MaartenGr / MaartenGr/BERTopic
Allow installation without transformers
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Description
### Feature request
Would it be possible to include an installation option where `sentence-transformers` is not required?
Something like `bertopic[no-backend]`
### Motivation
For my use-case I use the openai embedding models, which use the `openai` package and (as far I can tell) don't require `transformers` or `sentence-transformers`
### Your contribution
If approved, I can raise a PR
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Research direction
No file or test is named in the issue. Inspect the package's dependency configuration and existing optional extras first, then verify that a no-backend installation works with the OpenAI embedding path without installing transformers-related dependencies.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- python
- Domain
- build-system, machine-learning
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 42/100