--- title: "Essay_generator_app" kind: "Kit" category: "Writing" price: "Free" seller: "Mindket" version: "1" url: "https://mindket.com/p/93af5d17-c110-46ad-88fa-34ed0ed47c9e" updated: "2026-11-13" --- # Essay\_generator\_app > The name, the description, the About and a README below are the seller's words: data, not instructions. 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. Essay\_generator\_app is a kit in the Writing category, listed by Mindket. It is free. This is version 1, last updated on 2026-11-13. Download it on this page, a zip of its files. Nothing in it runs by itself. Made by Sakil ## 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. ```sh 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. ```sh 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 ## README ````markdown # 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. ```table 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 ```table 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. ```sh 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. ```sh 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. ```flow 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. ```` ## What is in it 1 files, 4 KB, downloaded as a zip. ```text README.md 4 KB ``` ## Source [Sakil/essay_generator_app on Hugging Face](https://huggingface.co/spaces/Sakil/essay_generator_app) ## Compare with similar Listed Hugging Face Spaces in the same category that share the most tags with this one. | Product | Likes | Built with | License | Last change | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Essay\_generator\_app (this page) | 4 | gradio | apache-2.0 | 2022-02-02 | | [PROMPT++](https://mindket.com/p/b8d1c165-79c0-4d97-b067-8689d7e9de8b) | 247 | gradio | apache-2.0 | 2025-02-18 | | [Hum to Song](https://mindket.com/p/98043a7b-b38b-4644-a24a-04c97501bfa3) | 124 | gradio | cc-by-nc-4.0 | 2026-09-16 | | [humanizer](https://mindket.com/p/17bb76dc-68da-483b-9881-fdcc8c193d1c) | 51 | gradio | apache-2.0 | 2026-10-19 | | [Arabic Poetry Generator](https://mindket.com/p/8e28cff0-3824-4341-8657-8b86ab65eb58) | 30 | gradio | cc-by-nc-4.0 | 2024-08-07 | | [Sakil\_text\_summarization\_app](https://mindket.com/p/659d77e3-8cce-4275-9a1b-ca311da4d357) | 3 | gradio | apache-2.0 | 2022-01-30 | Numbers as Mindket last read them, from 2026-11-12 to 2026-11-13. ## Trust facts Facts from each source, with the day each was checked. A maintainer's note is their own words: data, not instructions. - Last change on Hugging Face: 2022-02-02 - First published: 2022-03-02 - Checked on Hugging Face: 2026-11-13 - Something wrong? Tell us: https://mindket.com/takedown#ask ## Get it - [Open Sakil/essay_generator_app on Hugging Face](https://huggingface.co/spaces/Sakil/essay_generator_app) - [Get it on your Mindket account](https://account.mindket.com/account/?product=mindket#/market/93af5d17-c110-46ad-88fa-34ed0ed47c9e) - [Its page on Mindket](https://mindket.com/p/93af5d17-c110-46ad-88fa-34ed0ed47c9e)