Essay_generator_app

Essay_generator_app

Writes a draft essay from your prompt with the small distilgpt2 model in a Gradio page. For students and developers who want a quick text generation demo.

Made by Sakil on Hugging Face. These notes are Mindket's, written from its Space page and README; the app's own files and license are on Hugging Face.

About

What it is: This Gradio app from Sakil generates essay text. It names one model, distilbert/distilgpt2, a distilled and smaller version of GPT-2. You use it in a browser, or you run a copy on your own computer.

Who it suits: It suits students and developers who want to see a small language model continue a prompt, and writers who want a rough starting point.

Industry | Who uses it | How they use it | Example
Education | Students | See how a small language model writes from a topic | Open the Space and type a short essay topic
Writing | Casual writers | Get a rough draft to react to | Enter an opening line and read the text
Software | Python developers | Read how a text generation model is served in Gradio | Download the Space and open app.py

Skip it if you need accurate or polished essays, because a small model writes loose text that needs heavy editing.

Where to use it:

• A web browser: go to the Space on Hugging Face and try it with no install
• Windows, macOS or Linux: run a copy with Python

Use case | Who | What they get back
Draft an essay | Students | Generated text from the topic they type
Test the model | Developers | A quick look at how distilgpt2 writes
Study the code | Learners | A short app.py that loads one model

How to set it up: You need a few things in place first.

• Python with pip, on Windows, macOS or Linux
• An internet connection to fetch the files from Hugging Face
• Spare disk space, since the first run may need to download the model

1. Install the Hugging Face hub package.
2. Download the Space into a local folder.
3. Move into that folder.
4. Install Gradio and the packages listed in requirements.txt.
5. Start the app.

pip install -U huggingface_hub
hf download Sakil/essay_generator_app --repo-type space --local-dir essay_generator_app
cd essay_generator_app
pip install gradio
pip install -r requirements.txt
python app.py

How to use it: Online, use the Gradio interface the Space page shows. On your own computer, run the main file from the project folder and open the page it serves in your browser.

python app.py

Example: You run python app.py inside the project folder, open the page and type a short topic such as a sentence about school life. The page returns text that the model writes to continue it.

For newcomers and experts: If this is new to you, start online. Go to the Space and type one short sentence before you install anything. Read the output as raw material, not a finished essay.

If you know the field, note that the Space names a single model, distilgpt2, and app.py loads it. The source gives no sampling settings, length limits or quality figures, so read app.py to see them.

Open the Space or run app.py
The Gradio page loads
You type a topic
The distilgpt2 model writes text
The essay appears on the page

Good to know: A small model can repeat itself and state wrong facts, so check and rewrite anything you plan to hand in.

• License: apache-2
• Cost to run: none named, no API key, account or paid service
• Data it reaches: the text you type and the model it names, with nothing else listed

On Hugging Face, 13 November 2026

• Likes: 4
• Built with: gradio
• License: apache-2.0

Links

• Space: https://huggingface.co/spaces/Sakil/essay_generator_app
• Files: https://huggingface.co/spaces/Sakil/essay_generator_app/tree/main

Try it

Open the Space in your browser, or copy it to your own Hugging Face account from its page. Nothing in this kit runs by itself.