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Text Embeddings Inference license, foundation and stars

Model serving and local AI · Apache 2.0 (open source) · backed by Hugging Face · 5,110 stars

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A blazing fast inference solution for text embeddings models

License history

LICENSE file
Open sourceApr 8, 2024

Hugging Face Optimized Inference License 1.0 to Apache 2.0

TEI shipped under HFOIL and was moved to Apache 2.0 the same day as TGI.

Latest release

No GitHub releases published; the project releases elsewhere (tags or its own site).

About and history
Repository
huggingface/text-embeddings-inference · created Oct 13, 2023
Website
huggingface.co/docs/text-embeddings-inference/quick_tour
Language
Rust
Foundation
None; run by Hugging Face
Company
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GitHub detects
Apache-2.0
Stars per week
8 (GitHub weekly snapshots)

Weekly snapshots

Week ofStars
Nov 2, 20265,110
Oct 26, 20265,087
Oct 12, 20265,082
Oct 5, 20265,078
Sep 21, 20265,061

Changes

Stars per weekNov 7, 2026

Gains about 8 stars a week, up from 5.

Stars per weekOct 27, 2026

Gains about 5 stars a week, down from 7.

Stars per weekOct 18, 2026

Gains about 7 stars a week, down from 9.

Stars per weekOct 9, 2026

Gains about 9 stars a week.

RelicensedSep 25, 2026

Relicensed from Hugging Face Optimized Inference License 1.0 to Apache 2.0.

TrackedSep 25, 2026

Now tracked, from huggingface/text-embeddings-inference on GitHub.