Notebooks & data apps · Hugging Face
Gradio
Open-source Python library for wrapping a model or function in a shareable web UI in a few lines of code.
Gradio lets Python developers turn a function — most often a machine-learning model's inference call — into an interactive web interface with inputs like text boxes, sliders, or image uploads and outputs like labels, images, or audio, using a small declarative API. A single line can also generate a temporary public share link for a locally running app. Gradio is free, open source, and can be self-hosted, but it is most commonly deployed on Hugging Face Spaces, the hosting platform Hugging Face operates for Gradio (and other) apps; free CPU hosting is available, with paid hourly GPU hardware and PRO/Team/Enterprise account tiers for more compute, priority queues, and organization features. Hugging Face acquired Gradio in 2021 and maintains it as the default way to demo models on its platform.
At a glance
| Vendor | Hugging Face |
|---|---|
| Pricing model | Free tier + paid plans |
| Free tier | Yes |
| Deployment | Cloud, Self-hosted |
| Open source | Yes (Apache-2.0) |
| Best for | ML engineers who want a quick, shareable demo UI for a model without building a custom front end. |
Pricing
Gradio itself is free and open source; Hugging Face Spaces hosting is free on CPU, with paid PRO/Team/Enterprise account tiers and hourly GPU pricing.
| Plan | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| PRO | $9/month | per user; ZeroGPU quota and priority Spaces queue |
| Team | $20/month | per user; org-wide Spaces and advanced compute options |
| Enterprise | $50/month | per user; highest resource limits, dedicated support |
Prices read from the vendor's own page on September 21, 2026. Vendors change prices; check the source before you budget.
Features
- Declarative Python API for building input/output web UIs
- Wide range of built-in components (image, audio, chat, dataframe, etc.)
- Temporary public share links for locally running apps
- One-command deployment to Hugging Face Spaces
- Built-in support for streaming and queued inference
- Free CPU hosting and paid on-demand GPU hardware on Spaces
Integrations
Profile last reviewed September 21, 2026