Transformers license, foundation and stars
ML frameworks 路 Apache 2.0 (open source) 路 backed by Hugging Face 路 166,630 stars
馃 Transformers: the model-definition framework for state-of-the-art machine learning models in text, vision, audio, and multimodal models, for both inference and training.
License history
LICENSE fileApache 2.0 No license change recorded since the repository was created in 2018.
Latest release
v5.17.0 published Sep 9, 2026
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About and history
- Repository
- huggingface/transformers 路 created Oct 29, 2018
- Website
- huggingface.co/transformers
- Language
- Python
- Foundation
- None; run by Hugging Face
- Company
- Hugging Face 路 on Companies 路 on Acquisitions 路 on awards 路 on blogs 路 on Attested 路 on Tier Zero 路 on Mainstage 路 on Leaders 路 on marketplaces 路 on papers 路 on Paydays 路 on Releases 路 on Nines 路 on training 路 on Hotlist
- GitHub detects
- Apache-2.0
- Stars per week
- 652 (OSS Insight weekly star history, Aug 31 to Sep 21, 2026)
Weekly snapshots
| Week of | Stars | |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 21, 2026 | 166,630 |
Changes
| What changed | |
|---|---|
| Sep 24, 2026 | TrackedAdded: huggingface/transformers |