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 "generated": "2026-10-31",
 "id": "facebookresearch-sam2--load-sam2-from-hugging-face",
 "repo": "facebookresearch/sam2",
 "repo_url": "https://github.com/facebookresearch/sam2",
 "repo_slug": "facebookresearch-sam2",
 "title": "Load SAM 2 from Hugging Face without the checkpoint script",
 "page_title": "How to load SAM 2 from Hugging Face without the checkpoint script with Sam2",
 "summary": "Use from_pretrained to pull facebook/sam2-hiera-large straight from the Hub.",
 "who": "A developer prototyping in a notebook who wants the shortest path.",
 "problem": "Managing checkpoint files by hand is friction for a quick test.",
 "outcome": "A working image or video predictor loaded from the Hub.",
 "steps": [
  "Install SAM 2 with `pip install -e .` from the cloned repo",
  "Install the Hub client with `pip install huggingface_hub`",
  "Call SAM2ImagePredictor.from_pretrained(\"facebook/sam2-hiera-large\") or SAM2VideoPredictor.from_pretrained",
  "Run set_image and predict as usual"
 ],
 "agent_prompt": "Using facebookresearch/sam2, install `pip install huggingface_hub`, load SAM2ImagePredictor.from_pretrained(\"facebook/sam2-hiera-large\") in a notebook, and segment the main object in <my image>.",
 "agents": [
  "claude-code",
  "codex",
  "cursor",
  "gemini-cli"
 ],
 "difficulty": "Beginner",
 "time": "20 minutes",
 "basis": "readme",
 "caveat": "You still need the SAM 2 package installed; the Hub only supplies the weights.",
 "category": "Research",
 "tags": [
  "Research"
 ],
 "lang": "jupyter notebook",
 "requirements": [
  "Python 3.10 or newer with torch 2.5.1 and torchvision 0.20.1 or newer",
  "An NVIDIA GPU with CUDA is recommended; Windows users should use WSL with Ubuntu",
  "A model checkpoint from the download script or Hugging Face"
 ],
 "risk": "none",
 "seen_in_the_wild": false,
 "mentioned_publicly": false,
 "risks": [],
 "best": false,
 "score": 0.8,
 "evidence": [],
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