Repo duplicator

Repo duplicator

A small Gradio app from huggingface-projects, named for duplicating repositories, that runs online in the browser or on your own computer with Python.

Made by huggingface-projects 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: Repo duplicator is a Gradio app that huggingface-projects published as a Hugging Face Space. Its name points to duplicating repositories. The app is one main file, app.py, with a list of Python packages beside it, and the Space runs on cpu-basic hardware.

Who it suits: Developers on Hugging Face who want a ready Gradio app to open online, and people who want a local copy to read or run themselves.

Industry | Who uses it | How they use it | Example
Software development | Hugging Face users | Open the Space in a browser with nothing to install | Trying the app before deciding to copy it
Machine learning | Developers building Spaces | Download the files and read app.py | Studying how a single-file Gradio app is put together
Education | Learners | Run a copy with Python on their own machine | Following the listed steps from download to launch

Skip it if you want a hosted service with an API, since this is an app you open or run yourself.

Where to use it: Repo duplicator runs in these places.

• A web browser: open the Space's page on Hugging Face
• Windows, macOS or Linux with Python: run a copy of the Space

Use case | Who | What they get back
Try it online | Anyone with a browser | The Gradio app running from the Space
Run it locally | Developers with Python | A copy of the app started from app.py
Read the code | Learners | Seven files, with app.py as the main one

How to set it up: Online use needs only a browser. A local copy needs a few things first.

• A web browser for the online Space
• Python on Windows, macOS or Linux for a local copy
• The Python packages listed in requirements.txt

1. Install the Hugging Face hub library with pip.
2. Download the Space's files into a folder called repo_duplicator.
3. Move into that folder.
4. Install Gradio at the version the Space uses.
5. Install the packages listed in requirements.txt.
6. Start the app with Python.

pip install -U huggingface_hub
hf download huggingface-projects/repo_duplicator --repo-type space --local-dir repo_duplicator
cd repo_duplicator
pip install gradio==5.50.0
pip install -r requirements.txt
python app.py

How to use it: Online, open the Space's page and use the app in your tab. On your own computer, start it from the folder with the command below.

python app.py

Tool | What it does
python app.py | Starts the Gradio app from the main file
pip install -r requirements.txt | Installs the packages the app needs
hf download | Fetches the Space's files into a local folder

Example: You download the Space with the hf command, install Gradio 5.50.0 and the listed packages, then run python app.py. The app starts from your local copy of the files.

For newcomers and experts: If you are new, open the Space's page and look at what the app offers. Running it online costs you no setup, so start there before you try a local copy.

If you know Gradio, the setup is plain: one main file, a requirements list and Gradio 5.50.0. A local copy pins that same version, so it matches what the Space runs. The Space itself sits on cpu-basic hardware at Hugging Face.

Open the Space or run app.py
Gradio serves the app
You use it in your browser

Good to know: It is a single Gradio app, so what you can do is limited to what its page offers.

• Version: Gradio 5.50.0
• Size: 7 files at the top of the repository
• License: MIT
• Cost to run: none named
• Data it reaches: none named
• Not for: no forbidden uses are named

On Hugging Face, 13 November 2026

• Likes: 331
• Built with: gradio
• License: mit

Links

• Space: https://huggingface.co/spaces/huggingface-projects/repo_duplicator
• Files: https://huggingface.co/spaces/huggingface-projects/repo_duplicator/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.