Creators
Discover real model publishers, interpret profile information, and understand verification badges.
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Featured organizations and the directory
Featured organizations appear above the directory. Their profiles are fetched from the Hub; the starting account list is curated, but names, avatars, descriptions, and available counts are not fabricated.
The directory combines these accounts with additional publishers discovered from real Hub model listings. It is a growing set of discovered accounts, not a claim to contain every Hugging Face user.
Search, filter, and sort
| Control | Behavior |
|---|---|
| Search | Matches account username or display name without case sensitivity. A leading @ is ignored. |
| Account type | Show organizations, individuals, or both. |
| Models / Followers | Order by the counts reported by the Hub when available. |
| Activity | Use the latest real model modification found for a publisher, not their login time. |
| Name | Alphabetical account ordering. |
| Pagination | 24 creators per page. Filters and page choices are kept in the URL. |
Discover additional publishers
Additional discovery loads publisher names from more Hub model pages, deduplicates account names, and fetches their profiles. A newly loaded batch may add fewer creators than model results because one account can publish many models. Requests are bounded and cached to avoid repeatedly fetching the same profiles.
What a profile tells you
Open a creator to inspect available Hub profile details and the published models shown on their page. Counts, biography, and avatar may be absent or change upstream. A profile’s visible model list is a limited view, not necessarily the publisher’s complete catalogue.
For a broader model search, use the Models directory and the original Hugging Face profile. Missing follower or model counts remain unavailable rather than becoming zero.
Verification is not launch permission
| Label | What it means — and does not mean |
|---|---|
| HF verified | The Hub reports the account as verified. It does not certify a token, model quality, or Hugpad launch ownership. |
| Hugpad launch · not verified | Hugpad does not currently certify a creator’s token-launch history. No verified launch claim is implied. |
| Repository access | Checked separately when launching, using your account namespace or an authoritative admin/write organization role. |
Unavailable accounts and rate limits
Profile requests can fail because of a missing account, access restrictions, rate limits, or an outage. A temporary failure should not be interpreted as proof that an account does not exist. Retry when the service is available; hugpad does not fill failed lookups with fictional people or badges.