# 🤗 Kernels: Major Updates

DevFeed: [🤗 Kernels: Major Updates](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/kernels-major-updates-7458.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://huggingface.co/blog/revamped-kernels>)

Author: Sayak Paul; Daniël de Kok; David Holtz

Published: 2026-07-06T00:00:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Hugging Face - Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/hugging-face-blog.md>)

Topics: [kernels](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/kernels.md>), [Security](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/security.md>), [Open Source](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/open-source.md>), [Nix](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/nix.md>), [Git](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/git.md>), [systems](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/systems.md>)

Tags: [git](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/git.md>), [hub](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/hub.md>), [kernel-builder](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/kernel-builder.md>), [kernels](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/kernels.md>), [open-source](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/open-source.md>), [optimization](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/optimization.md>), [sandbox](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/sandbox.md>), [security](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/security.md>), [updates](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/updates.md>)

## AI overview

Hugging Face's Kernels project introduces a first-class "kernel" repository type on the Hub, allowing users to inspect supported accelerators, operating systems, and backend versions. The update also adds trusted publishers, code signing, reproducible Nix-based builds, and embedded Git source identifiers to improve security and provenance.

## Source excerpt

We're on a journey to advance and democratize artificial intelligence through open source and open science.