hf-xet: add support for platform.machine()=="AMD64"

[rajatarya]

Add hf-xet as a required installation for platforms that report themselves as 'AMD64'.

[HuggingFaceDocBuilderDev]

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[rajatarya]

Here is the output on a fresh venv on my Windows machine:

C:\Users\rajat\test-platform>uv venv --python C:\Users\rajat\.local\bin\python3.14t.exe
Using CPython 3.14.0 interpreter at: C:\Users\rajat\.local\bin\python3.14t.exe
Creating virtual environment at: .venv
Activate with: .venv\Scripts\activate

C:\Users\rajat\test-platform>.venv\Scripts\activate

(test-platform) C:\Users\rajat\test-platform>uv pip install huggingface_hub
Resolved 13 packages in 368ms
Prepared 1 package in 452ms
Installed 13 packages in 278ms
 + certifi==2025.10.5
 + charset-normalizer==3.4.4
 + colorama==0.4.6
 + filelock==3.20.0
 + fsspec==2025.9.0
 + huggingface-hub==0.36.0
 + idna==3.11
 + packaging==25.0
 + pyyaml==6.0.3
 + requests==2.32.5
 + tqdm==4.67.1
 + typing-extensions==4.15.0
 + urllib3==2.5.0

(test-platform) C:\Users\rajat\test-platform>uv pip freeze
certifi==2025.10.5
charset-normalizer==3.4.4
colorama==0.4.6
filelock==3.20.0
fsspec==2025.9.0
huggingface-hub==0.36.0
idna==3.11
packaging==25.0
pyyaml==6.0.3
requests==2.32.5
tqdm==4.67.1
typing-extensions==4.15.0
urllib3==2.5.0

(test-platform) C:\Users\rajat\test-platform>

Notice: no hf-xet is present

[rajatarya]

And installing huggingface_hub from this branch instead, now hf-xet is installed:

C:\Users\rajat\test-platform-AMD64>uv venv --python cpython-3.12.12-windows-x86_64-none
Using CPython 3.12.12
Creating virtual environment at: .venv
Activate with: .venv\Scripts\activate

C:\Users\rajat\test-platform-AMD64>.venv\Scripts\activate

(test-platform-AMD64) C:\Users\rajat\test-platform-AMD64>uv pip install "git+https://github.com/huggingface/huggingface_hub.git@rajatarya/platform_AMD64_win"
Resolved 19 packages in 654ms
Prepared 2 packages in 193ms
Installed 19 packages in 446ms
 + anyio==4.11.0
 + certifi==2025.10.5
 + click==8.3.0
 + colorama==0.4.6
 + filelock==3.20.0
 + fsspec==2025.9.0
 + h11==0.16.0
 + hf-xet==1.1.10
 + httpcore==1.0.9
 + httpx==0.28.1
 + huggingface-hub==1.0.0rc7 (from git+https://github.com/huggingface/huggingface_hub.git@0d8b18fef6749c0f5f3592677c8cd45a5dbd8963)
 + idna==3.11
 + packaging==25.0
 + pyyaml==6.0.3
 + shellingham==1.5.4
 + sniffio==1.3.1
 + tqdm==4.67.1
 + typer-slim==0.20.0
 + typing-extensions==4.15.0

(test-platform-AMD64) C:\Users\rajat\test-platform-AMD64>uv pip freeze
anyio==4.11.0
certifi==2025.10.5
click==8.3.0
colorama==0.4.6
filelock==3.20.0
fsspec==2025.9.0
h11==0.16.0
hf-xet==1.1.10
httpcore==1.0.9
httpx==0.28.1
huggingface-hub @ git+https://github.com/huggingface/huggingface_hub.git@0d8b18fef6749c0f5f3592677c8cd45a5dbd8963
idna==3.11
packaging==25.0
pyyaml==6.0.3
shellingham==1.5.4
sniffio==1.3.1
tqdm==4.67.1
typer-slim==0.20.0
typing-extensions==4.15.0

[rajatarya]

This is the output from my Windows machine from platform.machine():

(test-platform-AMD64) C:\Users\rajat\test-platform-AMD64>python
Python 3.12.12 (main, Oct 14 2025, 21:24:50) [MSC v.1944 64 bit (AMD64)] on win32
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> import platform
>>> platform.machine()
'AMD64'
>>>

[Wauplin]

Awesome! Thanks @rajatarya :) We'll merge it once I've check the failing CI.

[hanouticelina]

thanks @rajatarya!

[Wauplin]

great news! 👍