Text Generation Inference license, foundation and stars
Model serving and local AI · Apache 2.0 (open source) · backed by Hugging Face · 10,881 stars · archived
Large Language Model Text Generation Inference
License history
LICENSE fileHugging Face Optimized Inference License 1.0 to Apache 2.0
Hugging Face reverted TGI to Apache 2.0 after about nine months under HFOIL.
Apache 2.0 to Hugging Face Optimized Inference License 1.0
Hugging Face moved TGI from Apache 2.0 to its own HFOIL license restricting commercial hosted use.
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About and history
- Repository
- huggingface/text-generation-inference · created Oct 8, 2022
- Website
- hf.co/docs/text-generation-inference
- Language
- Python
- Foundation
- None; run by Hugging Face
- Company
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- GitHub detects
- Apache-2.0
- Stars per week
- -1 (GitHub weekly snapshots)
Weekly snapshots
| Week of | Stars | |
|---|---|---|
| Nov 2, 2026 | 10,881 | |
| Oct 26, 2026 | 10,880 | |
| Oct 12, 2026 | 10,878 | |
| Oct 5, 2026 | 10,880 | |
| Sep 21, 2026 | 10,885 |