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✅ CHARACTER FORGE - READY TO DEPLOY
Status: READY FOR HUGGINGFACE UPLOAD 🚀
Verification Complete
✅ Project Size: 2.5 MB
Perfect for HuggingFace deployment!
✅ All Required Files Present:
- ✓
Dockerfile- HuggingFace configuration - ✓
LICENSE.txt- GNU AGPL v3.0 - ✓
NOTICE.txt- User content ownership - ✓
README.md- Documentation - ✓
requirements.txt- Dependencies - ✓
.gitignore- Protection against generated content - ✓
.streamlit/config.toml- Streamlit settings - ✓
app.py- HuggingFace entry point - ✓
character_forge_image/- Main application
✅ All Generated Content Removed:
- ✓ No
outputs/directory - ✓ No test files or images
- ✓ No log files
- ✓ No cache directories
✅ License Headers Updated:
- ✓ GNU AGPL v3.0 throughout
- ✓ Copyright notices present
🚀 Deploy Now to HuggingFace
Step 1: Create Your Space
Go to: https://huggingface.co/new-space
Fill in:
Owner: ghmk (or your username)
Space name: character_forge
License: agpl-3.0 ⚠️ IMPORTANT!
SDK: Docker
Template: Streamlit
Hardware: CPU Basic (Free)
Visibility: Public or Private
Click "Create Space"
Step 2: Upload Files
Option A: Git Upload (Recommended)
cd D:/hu/character_forge
# Add HuggingFace remote
git remote add hf https://huggingface.co/spaces/ghmk/character_forge
# Push everything
git push hf main
Option B: Web Upload
- Click "Files" tab in your new Space
- Click "Add file" → "Upload files"
- Drag and drop the entire folder contents from
D:\hu\character_forge - Commit the upload
Step 3: Add Your API Key Secret
CRITICAL - App won't work without this!
- Go to your Space page
- Click "Settings" tab
- Click "Repository secrets"
- Click "New secret"
- Fill in:
Name: GEMINI_API_KEY Value: [paste your actual Gemini API key] - Click "Add"
Step 4: Wait for Build
HuggingFace will automatically:
- Detect the Dockerfile
- Build the container (3-5 minutes)
- Deploy the app
- Show you the logs
Step 5: Test Your App! 🎉
Once deployed, visit:
https://huggingface.co/spaces/ghmk/character_forge
Try:
- Upload an image
- Generate a character sheet
- Check the output quality
📊 What You're Deploying
Application Features:
- Character Forge: Single image → complete character sheet
- Composition Assistant: Multi-image intelligent composition
- Standard Interface: Direct text/image-to-image generation
- Library Management: Save and reuse assets
Technical Specs:
- Framework: Streamlit
- Backend: Gemini 2.5 Flash Image API
- Hardware: CPU only (no GPU needed!)
- License: GNU AGPL v3.0
- Size: 2.5 MB
Cost:
- Hosting: FREE (HuggingFace CPU Basic)
- API Usage: FREE tier available (15 req/min)
- Total: $0 to start!
🔒 License Info
Your deployment is licensed under GNU AGPL v3.0:
✓ Free for everyone to use personally ✓ User content is theirs - generated images belong to users ✓ Must stay open source - any modifications must be AGPL ✗ No proprietary integration - can't be closed-source
This is exactly what you wanted!
🛠️ Troubleshooting
"Invalid API Key" Error
- Check secret name is exactly:
GEMINI_API_KEY - Verify API key at: https://aistudio.google.com/app/apikey
- No extra spaces in the secret value
"App Not Starting"
- Check build logs for errors
- Verify Dockerfile path is correct
- Make sure requirements.txt is present
"File Not Found" Errors
- Check all files uploaded correctly
- Verify
character_forge_image/folder structure intact
📞 Support
- Deployment Guide: See
HUGGINGFACE_DEPLOYMENT.md - Checklist: See
DEPLOYMENT_CHECKLIST.md - HuggingFace Docs: https://huggingface.co/docs/hub/spaces
✅ Final Checklist
Before you click upload, verify:
- License is GNU AGPL v3.0
- All generated content removed (2.5 MB clean)
- .gitignore in place
- Dockerfile configured for port 7860
- LICENSE.txt present
- NOTICE.txt explains user content ownership
- README.md updated
- requirements.txt present
- You have GEMINI_API_KEY ready
Everything is ready! Deploy now! 🚀
Location: D:\hu\character_forge
Status: Clean, licensed, and ready to upload
Next: Go to https://huggingface.co/new-space and follow steps above!