>>> from huggingface_hub import create_bucket

# Create a bucket under your namespace
>>> url = create_bucket("my-bucket")
>>> url.bucket_id
'username/my-bucket'
>>> url.uri.to_uri()
'hf://buckets/username/my-bucket'

# Create a private bucket
>>> create_bucket("my-private-bucket", private=True)
BucketUrl(...)

# Don't error if bucket already exists
>>> create_bucket("my-bucket", exist_ok=True)
BucketUrl(...)

# Create a bucket in a specific region
>>> create_bucket("my-bucket", region="us")
BucketUrl(...)

>>> hf buckets create my-bucket
✓ Bucket created
  uri: hf://buckets/Wauplin/my-bucket
  url: https://huggingface.co/buckets/Wauplin/my-bucket

# Create a private bucket
>>> hf buckets create my-bucket --private

# Don't error if bucket already exists
>>> hf buckets create my-bucket --exist-ok

# Create a bucket in a specific region
>>> hf buckets create my-bucket --region us

>>> from huggingface_hub import create_bucket
>>> create_bucket("my-org/shared-bucket")

>>> hf buckets create my-org/shared-bucket

>>> from huggingface_hub import bucket_info
>>> bucket_info("username/my-bucket")
BucketInfo(
  id='username/my-bucket',
  private=False,
  created_at=datetime.datetime(2026, 2, 12, 17, 42, 12,
  tzinfo=datetime.timezone.utc),
  size=8411791508,
  total_files=128
)

# JSON output
>>> hf buckets info username/my-bucket
{
  "id": "username/my-bucket",
  "private": false,
  ...
}

>>> from huggingface_hub import list_buckets

# List your own buckets
>>> for bucket in list_buckets():
...     print(bucket.id, bucket.size, bucket.total_files)

# List buckets in an organization
>>> for bucket in list_buckets(namespace="huggingface"):
...     print(bucket.id)

# Table format (default)
>>> hf buckets list
ID                   PRIVATE      SIZE TOTAL_FILES CREATED_AT
-------------------- ------- --------- ----------- ----------
username/my-bucket                  32           5 2026-02-16
username/checkpoints         117609095         700 2026-02-13
username/logs                321757477        2000 2026-02-13

# Human-readable sizes
>>> hf buckets list -h
ID                   PRIVATE     SIZE TOTAL_FILES CREATED_AT
-------------------- ------- -------- ----------- ----------
username/my-bucket               32 B           5 2026-02-16
username/checkpoints         117.6 MB         700 2026-02-13
username/logs                321.8 MB        2000 2026-02-13

# List buckets in a specific namespace
>>> hf buckets ls huggingface

# Filter buckets by name
>>> hf buckets list --search "checkpoint"

>>> for bucket in list_buckets(search="checkpoint"):
...     print(bucket.id)

# Quiet mode: prints one bucket ID per line
>>> hf buckets list --quiet
username/my-bucket
username/checkpoints
username/logs

# JSON format
>>> hf buckets list --format json
[
  {
    "id": "username/my-bucket",
    "private": false,
    "created_at": "2026-02-16T15:28:32+00:00",
    "size": 32,
    "total_files": 5
  },
  ...
]

>>> from huggingface_hub import update_bucket_settings

# Make a bucket private
>>> update_bucket_settings("username/my-bucket", private=True)

# Make it public again
>>> update_bucket_settings("username/my-bucket", private=False)

# Make a bucket private
>>> hf buckets settings username/my-bucket --private
✓ Bucket settings updated
  bucket_id: username/my-bucket
  private: True

# Make it public again
>>> hf buckets settings username/my-bucket --public

>>> from huggingface_hub import delete_bucket
>>> delete_bucket("username/my-bucket")

# Don't error if bucket doesn't exist
>>> delete_bucket("username/my-bucket", missing_ok=True)

# Prompts for confirmation
>>> hf buckets delete username/my-bucket

# Skip confirmation
>>> hf buckets delete username/my-bucket --yes

# Don't error if bucket doesn't exist
>>> hf buckets delete username/my-bucket --yes --missing-ok

>>> from huggingface_hub import batch_bucket_files

# Delete specific files
>>> batch_bucket_files("username/my-bucket", delete=["old-model.bin", "logs/debug.log"])

# Remove a single file
>>> hf buckets rm username/my-bucket/old-model.bin

# Remove all files under a prefix (requires --recursive)
>>> hf buckets rm username/my-bucket/logs/ --recursive

# Remove only files matching a pattern across the entire bucket
>>> hf buckets rm username/my-bucket --recursive --include "*.tmp"

# Exclude specific files from removal
>>> hf buckets rm username/my-bucket/data/ --recursive --exclude "*.safetensors"

# Preview what would be deleted
>>> hf buckets rm username/my-bucket/checkpoints/ --recursive --dry-run

>>> from huggingface_hub import move_bucket

# Rename a bucket
>>> move_bucket(from_id="username/old-name", to_id="username/new-name")

# Transfer to an organization
>>> move_bucket(from_id="username/my-bucket", to_id="my-org/my-bucket")

# Rename a bucket
>>> hf buckets move username/old-bucket username/new-bucket

# Transfer to an organization
>>> hf buckets move username/my-bucket my-org/my-bucket

# Using the hf://buckets/ format
>>> hf buckets move hf://buckets/username/old-bucket hf://buckets/username/new-bucket

>>> from huggingface_hub import list_bucket_tree

# List all files
>>> for item in list_bucket_tree("username/my-bucket"):
...     print(item.path, item.size)
file.txt 5
big.bin 2048
sub/nested.txt 14
sub/deep/file.txt 4

# List top-level entries only
>>> for item in list_bucket_tree("username/my-bucket", recursive=False):
...     print(item.type, item.path)
file file.txt
file big.bin
directory sub

# Filter by prefix
>>> for item in list_bucket_tree("username/my-bucket", prefix="sub"):
...     print(item.path)

# Default table format (non-recursive, directories shown as entries)
>>> hf buckets list username/my-bucket
        2048  2026-01-15 10:30:00  big.bin
           5  2026-01-15 10:30:00  file.txt
              2026-01-15 10:30:00  sub/

# Recursive listing (all files, including nested)
>>> hf buckets list username/my-bucket -R
        2048  2026-01-15 10:30:00  big.bin
           5  2026-01-15 10:30:00  file.txt
          14  2026-01-15 10:30:00  sub/nested.txt
           4  2026-01-15 10:30:00  sub/deep/file.txt

# Human-readable sizes and short dates
>>> hf buckets list username/my-bucket -R -h
      2.0 KB         Jan 15 10:30  big.bin
         5 B         Jan 15 10:30  file.txt
        14 B         Jan 15 10:30  sub/nested.txt
         4 B         Jan 15 10:30  sub/deep/file.txt

# ASCII tree format
>>> hf buckets list username/my-bucket --tree -h -R
2.0 KB  Jan 15 10:30  ├── big.bin
   5 B  Jan 15 10:30  ├── file.txt
                      └── sub/
                          ├── deep/
   4 B  Jan 15 10:30  │       └── file.txt
  14 B  Jan 15 10:30  └── nested.txt

# Tree structure only (no sizes/dates)
>>> hf buckets list username/my-bucket --tree --quiet -R
├── big.bin
├── file.txt
└── sub/
    ├── deep/
    │   └── file.txt
    └── nested.txt

# Quiet mode: one path per line
>>> hf buckets list username/my-bucket -q
big.bin
file.txt
sub/

# Filter by prefix
>>> hf buckets list username/my-bucket/sub -R

>>> from huggingface_hub import batch_bucket_files

# Upload from local file paths
>>> batch_bucket_files(
...     "username/my-bucket",
...     add=[
...         ("./model.safetensors", "models/model.safetensors"),
...         ("./config.json", "models/config.json"),
...     ],
... )

# Upload from raw bytes
>>> batch_bucket_files(
...     "username/my-bucket",
...     add=[
...         (b'{"key": "value"}', "config.json"),
...     ],
... )

# Copy files by xet hash (source_repo_type, source_repo_id, xet_hash, destination)
>>> batch_bucket_files(
...     "username/my-bucket",
...     copy=[
...         ("bucket", "username/source-bucket", "<xethash_1>", "models/model.safetensors"),
...         ("model", "username/my-model", "<xethash_2>", "models/config.safetensors"),
...     ],
... )

# Upload and delete in one batch
>>> batch_bucket_files(
...     "username/my-bucket",
...     add=[("./new-model.safetensors", "model.safetensors")],
...     delete=["old-model.bin"],
... )

# Upload to bucket root (uses local filename as remote name)
>>> hf buckets cp ./config.json hf://buckets/username/my-bucket

# Upload to a subdirectory
>>> hf buckets cp ./data.csv hf://buckets/username/my-bucket/logs/

# Upload with a different remote filename
>>> hf buckets cp ./model.safetensors hf://buckets/username/my-bucket/v2/model.safetensors

# Upload from stdin
>>> echo "hello" | hf buckets cp - hf://buckets/username/my-bucket/hello.txt
>>> cat model.safetensors | hf buckets cp - hf://buckets/username/my-bucket/model.safetensors

# Upload a local directory to a bucket
>>> hf buckets sync ./data hf://buckets/username/my-bucket

# Upload to a specific prefix in the bucket
>>> hf buckets sync ./data hf://buckets/username/my-bucket/train

>>> from huggingface_hub import download_bucket_files

# Download specific files by path
>>> download_bucket_files(
...     "username/my-bucket",
...     files=[
...         ("models/model.safetensors", "./local/model.safetensors"),
...         ("config.json", "./local/config.json"),
...     ],
... )

>>> from huggingface_hub import list_bucket_tree, download_bucket_files

# List and filter files, then download
>>> parquet_files = [
...     item for item in list_bucket_tree("username/my-bucket", recursive=True)
...     if item.type == "file" and item.path.endswith(".parquet")
... ]
>>> download_bucket_files(
...     "username/my-bucket",
...     files=[(f, f"./local/{f.path}") for f in parquet_files],
... )

# Download to a specific file
>>> hf buckets cp hf://buckets/username/my-bucket/config.json ./config.json

# Download to a directory (uses original filename)
>>> hf buckets cp hf://buckets/username/my-bucket/config.json ./data/

# Download to current directory (omit destination)
>>> hf buckets cp hf://buckets/username/my-bucket/config.json

# Download to stdout and pretty-print with jq
>>> hf buckets cp hf://buckets/username/my-bucket/config.json - | jq .

# Download bucket contents to a local directory
>>> hf buckets sync hf://buckets/username/my-bucket ./data

# Download only a specific prefix
>>> hf buckets sync hf://buckets/username/my-bucket/models ./local-models

>>> from huggingface_hub import copy_files

# Bucket to bucket (same or different bucket)
>>> copy_files(
...     "hf://buckets/username/source-bucket/checkpoints/model.safetensors",
...     "hf://buckets/username/destination-bucket/archive/model.safetensors",
... )

# Repo to bucket
>>> copy_files(
...     "hf://datasets/username/my-dataset/processed/",
...     "hf://buckets/username/my-bucket/datasets/processed/",
... )

# Bucket to bucket
>>> hf cp hf://buckets/username/source-bucket/logs/ hf://buckets/username/destination-bucket/logs/

# Repo to bucket
>>> hf cp hf://username/my-model/config.json hf://buckets/username/my-bucket/models/config.json

# Without trailing slash: "logs" dir is nested => destination/logs/...
>>> hf cp hf://buckets/username/source-bucket/logs hf://buckets/username/destination-bucket/

# With trailing slash: only contents of "logs" are copied => destination/...
>>> hf cp hf://buckets/username/source-bucket/logs/ hf://buckets/username/destination-bucket/

# Upload: local directory -> bucket
>>> hf buckets sync ./data hf://buckets/username/my-bucket

# Download: bucket -> local directory
>>> hf buckets sync hf://buckets/username/my-bucket ./data

>>> from huggingface_hub import sync_bucket

# Upload: local directory -> bucket
>>> sync_bucket("./data", "hf://buckets/username/my-bucket")

# Download: bucket -> local directory
>>> sync_bucket("hf://buckets/username/my-bucket", "./data")

# Upload and remove remote files not present locally
>>> hf buckets sync ./data hf://buckets/username/my-bucket --delete

# Download and remove local files not present in bucket
>>> hf buckets sync hf://buckets/username/my-bucket ./data --delete

>>> sync_bucket("./data", "hf://buckets/username/my-bucket", delete=True)
>>> sync_bucket("hf://buckets/username/my-bucket", "./data", delete=True)

# Only sync .txt files
>>> hf buckets sync ./data hf://buckets/username/my-bucket --include "*.txt"

# Exclude log files
>>> hf buckets sync ./data hf://buckets/username/my-bucket --exclude "*.log"

# Combine include and exclude
>>> hf buckets sync ./data hf://buckets/username/my-bucket --include "*.safetensors" --exclude "*.tmp"

# Only sync .txt files
>>> sync_bucket("./data", "hf://buckets/username/my-bucket", include=["*.txt"])

# Exclude log files
>>> sync_bucket("./data", "hf://buckets/username/my-bucket", exclude=["*.log"])

# Combine include and exclude
>>> sync_bucket("./data", "hf://buckets/username/my-bucket", include=["*.safetensors"], exclude=["*.tmp"])

>>> hf buckets sync ./data hf://buckets/username/my-bucket --filter-from filters.txt

# filters.txt
- *.log
- *.tmp
+ *.safetensors
+ *.json

# Only compare sizes (ignore modification times)
>>> hf buckets sync ./data hf://buckets/username/my-bucket --ignore-times

# Only compare modification times (ignore sizes)
>>> hf buckets sync ./data hf://buckets/username/my-bucket --ignore-sizes

# Only update files that already exist on the receiver (skip new files)
>>> hf buckets sync ./data hf://buckets/username/my-bucket --existing

# Only create new files (skip files that already exist on the receiver)
>>> hf buckets sync ./data hf://buckets/username/my-bucket --ignore-existing

>>> sync_bucket("./data", "hf://buckets/username/my-bucket", ignore_times=True)
>>> sync_bucket("./data", "hf://buckets/username/my-bucket", ignore_sizes=True)
>>> sync_bucket("./data", "hf://buckets/username/my-bucket", existing=True)
>>> sync_bucket("./data", "hf://buckets/username/my-bucket", ignore_existing=True)

# Step 1: Generate a plan file (nothing is transferred)
>>> hf buckets sync ./data hf://buckets/username/my-bucket --plan sync-plan.jsonl
Sync plan: ./data -> hf://buckets/username/my-bucket
  Uploads: 3
  Downloads: 0
  Deletes: 0
  Skips: 1
Plan saved to: sync-plan.jsonl

# Step 2: Review the plan file (JSONL format)
>>> cat sync-plan.jsonl

# Step 3: Apply the plan
>>> hf buckets sync --apply sync-plan.jsonl

# Step 1: Generate a plan file (nothing is transferred)
>>> sync_bucket("./data", "hf://buckets/username/my-bucket", plan="sync-plan.jsonl")

# Step 2: Review the plan file (JSONL format), then apply
>>> sync_bucket(apply="sync-plan.jsonl")

# Preview what would be synced
>>> hf buckets sync ./data hf://buckets/username/my-bucket --dry-run | jq '.action'

>>> plan = sync_bucket("./data", "hf://buckets/username/my-bucket", dry_run=True)
>>> plan.summary()
{'uploads': 3, 'downloads': 0, 'deletes': 0, 'skips': 1, 'total_size': 4096}

# Show per-file operations
>>> hf buckets sync ./data hf://buckets/username/my-bucket --verbose

# Suppress all output
>>> hf buckets sync ./data hf://buckets/username/my-bucket --quiet

>>> sync_bucket("./data", "hf://buckets/username/my-bucket", verbose=True)
>>> sync_bucket("./data", "hf://buckets/username/my-bucket", quiet=True)

>>> from huggingface_hub import get_bucket_paths_info
>>> for info in get_bucket_paths_info("username/my-bucket", ["file.txt", "models/model.safetensors"]):
...     print(info.path, info.size, info.xet_hash)

>>> from huggingface_hub import get_bucket_file_metadata
>>> metadata = get_bucket_file_metadata("username/my-bucket", "models/model.safetensors")
>>> metadata.size
42000