Argilla is an open-source Python tool to build and manage high-quality AI datasets with an emphasis on human-in-the-loop annotation and feedback. It provides an SDK installation, dataset creation, and examples for text classification tasks.
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What it is
Argilla is a collaboration tool for AI engineers and domain experts who need to build high-quality datasets for their projects.
How it works
The project provides a Python SDK to interact with an Argilla server. Installation is via pip, and users instantiate an Argilla client with api_url and api_key. Datasets are created using a Settings object that defines guidelines, fields, and questions, then a Dataset is created with a client. Records can be added to datasets using dataset.records.log with a mapping for fields. The README includes a minimal end-to-end example for a text classification task and shows a dependency installation command for datasets.
Getting started
Install the SDK:
pip install argilla
Create a client:
import argilla as rg
client = rg.Argilla(api_url="https://[your-owner-name]-[your_space_name].hf.space", api_key="owner.apikey")
Define settings and a dataset, then create it:
settings = rg.Settings(
guidelines="Classify the reviews as positive or negative.",
fields=[
rg.TextField(
name="review",
title="Text from the review",
use_markdown=False,
),
],
questions=[
rg.LabelQuestion(
name="my_label",
title="In which category does this article fit?",
labels=["positive", "negative"],
)
],
)
dataset = rg.Dataset(
name=f"my_first_dataset",
settings=settings,
client=client,
)
dataset.create()
Add records:
pip install datasets
from datasets import load_dataset
data = load_dataset("imdb", split="train[:100]").to_list()
dataset.records.log(records=data, mapping={"text": "review"})
Recent releases
Latest releases include:
- v2.8.0 (2025-03-11): Better OAuth integration and other improvements and bug fixes.
- v2.7.1 (2025-02-06): BUGFIX: Prevent sending auth headers for public requests.
- v2.7.0 (2025-01-21): Similarity score feature in search.
- v2.6.0 (2024-12-18): Push to Hugging Face Hub from Argilla UI.
- v2.5.0 (2024-11-29): Webhooks to manage real-time information.
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Caveats
License: Apache-2.0 Created: 2021-04-28 Last push: 2026-08-03