running locally

README.md

@@ -33,3 +33,17 @@ sdk_version: 5.4.0
 
 [Saved votes dataset](https://huggingface.co/datasets/Pendrokar/TTS_Arena)
 [TTS tracker dataset](https://huggingface.co/datasets/Pendrokar/open_tts_tracker)
+
+# TTS Arena
+
+The codebase for TTS Arena v2.
+
+The TTS Arena is a Gradio app with several components. Please refer to the `app` directory for more information.
+
+## Running the app
+
+```bash
+RUNNING_LOCALLY=1 python app.py
+```
+
+You must set the `RUNNING_LOCALLY` environment variable to `1` when running the app locally. This prevents it from syncing with the database

app/config.py

@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
 import os
 
+RUNNING_LOCALLY = os.getenv('RUNNING_LOCALLY', '0').lower() in ('true', '1', 't')
+if RUNNING_LOCALLY:
+    print("Running locally, not syncing DB to HF dataset")
+else:
+    print("Running in HF Space, syncing DB to HF dataset")
+
 # NOTE: Configure models in `models.py`
 
 #########################
@@ -18,7 +24,7 @@ DB_PATH = f"/data/{DB_NAME}" if os.path.isdir("/data") else DB_NAME # If /data a
 ROUTER_ID = "Pendrokar/xVASynth-TTS" # You should use a router space to route TTS models to avoid exposing your API keys!
 # ROUTER_ID = "TTS-AGI/tts-router" # You should use a router space to route TTS models to avoid exposing your API keys!
 
-SYNC_DB = True # Sync DB to HF dataset?
+SYNC_DB = not RUNNING_LOCALLY # Sync DB to HF dataset?
 DB_DATASET_ID = os.getenv('DATASET_ID') # HF dataset ID, can be None if not syncing
 
 SPACE_ID = os.getenv('SPACE_ID') # Don't change this! It detects if we're running in a HF Space
@@ -48,4 +54,8 @@ CITATION_TEXT = """@misc{tts-arena,
 	year         = 2024,
 	publisher    = {Hugging Face},
 	howpublished = "\\url{https://huggingface.co/spaces/TTS-AGI/TTS-Arena}"
-}"""
+}"""
+
+#- 2025/01/21: New leaderboard UI released with enhanced UI and improved performance.
+NEWS = """
+"""

app/ui.py

@@ -37,6 +37,9 @@ head_js += open("app/cookie.js").read()
 head_js += '</script>'
 
 with gr.Blocks() as about:
+    with gr.Row():
+        with gr.Accordion("News", open=False):
+            gr.Markdown(NEWS)
     gr.Markdown(ABOUT)
 
 with gr.Blocks(