SetFit

by Hugging Face

Few-shot text classifier — useful for post-transcript tagging.

TL;DR

Few-shot text classifier — useful for post-transcript tagging.

Best for few-shot classifying transcripts (intent, topic, sentiment). Pricing: free.

Category
Open source
License
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Stars
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Last push
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Pricing
free
Platforms
Linux, macOS, Windows

What it is

SetFit few-shot training library. Apache-2.0.

Best for: Few-shot classifying transcripts (intent, topic, sentiment).
Watch out for: Text-only.

Install / use

pip install setfit

Features

Speaker diarizationNo
Word-level timestampsYes
Streaming / real-timeNo
Languages supported99
HIPAA eligibleNo

SetFit vs Whipscribe

FeatureSetFitWhipscribe
CategoryOpen sourceTranscription APIs
Pricingfreefree beta
Speaker diarizationNoYes
Word timestampsYesYes
StreamingNoNo
Languages9999
PlatformsLinux, macOS, WindowsWeb, API, MCP

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