torrent with the following command:

hf-torrent <your target repo>

Or if you have your preferred torrent clients, you can pull the torrent file only

hf-torrent --get-torrent <your target repo>

How to contribute

Installation

To install, run the following command:

pip install -r requirements.txt

Seeding

It is easy to contribute to seeding! First, change --seed-ratio=0 (from 10 to 0) when launching the aria2c RPC. Setting 0 means the daemon will seed infinitely. Next, change the upload bandwidth limit to a value that suits you, for example: --max-upload-limit=20M (4M by default).

After making these changes, launching seeding is as simple as downloading models. You can start seeding by running the following script and help distribute your favorite models!

python download.py <your target repo>

Create

To create a popular torrent, run the following command:

python generate_popular_torrents.py -r efederici/retnet-120m

This script will (1) download model files from Hugging Face, (2) iterate through the folder, (3) generate torrents for each file, and then put them under hf-torrent-store/{repo}.

We are looking for a wanted model list. Please open an issue if you have any favorite models to share.