How to Deploy Hugging Face Models with Roboflow

Hugging Face offers an online community where AI models can be downloaded and deployed using Roboflow Inference, a high-performance server for computer vision applications. The guide details the process of downloading models from Hugging Face and deploying them to the edge or a private cloud using Roboflow, focusing on architectures such as YOLOv5 through YOLOv10. It specifically demonstrates deploying an Ultralytics YOLOv8 model, starting with obtaining model weights from Hugging Face, installing necessary tools like Git and Git-LFS, and uploading datasets to Roboflow. The tutorial covers uploading model weights, specifying the data type, and using Roboflow's tools for annotation and deployment, including real-time object detection systems. Upon successful deployment, models can be visualized and tested via the Roboflow dashboard, with inference capabilities enabled for effective deployment using Roboflow's infrastructure.