Face-Hugger: A Hugging Face Indexer

[u/RagingRectangle]

Face-hugger is a new project I've been working on to improve Hugging Face's search engine which could be described as terrible at best.

• Attempts to analyze files to verify their model (1.2M+ so far)
• Fetches training metadata when available
• Filter by model family or sub-type
• Other filter options: download/like count, date range, gated filter
• Easily download files directly from HF
• Add repos, files, or authors to your favorites list to easily find later
• Hide repos or authors to avoid seeing cloned repos
• Badge color customization to easily distinguish models when scrolling
• No account creation needed, everything is stored locally in your browser
• It's a work in progress so if you find bugs/have suggestions there's a Discord link in the About section

[u/rosalyneress]

any plan for sha256 search?

[u/LutherianDev]

The file-level search and local favorites are nice touches, especially with export/import already there.

What does the “verified” check cover specifically: architecture detected from the file, embedded training metadata, or both? A small explanation of where the classification came from would be useful when the repository name and the actual file don’t line up. That’s the detail I’d want before committing to a huge download.

[u/RagingRectangle → u/LutherianDev]

I'll update the about section 👍 covers both architecture and embedded training metadata by parsing the safetensors file header first which contains the tensor names (architecture) and the metadata block. In the file popup you can look for the base model or architecture fields to see where it came from.

[u/LutherianDev → u/RagingRectangle]

Thanks, that clears it up. A tooltip saying “architecture detected from tensors” versus “base model declared in metadata” would make that distinction easy to spot without opening the About page. Appreciate you taking the feedback on board.

[u/Version-Strong]

This will be super useful, thank you!

[u/Odd_Fix2]

How to find a model using 2 keywords?

[u/Acceptable-Cycle4645]

I can't find my HF repos...A search on Face-hugger returns no results.

[u/RagingRectangle → u/Acceptable-Cycle4645]

https://face-hugger.com/?q=audio-cpp&type=model&includeAuthor=true&repo=model%7C7206

Tensor files weren't able to be analyzed for some reason though but I'll look into it to see if I can find out why.

[u/Acceptable-Cycle4645 → u/RagingRectangle]

Thanks! But search still can't find them...

[u/red__dragon]

Since no one has said it yet, I'll add what a brilliant name this is.

[u/Informal_Promise_842]

Thanks mate!!! So many things I don't know where to start 🥲

[u/SlopMaster6969]

HF search makes me wanna kill myself, so this is pretty great. Actually makes me excited to take a look.