diff --git a/.github/scripts/test-offline-ctc.sh b/.github/scripts/test-offline-ctc.sh
index 69a948044..4a5955464 100755
--- a/.github/scripts/test-offline-ctc.sh
+++ b/.github/scripts/test-offline-ctc.sh
@@ -124,15 +124,13 @@ sherpa-onnx-en-wenet-librispeech
 # sherpa-onnx-en-wenet-gigaspeech
 )
 for name in ${wenet_models[@]}; do
-  repo_url=https://huggingface.co/csukuangfj/$name
+  repo_url=https://github.com/k2-fsa/sherpa-onnx/releases/download/asr-models/$name.tar.bz2
   log "Start testing ${repo_url}"
-  repo=$(basename $repo_url)
+  repo=$name
   log "Download pretrained model and test-data from $repo_url"
-  GIT_LFS_SKIP_SMUDGE=1 git clone $repo_url
-  pushd $repo
-  git lfs pull --include "*.onnx"
-  ls -lh *.onnx
-  popd
+  curl -SL -O $repo_url
+  tar xvf $name.tar.bz2
+  rm $name.tar.bz2
 
   log "test float32 models"
   time $EXE \
@@ -156,16 +154,13 @@ done
 log "------------------------------------------------------------"
 log "Run tdnn yesno (Hebrew)"
 log "------------------------------------------------------------"
-repo_url=https://huggingface.co/csukuangfj/sherpa-onnx-tdnn-yesno
-log "Start testing ${repo_url}"
-repo=$(basename $repo_url)
-log "Download pretrained model and test-data from $repo_url"
-
-GIT_LFS_SKIP_SMUDGE=1 git clone $repo_url
-pushd $repo
-git lfs pull --include "*.onnx"
-ls -lh *.onnx
-popd
+url=https://github.com/k2-fsa/sherpa-onnx/releases/download/asr-models/sherpa-onnx-tdnn-yesno.tar.bz2
+curl -SL -O $url
+tar xvf sherpa-onnx-tdnn-yesno.tar.bz2
+rm sherpa-onnx-tdnn-yesno.tar.bz2
+log "Start testing ${url}"
+repo=sherpa-onnx-tdnn-yesno
+log "Download pretrained model and test-data from $url"
 
 log "test float32 models"
 time $EXE \
@@ -201,17 +196,14 @@ log "------------------------------------------------------------"
 log "Run Citrinet (stt_en_citrinet_512, English)"
 log "------------------------------------------------------------"
 
-repo_url=http://huggingface.co/csukuangfj/sherpa-onnx-nemo-ctc-en-citrinet-512
+repo_url=https://github.com/k2-fsa/sherpa-onnx/releases/download/asr-models/sherpa-onnx-nemo-ctc-en-citrinet-512.tar.bz2
+curl -SL -O $repo_url
+tar xvf sherpa-onnx-nemo-ctc-en-citrinet-512.tar.bz2
+rm sherpa-onnx-nemo-ctc-en-citrinet-512.tar.bz2
 log "Start testing ${repo_url}"
-repo=$(basename $repo_url)
+repo=sherpa-onnx-nemo-ctc-en-citrinet-512
 log "Download pretrained model and test-data from $repo_url"
 
-GIT_LFS_SKIP_SMUDGE=1 git clone $repo_url
-pushd $repo
-git lfs pull --include "*.onnx"
-ls -lh *.onnx
-popd
-
 time $EXE \
   --tokens=$repo/tokens.txt \
   --nemo-ctc-model=$repo/model.onnx \
@@ -233,18 +225,14 @@ rm -rf $repo
 log "------------------------------------------------------------"
 log "Run Librispeech zipformer CTC H/HL/HLG decoding (English)   "
 log "------------------------------------------------------------"
-repo_url=https://huggingface.co/csukuangfj/sherpa-onnx-zipformer-ctc-en-2023-10-02
+repo_url=https://github.com/k2-fsa/sherpa-onnx/releases/download/asr-models/sherpa-onnx-zipformer-ctc-en-2023-10-02.tar.bz2
+curl -SL -O $repo_url
 log "Start testing ${repo_url}"
-repo=$(basename $repo_url)
+tar xvf sherpa-onnx-zipformer-ctc-en-2023-10-02.tar.bz2
+rm sherpa-onnx-zipformer-ctc-en-2023-10-02.tar.bz2
+repo=sherpa-onnx-zipformer-ctc-en-2023-10-02
 log "Download pretrained model and test-data from $repo_url"
 
-GIT_LFS_SKIP_SMUDGE=1 git clone $repo_url
-pushd $repo
-git lfs pull --include "*.onnx"
-git lfs pull --include "*.fst"
-ls -lh
-popd
-
 graphs=(
 $repo/H.fst
 $repo/HL.fst
diff --git a/.github/scripts/test-offline-transducer.sh b/.github/scripts/test-offline-transducer.sh
index f43614f57..c8047bab6 100755
--- a/.github/scripts/test-offline-transducer.sh
+++ b/.github/scripts/test-offline-transducer.sh
@@ -118,17 +118,14 @@ log "------------------------------------------------------------"
 log "Run Conformer transducer (English)"
 log "------------------------------------------------------------"
 
-repo_url=https://huggingface.co/csukuangfj/sherpa-onnx-conformer-en-2023-03-18
+repo_url=https://github.com/k2-fsa/sherpa-onnx/releases/download/asr-models/sherpa-onnx-conformer-en-2023-03-18.tar.bz2
+curl -SL -O $repo_url
+tar xvf sherpa-onnx-conformer-en-2023-03-18.tar.bz2
+rm sherpa-onnx-conformer-en-2023-03-18.tar.bz2
 log "Start testing ${repo_url}"
-repo=$(basename $repo_url)
+repo=sherpa-onnx-conformer-en-2023-03-18
 log "Download pretrained model and test-data from $repo_url"
 
-GIT_LFS_SKIP_SMUDGE=1 git clone $repo_url
-pushd $repo
-git lfs pull --include "*.onnx"
-ls -lh *.onnx
-popd
-
 time $EXE \
   --tokens=$repo/tokens.txt \
   --encoder=$repo/encoder-epoch-99-avg-1.onnx \
@@ -155,16 +152,12 @@ log "------------------------------------------------------------"
 log "Run Zipformer transducer (English)"
 log "------------------------------------------------------------"
 
-repo_url=https://huggingface.co/csukuangfj/sherpa-onnx-zipformer-en-2023-03-30
+repo_url=https://github.com/k2-fsa/sherpa-onnx/releases/download/asr-models/sherpa-onnx-zipformer-en-2023-03-30.tar.bz2
+curl -SL -O $repo_url
+tar xvf sherpa-onnx-zipformer-en-2023-03-30.tar.bz2
+rm sherpa-onnx-zipformer-en-2023-03-30.tar.bz2
+repo=sherpa-onnx-zipformer-en-2023-03-30
 log "Start testing ${repo_url}"
-repo=$(basename $repo_url)
-log "Download pretrained model and test-data from $repo_url"
-
-GIT_LFS_SKIP_SMUDGE=1 git clone $repo_url
-pushd $repo
-git lfs pull --include "*.onnx"
-ls -lh *.onnx
-popd
 
 time $EXE \
   --tokens=$repo/tokens.txt \
@@ -192,16 +185,12 @@ log "------------------------------------------------------------"
 log "Run Paraformer (Chinese)"
 log "------------------------------------------------------------"
 
-repo_url=https://huggingface.co/csukuangfj/sherpa-onnx-paraformer-zh-2023-03-28
+repo_url=https://github.com/k2-fsa/sherpa-onnx/releases/download/asr-models/sherpa-onnx-paraformer-zh-2023-03-28.tar.bz2
+curl -SL -O $repo_url
+tar xvf sherpa-onnx-paraformer-zh-2023-03-28.tar.bz2
+rm sherpa-onnx-paraformer-zh-2023-03-28.tar.bz2
+repo=sherpa-onnx-paraformer-zh-2023-03-28
 log "Start testing ${repo_url}"
-repo=$(basename $repo_url)
-log "Download pretrained model and test-data from $repo_url"
-
-GIT_LFS_SKIP_SMUDGE=1 git clone $repo_url
-pushd $repo
-git lfs pull --include "*.onnx"
-ls -lh *.onnx
-popd
 
 time $EXE \
   --tokens=$repo/tokens.txt \
@@ -229,16 +218,13 @@ log "------------------------------------------------------------"
 log "Run Paraformer (Chinese) with timestamps"
 log "------------------------------------------------------------"
 
-repo_url=https://huggingface.co/csukuangfj/sherpa-onnx-paraformer-zh-2023-09-14
-log "Start testing ${repo_url}"
-repo=$(basename $repo_url)
-log "Download pretrained model and test-data from $repo_url"
+repo_url=https://github.com/k2-fsa/sherpa-onnx/releases/download/asr-models/sherpa-onnx-paraformer-zh-2023-09-14.tar.bz2
+curl -SL -O $repo_url
+tar xvf sherpa-onnx-paraformer-zh-2023-09-14.tar.bz2
+rm sherpa-onnx-paraformer-zh-2023-09-14.tar.bz2
+repo=sherpa-onnx-paraformer-zh-2023-09-14
 
-GIT_LFS_SKIP_SMUDGE=1 git clone $repo_url
-pushd $repo
-git lfs pull --include "*.onnx"
-ls -lh *.onnx
-popd
+log "Start testing ${repo_url}"
 
 time $EXE \
   --tokens=$repo/tokens.txt \
diff --git a/.github/scripts/test-offline-tts.sh b/.github/scripts/test-offline-tts.sh
index e611c3d2e..d3d35df2c 100755
--- a/.github/scripts/test-offline-tts.sh
+++ b/.github/scripts/test-offline-tts.sh
@@ -40,15 +40,13 @@ log "------------------------------------------------------------"
 log "vits-ljs test"
 log "------------------------------------------------------------"
 
-repo_url=https://huggingface.co/csukuangfj/vits-ljs
+repo_url=https://github.com/k2-fsa/sherpa-onnx/releases/download/tts-models/vits-ljs.tar.bz2
+curl -SL -O $repo_url
+tar xvf vits-ljs.tar.bz2
+rm vits-ljs.tar.bz2
+repo=vits-ljs
+
 log "Start testing ${repo_url}"
-repo=$(basename $repo_url)
-log "Download pretrained model from $repo_url"
-GIT_LFS_SKIP_SMUDGE=1 git clone $repo_url
-pushd $repo
-git lfs pull --include "*.onnx"
-ls -lh *.onnx
-popd
 
 $EXE \
   --vits-model=$repo/vits-ljs.onnx \
@@ -65,15 +63,13 @@ log "------------------------------------------------------------"
 log "vits-vctk test"
 log "------------------------------------------------------------"
 
-repo_url=https://huggingface.co/csukuangfj/vits-vctk
+repo_url=https://github.com/k2-fsa/sherpa-onnx/releases/download/tts-models/vits-vctk.tar.bz2
+curl -SL -O $repo_url
+tar xvf vits-vctk.tar.bz2
+rm vits-vctk.tar.bz2
+repo=vits-vctk
+
 log "Start testing ${repo_url}"
-repo=$(basename $repo_url)
-log "Download pretrained model from $repo_url"
-GIT_LFS_SKIP_SMUDGE=1 git clone $repo_url
-pushd $repo
-git lfs pull --include "*.onnx"
-ls -lh *.onnx
-popd
 
 for sid in 0 10 90; do
   $EXE \
@@ -93,15 +89,13 @@ log "------------------------------------------------------------"
 log "vits-zh-aishell3"
 log "------------------------------------------------------------"
 
-repo_url=https://huggingface.co/csukuangfj/vits-zh-aishell3
+repo_url=https://github.com/k2-fsa/sherpa-onnx/releases/download/tts-models/vits-zh-aishell3.tar.bz2
+curl -SL -O $repo_url
+tar xvf vits-zh-aishell3.tar.bz2
+rm vits-zh-aishell3.tar.bz2
+repo=vits-zh-aishell3
+
 log "Start testing ${repo_url}"
-repo=$(basename $repo_url)
-log "Download pretrained model from $repo_url"
-GIT_LFS_SKIP_SMUDGE=1 git clone $repo_url
-pushd $repo
-git lfs pull --include "*.onnx"
-ls -lh *.onnx
-popd
 
 for sid in 0 10 90; do
   $EXE \
diff --git a/.github/scripts/test-offline-whisper.sh b/.github/scripts/test-offline-whisper.sh
index e2987b5de..d5a60890a 100755
--- a/.github/scripts/test-offline-whisper.sh
+++ b/.github/scripts/test-offline-whisper.sh
@@ -33,17 +33,12 @@ for name in ${names[@]}; do
   log "Run $name"
   log "------------------------------------------------------------"
 
-  repo_url=https://huggingface.co/csukuangfj/sherpa-onnx-whisper-$name
+  repo_url=https://github.com/k2-fsa/sherpa-onnx/releases/download/asr-models/sherpa-onnx-whisper-$name.tar.bz2
+  curl -SL -O $repo_url
+  tar xvf sherpa-onnx-whisper-$name.tar.bz2
+  rm sherpa-onnx-whisper-$name.tar.bz2
+  repo=sherpa-onnx-whisper-$name
   log "Start testing ${repo_url}"
-  repo=$(basename $repo_url)
-  log "Download pretrained model and test-data from $repo_url"
-
-  GIT_LFS_SKIP_SMUDGE=1 git clone $repo_url
-  pushd $repo
-  git lfs pull --include "*.onnx"
-  # git lfs pull --include "*.ort"
-  ls -lh *.onnx
-  popd
 
   log "test fp32 onnx"
 
diff --git a/.github/scripts/test-online-ctc.sh b/.github/scripts/test-online-ctc.sh
index a81b6ff22..fe5716f0a 100755
--- a/.github/scripts/test-online-ctc.sh
+++ b/.github/scripts/test-online-ctc.sh
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ $EXE \
   $repo/test_wavs/1.wav \
   $repo/test_wavs/8k.wav
 
-rm -rf sherpa-onnx-streaming-zipformer-ctc-small-2024-03-18
+rm -rf $repo
 
 log "------------------------------------------------------------"
 log "Run streaming Zipformer2 CTC                                "
@@ -87,28 +87,26 @@ time $EXE \
   $repo/test_wavs/DEV_T0000000001.wav \
   $repo/test_wavs/DEV_T0000000002.wav
 
+rm -rf $repo
 
 log "------------------------------------------------------------"
 log "Run streaming Conformer CTC from WeNet"
 log "------------------------------------------------------------"
 wenet_models=(
 sherpa-onnx-zh-wenet-aishell
-sherpa-onnx-zh-wenet-aishell2
-sherpa-onnx-zh-wenet-wenetspeech
-sherpa-onnx-zh-wenet-multi-cn
+# sherpa-onnx-zh-wenet-aishell2
+# sherpa-onnx-zh-wenet-wenetspeech
+# sherpa-onnx-zh-wenet-multi-cn
 sherpa-onnx-en-wenet-librispeech
-sherpa-onnx-en-wenet-gigaspeech
+# sherpa-onnx-en-wenet-gigaspeech
 )
 for name in ${wenet_models[@]}; do
-  repo_url=https://huggingface.co/csukuangfj/$name
+  repo_url=https://github.com/k2-fsa/sherpa-onnx/releases/download/asr-models/$name.tar.bz2
+  curl -SL -O $repo_url
+  tar xvf $name.tar.bz2
+  rm $name.tar.bz2
+  repo=$name
   log "Start testing ${repo_url}"
-  repo=$(basename $repo_url)
-  log "Download pretrained model and test-data from $repo_url"
-  GIT_LFS_SKIP_SMUDGE=1 git clone $repo_url
-  pushd $repo
-  git lfs pull --include "*.onnx"
-  ls -lh *.onnx
-  popd
 
   log "test float32 models"
   time $EXE \
diff --git a/.github/scripts/test-online-paraformer.sh b/.github/scripts/test-online-paraformer.sh
index 6b5d3cf60..af2df5316 100755
--- a/.github/scripts/test-online-paraformer.sh
+++ b/.github/scripts/test-online-paraformer.sh
@@ -19,16 +19,13 @@ log "------------------------------------------------------------"
 log "Run streaming Paraformer"
 log "------------------------------------------------------------"
 
-repo_url=https://huggingface.co/csukuangfj/sherpa-onnx-streaming-paraformer-bilingual-zh-en
+repo_url=https://github.com/k2-fsa/sherpa-onnx/releases/download/asr-models/sherpa-onnx-streaming-paraformer-bilingual-zh-en.tar.bz2
+curl -SL -O $repo_url
+tar xvf sherpa-onnx-streaming-paraformer-bilingual-zh-en.tar.bz2
+rm sherpa-onnx-streaming-paraformer-bilingual-zh-en.tar.bz2
+repo=sherpa-onnx-streaming-paraformer-bilingual-zh-en
+
 log "Start testing ${repo_url}"
-repo=$(basename $repo_url)
-log "Download pretrained model and test-data from $repo_url"
-
-GIT_LFS_SKIP_SMUDGE=1 git clone $repo_url
-pushd $repo
-git lfs pull --include "*.onnx"
-ls -lh *.onnx
-popd
 
 time $EXE \
   --tokens=$repo/tokens.txt \
diff --git a/.github/scripts/test-online-transducer.sh b/.github/scripts/test-online-transducer.sh
index f8a76d763..e894358a5 100755
--- a/.github/scripts/test-online-transducer.sh
+++ b/.github/scripts/test-online-transducer.sh
@@ -19,16 +19,13 @@ log "------------------------------------------------------------"
 log "Run LSTM transducer (English)"
 log "------------------------------------------------------------"
 
-repo_url=https://huggingface.co/csukuangfj/sherpa-onnx-lstm-en-2023-02-17
-log "Start testing ${repo_url}"
-repo=$(basename $repo_url)
-log "Download pretrained model and test-data from $repo_url"
+repo_url=https://github.com/k2-fsa/sherpa-onnx/releases/download/asr-models/sherpa-onnx-lstm-en-2023-02-17.tar.bz2
+curl -SL -O $repo_url
+tar xvf sherpa-onnx-lstm-en-2023-02-17.tar.bz2
+rm sherpa-onnx-lstm-en-2023-02-17.tar.bz2
+repo=sherpa-onnx-lstm-en-2023-02-17
 
-GIT_LFS_SKIP_SMUDGE=1 git clone $repo_url
-pushd $repo
-git lfs pull --include "*.onnx"
-ls -lh *.onnx
-popd
+log "Start testing ${repo_url}"
 
 waves=(
 $repo/test_wavs/0.wav
@@ -62,16 +59,13 @@ log "------------------------------------------------------------"
 log "Run LSTM transducer (Chinese)"
 log "------------------------------------------------------------"
 
-repo_url=https://huggingface.co/csukuangfj/sherpa-onnx-lstm-zh-2023-02-20
-log "Start testing ${repo_url}"
-repo=$(basename $repo_url)
-log "Download pretrained model and test-data from $repo_url"
+repo_url=https://github.com/k2-fsa/sherpa-onnx/releases/download/asr-models/sherpa-onnx-lstm-zh-2023-02-20.tar.bz2
+curl -SL -O $repo_url
+tar xvf sherpa-onnx-lstm-zh-2023-02-20.tar.bz2
+rm sherpa-onnx-lstm-zh-2023-02-20.tar.bz2
+repo=sherpa-onnx-lstm-zh-2023-02-20
 
-GIT_LFS_SKIP_SMUDGE=1 git clone $repo_url
-pushd $repo
-git lfs pull --include "*.onnx"
-ls -lh *.onnx
-popd
+log "Start testing ${repo_url}"
 
 waves=(
 $repo/test_wavs/0.wav
@@ -105,16 +99,13 @@ log "------------------------------------------------------------"
 log "Run streaming Zipformer transducer (English)"
 log "------------------------------------------------------------"
 
-repo_url=https://huggingface.co/csukuangfj/sherpa-onnx-streaming-zipformer-en-2023-02-21
-log "Start testing ${repo_url}"
-repo=$(basename $repo_url)
-log "Download pretrained model and test-data from $repo_url"
+repo_url=https://github.com/k2-fsa/sherpa-onnx/releases/download/asr-models/sherpa-onnx-streaming-zipformer-en-2023-02-21.tar.bz2
+curl -SL -O $repo_url
+tar xvf sherpa-onnx-streaming-zipformer-en-2023-02-21.tar.bz2
+rm sherpa-onnx-streaming-zipformer-en-2023-02-21.tar.bz2
+repo=sherpa-onnx-streaming-zipformer-en-2023-02-21
 
-GIT_LFS_SKIP_SMUDGE=1 git clone $repo_url
-pushd $repo
-git lfs pull --include "*.onnx"
-ls -lh *.onnx
-popd
+log "Start testing ${repo_url}"
 
 waves=(
 $repo/test_wavs/0.wav
@@ -150,16 +141,13 @@ log "------------------------------------------------------------"
 log "Run streaming Zipformer transducer (Bilingual, Chinese + English)"
 log "------------------------------------------------------------"
 
-repo_url=https://huggingface.co/csukuangfj/sherpa-onnx-streaming-zipformer-bilingual-zh-en-2023-02-20
-log "Start testing ${repo_url}"
-repo=$(basename $repo_url)
-log "Download pretrained model and test-data from $repo_url"
+repo_url=https://github.com/k2-fsa/sherpa-onnx/releases/download/asr-models/sherpa-onnx-streaming-zipformer-bilingual-zh-en-2023-02-20.tar.bz2
+curl -SL -O $repo_url
+tar xvf sherpa-onnx-streaming-zipformer-bilingual-zh-en-2023-02-20.tar.bz2
+rm sherpa-onnx-streaming-zipformer-bilingual-zh-en-2023-02-20.tar.bz2
+repo=sherpa-onnx-streaming-zipformer-bilingual-zh-en-2023-02-20
 
-GIT_LFS_SKIP_SMUDGE=1 git clone $repo_url
-pushd $repo
-git lfs pull --include "*.onnx"
-ls -lh *.onnx
-popd
+log "Start testing ${repo_url}"
 
 waves=(
 $repo/test_wavs/0.wav
@@ -216,16 +204,13 @@ log "------------------------------------------------------------"
 log "Run streaming Conformer transducer (English)"
 log "------------------------------------------------------------"
 
-repo_url=https://huggingface.co/csukuangfj/sherpa-onnx-streaming-conformer-en-2023-05-09
+repo_url=https://github.com/k2-fsa/sherpa-onnx/releases/download/asr-models/sherpa-onnx-streaming-conformer-en-2023-05-09.tar.bz2
+curl -SL -O $repo_url
+tar xvf sherpa-onnx-streaming-conformer-en-2023-05-09.tar.bz2
+rm sherpa-onnx-streaming-conformer-en-2023-05-09.tar.bz2
+repo=sherpa-onnx-streaming-conformer-en-2023-05-09
+
 log "Start testing ${repo_url}"
-repo=$(basename $repo_url)
-log "Download pretrained model and test-data from $repo_url"
-
-GIT_LFS_SKIP_SMUDGE=1 git clone $repo_url
-pushd $repo
-git lfs pull --include "*.onnx"
-ls -lh *.onnx
-popd
 
 waves=(
 $repo/test_wavs/0.wav
diff --git a/.github/scripts/test-python.sh b/.github/scripts/test-python.sh
index e6d4c17a4..4f7508a0b 100755
--- a/.github/scripts/test-python.sh
+++ b/.github/scripts/test-python.sh
@@ -102,20 +102,16 @@ wenet_models=(
 # sherpa-onnx-zh-wenet-wenetspeech
 # sherpa-onnx-zh-wenet-multi-cn
 sherpa-onnx-en-wenet-librispeech
-sherpa-onnx-en-wenet-gigaspeech
+# sherpa-onnx-en-wenet-gigaspeech
 )
 
 for name in ${wenet_models[@]}; do
-  repo_url=https://huggingface.co/csukuangfj/$name
+  repo_url=https://github.com/k2-fsa/sherpa-onnx/releases/download/asr-models/$name.tar.bz2
+  curl -SL -O $repo_url
+  tar xvf $name.tar.bz2
+  rm $name.tar.bz2
+  repo=$name
   log "Start testing ${repo_url}"
-  repo=$dir/$(basename $repo_url)
-  log "Download pretrained model and test-data from $repo_url"
-  pushd $dir
-  GIT_LFS_SKIP_SMUDGE=1 git clone $repo_url
-  cd $repo
-  git lfs pull --include "*.onnx"
-  ls -lh *.onnx
-  popd
 
   python3 ./python-api-examples/offline-decode-files.py \
     --tokens=$repo/tokens.txt \
@@ -206,16 +202,14 @@ log "Test streaming transducer models"
 if [[ x$OS != x'windows-latest' ]]; then
   echo "OS: $OS"
   pushd $dir
-  repo_url=https://huggingface.co/csukuangfj/sherpa-onnx-streaming-zipformer-bilingual-zh-en-2023-02-20
+  repo_url=https://github.com/k2-fsa/sherpa-onnx/releases/download/asr-models/sherpa-onnx-streaming-zipformer-bilingual-zh-en-2023-02-20.tar.bz2
+  curl -SL -O $repo_url
+  tar xvf sherpa-onnx-streaming-zipformer-bilingual-zh-en-2023-02-20.tar.bz2
+  rm sherpa-onnx-streaming-zipformer-bilingual-zh-en-2023-02-20.tar.bz2
+  repo=sherpa-onnx-streaming-zipformer-bilingual-zh-en-2023-02-20
 
   log "Start testing ${repo_url}"
-  repo=$dir/$(basename $repo_url)
-  log "Download pretrained model and test-data from $repo_url"
-
-  GIT_LFS_SKIP_SMUDGE=1 git clone $repo_url
-  cd $repo
-  git lfs pull --include "*.onnx"
-  popd
+  repo=$dir/$repo
 
   python3 -c "import sherpa_onnx; print(sherpa_onnx.__file__)"
   sherpa_onnx_version=$(python3 -c "import sherpa_onnx; print(sherpa_onnx.__version__)")
@@ -255,15 +249,14 @@ fi
 log "Test non-streaming transducer models"
 
 pushd $dir
-repo_url=https://huggingface.co/csukuangfj/sherpa-onnx-zipformer-en-2023-04-01
-
-log "Start testing ${repo_url}"
-repo=$dir/$(basename $repo_url)
+repo_url=https://github.com/k2-fsa/sherpa-onnx/releases/download/asr-models/sherpa-onnx-zipformer-en-2023-04-01.tar.bz2
 log "Download pretrained model and test-data from $repo_url"
 
-GIT_LFS_SKIP_SMUDGE=1 git clone $repo_url
-cd $repo
-git lfs pull --include "*.onnx"
+curl -SL -O $repo_url
+tar xvf sherpa-onnx-zipformer-en-2023-04-01.tar.bz2
+rm sherpa-onnx-zipformer-en-2023-04-01.tar.bz2
+repo=$dir/sherpa-onnx-zipformer-en-2023-04-01
+
 popd
 
 ls -lh $repo
@@ -295,16 +288,13 @@ log "Test non-streaming paraformer models"
 if [[ x$OS != x'windows-latest' ]]; then
   echo "OS: $OS"
   pushd $dir
-  repo_url=https://huggingface.co/csukuangfj/sherpa-onnx-paraformer-zh-2023-03-28
+  repo_url=https://github.com/k2-fsa/sherpa-onnx/releases/download/asr-models/sherpa-onnx-paraformer-zh-2023-03-28.tar.bz2
+  curl -SL -O $repo_url
+  tar xvf sherpa-onnx-paraformer-zh-2023-03-28.tar.bz2
+  rm sherpa-onnx-paraformer-zh-2023-03-28.tar.bz2
 
   log "Start testing ${repo_url}"
-  repo=$dir/$(basename $repo_url)
-  log "Download pretrained model and test-data from $repo_url"
-
-  GIT_LFS_SKIP_SMUDGE=1 git clone $repo_url
-  cd $repo
-  git lfs pull --include "*.onnx"
-  popd
+  repo=$dir/sherpa-onnx-paraformer-zh-2023-03-28
 
   ls -lh $repo
 
@@ -332,16 +322,13 @@ fi
 log "Test non-streaming NeMo CTC models"
 
 pushd $dir
-repo_url=http://huggingface.co/csukuangfj/sherpa-onnx-nemo-ctc-en-citrinet-512
+repo_url=https://github.com/k2-fsa/sherpa-onnx/releases/download/asr-models/sherpa-onnx-nemo-ctc-en-citrinet-512.tar.bz2
+curl -SL -O $repo_url
+tar xvf sherpa-onnx-nemo-ctc-en-citrinet-512.tar.bz2
+rm sherpa-onnx-nemo-ctc-en-citrinet-512.tar.bz2
 
 log "Start testing ${repo_url}"
-repo=$dir/$(basename $repo_url)
-log "Download pretrained model and test-data from $repo_url"
-
-GIT_LFS_SKIP_SMUDGE=1 git clone $repo_url
-cd $repo
-git lfs pull --include "*.onnx"
-popd
+repo=$dir/sherpa-onnx-nemo-ctc-en-citrinet-512
 
 ls -lh $repo
 
diff --git a/.github/scripts/test-spoken-language-identification.sh b/.github/scripts/test-spoken-language-identification.sh
index fec3d4382..851e34220 100755
--- a/.github/scripts/test-spoken-language-identification.sh
+++ b/.github/scripts/test-spoken-language-identification.sh
@@ -73,18 +73,13 @@ for name in ${names[@]}; do
   log "------------------------------------------------------------"
   log "Run $name"
   log "------------------------------------------------------------"
+  repo_url=https://github.com/k2-fsa/sherpa-onnx/releases/download/asr-models/sherpa-onnx-whisper-$name.tar.bz2
+  curl -SL -O $repo_url
+  tar xvf sherpa-onnx-whisper-$name.tar.bz2
+  rm sherpa-onnx-whisper-$name.tar.bz2
 
-  repo_url=https://huggingface.co/csukuangfj/sherpa-onnx-whisper-$name
   log "Start testing ${repo_url}"
-  repo=$(basename $repo_url)
-  log "Download pretrained model and test-data from $repo_url"
-
-  GIT_LFS_SKIP_SMUDGE=1 git clone $repo_url
-  pushd $repo
-  git lfs pull --include "*.onnx"
-  # git lfs pull --include "*.ort"
-  ls -lh *.onnx
-  popd
+  repo=sherpa-onnx-whisper-$name
 
   for wav in ${waves[@]}; do
     log "test fp32 onnx"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/aarch64-linux-gnu-shared.yaml b/.github/workflows/aarch64-linux-gnu-shared.yaml
index 01d601aba..7f907cf99 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/aarch64-linux-gnu-shared.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/aarch64-linux-gnu-shared.yaml
@@ -192,6 +192,7 @@ jobs:
             git config --global user.name "Fangjun Kuang"
 
             rm -rf huggingface
+            export GIT_CLONE_PROTECTION_ACTIVE=false
             GIT_LFS_SKIP_SMUDGE=1 git clone https://huggingface.co/csukuangfj/sherpa-onnx-libs huggingface
 
             cd huggingface
diff --git a/.github/workflows/aarch64-linux-gnu-static.yaml b/.github/workflows/aarch64-linux-gnu-static.yaml
index 27579ea1e..94bcfdb00 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/aarch64-linux-gnu-static.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/aarch64-linux-gnu-static.yaml
@@ -183,6 +183,7 @@ jobs:
             git config --global user.name "Fangjun Kuang"
 
             rm -rf huggingface
+            export GIT_CLONE_PROTECTION_ACTIVE=false
             GIT_LFS_SKIP_SMUDGE=1 git clone https://huggingface.co/csukuangfj/sherpa-onnx-libs huggingface
 
             cd huggingface
diff --git a/.github/workflows/android.yaml b/.github/workflows/android.yaml
index 452e2cb3c..9fb400d4c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/android.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/android.yaml
@@ -120,6 +120,7 @@ jobs:
             ls -lh
 
             rm -rf huggingface
+            export GIT_CLONE_PROTECTION_ACTIVE=false
             GIT_LFS_SKIP_SMUDGE=1 git clone https://huggingface.co/csukuangfj/sherpa-onnx-libs huggingface
 
             cd huggingface
diff --git a/.github/workflows/apk-asr-2pass.yaml b/.github/workflows/apk-asr-2pass.yaml
index 36272cc38..a79a28af3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/apk-asr-2pass.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/apk-asr-2pass.yaml
@@ -158,6 +158,7 @@ jobs:
 
             rm -rf huggingface
             export GIT_LFS_SKIP_SMUDGE=1
+            export GIT_CLONE_PROTECTION_ACTIVE=false
 
             git clone https://huggingface.co/csukuangfj/sherpa-onnx-apk huggingface
             cd huggingface
diff --git a/.github/workflows/apk-asr.yaml b/.github/workflows/apk-asr.yaml
index c822c0ec8..d381cb1af 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/apk-asr.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/apk-asr.yaml
@@ -158,6 +158,7 @@ jobs:
 
             rm -rf huggingface
             export GIT_LFS_SKIP_SMUDGE=1
+            export GIT_CLONE_PROTECTION_ACTIVE=false
 
             git clone https://huggingface.co/csukuangfj/sherpa-onnx-apk huggingface
             cd huggingface
diff --git a/.github/workflows/apk-audio-tagging-wearos.yaml b/.github/workflows/apk-audio-tagging-wearos.yaml
index 67fb1ea38..b2d2d959a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/apk-audio-tagging-wearos.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/apk-audio-tagging-wearos.yaml
@@ -158,6 +158,7 @@ jobs:
 
             rm -rf huggingface
             export GIT_LFS_SKIP_SMUDGE=1
+            export GIT_CLONE_PROTECTION_ACTIVE=false
 
             git clone https://huggingface.co/csukuangfj/sherpa-onnx-apk huggingface
             cd huggingface
diff --git a/.github/workflows/apk-audio-tagging.yaml b/.github/workflows/apk-audio-tagging.yaml
index 8d18241fe..db739021f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/apk-audio-tagging.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/apk-audio-tagging.yaml
@@ -158,6 +158,7 @@ jobs:
 
             rm -rf huggingface
             export GIT_LFS_SKIP_SMUDGE=1
+            export GIT_CLONE_PROTECTION_ACTIVE=false
 
             git clone https://huggingface.co/csukuangfj/sherpa-onnx-apk huggingface
             cd huggingface
diff --git a/.github/workflows/apk-kws.yaml b/.github/workflows/apk-kws.yaml
index 30a284f2a..8c348e5a3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/apk-kws.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/apk-kws.yaml
@@ -155,6 +155,7 @@ jobs:
 
             rm -rf huggingface
             export GIT_LFS_SKIP_SMUDGE=1
+            export GIT_CLONE_PROTECTION_ACTIVE=false
 
             git clone https://huggingface.co/csukuangfj/sherpa-onnx-apk huggingface
             cd huggingface
diff --git a/.github/workflows/apk-speaker-identification.yaml b/.github/workflows/apk-speaker-identification.yaml
index 9a4bc2194..2d674c78c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/apk-speaker-identification.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/apk-speaker-identification.yaml
@@ -96,6 +96,7 @@ jobs:
 
             rm -rf huggingface
             export GIT_LFS_SKIP_SMUDGE=1
+            export GIT_CLONE_PROTECTION_ACTIVE=false
 
             git clone https://huggingface.co/csukuangfj/sherpa-onnx-apk huggingface
             cd huggingface
diff --git a/.github/workflows/apk-spoken-language-identification.yaml b/.github/workflows/apk-spoken-language-identification.yaml
index 39e1e1b7f..dd4322156 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/apk-spoken-language-identification.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/apk-spoken-language-identification.yaml
@@ -158,6 +158,7 @@ jobs:
 
             rm -rf huggingface
             export GIT_LFS_SKIP_SMUDGE=1
+            export GIT_CLONE_PROTECTION_ACTIVE=false
 
             git clone https://huggingface.co/csukuangfj/sherpa-onnx-apk huggingface
             cd huggingface
diff --git a/.github/workflows/apk-tts-engine.yaml b/.github/workflows/apk-tts-engine.yaml
index 6ed8ef05d..89013a59c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/apk-tts-engine.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/apk-tts-engine.yaml
@@ -159,6 +159,7 @@ jobs:
 
             rm -rf huggingface
             export GIT_LFS_SKIP_SMUDGE=1
+            export GIT_CLONE_PROTECTION_ACTIVE=false
 
             git clone https://huggingface.co/csukuangfj/sherpa-onnx-apk huggingface
             cd huggingface
diff --git a/.github/workflows/apk-tts.yaml b/.github/workflows/apk-tts.yaml
index eedcf5dc9..1b51368ed 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/apk-tts.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/apk-tts.yaml
@@ -159,6 +159,7 @@ jobs:
 
             rm -rf huggingface
             export GIT_LFS_SKIP_SMUDGE=1
+            export GIT_CLONE_PROTECTION_ACTIVE=false
 
             git clone https://huggingface.co/csukuangfj/sherpa-onnx-apk huggingface
             cd huggingface
diff --git a/.github/workflows/apk-vad-asr.yaml b/.github/workflows/apk-vad-asr.yaml
index 09e8c73d4..aea8028d7 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/apk-vad-asr.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/apk-vad-asr.yaml
@@ -158,6 +158,7 @@ jobs:
 
             rm -rf huggingface
             export GIT_LFS_SKIP_SMUDGE=1
+            export GIT_CLONE_PROTECTION_ACTIVE=false
 
             git clone https://huggingface.co/csukuangfj/sherpa-onnx-apk huggingface
             cd huggingface
diff --git a/.github/workflows/apk-vad.yaml b/.github/workflows/apk-vad.yaml
index e11edadfd..ddd8c6afb 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/apk-vad.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/apk-vad.yaml
@@ -155,6 +155,7 @@ jobs:
 
             rm -rf huggingface
             export GIT_LFS_SKIP_SMUDGE=1
+            export GIT_CLONE_PROTECTION_ACTIVE=false
 
             git clone https://huggingface.co/csukuangfj/sherpa-onnx-apk huggingface
             cd huggingface
diff --git a/.github/workflows/arm-linux-gnueabihf.yaml b/.github/workflows/arm-linux-gnueabihf.yaml
index 762239880..0f47de078 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/arm-linux-gnueabihf.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/arm-linux-gnueabihf.yaml
@@ -92,6 +92,7 @@ jobs:
         shell: bash
         run: |
           git lfs install
+          export GIT_CLONE_PROTECTION_ACTIVE=false
           git clone https://huggingface.co/csukuangfj/arm-linux-gcc
           ls -lh arm-linux-gcc
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-wheels-aarch64.yaml b/.github/workflows/build-wheels-aarch64.yaml
index 4ecc7a415..971324e9b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-wheels-aarch64.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-wheels-aarch64.yaml
@@ -93,6 +93,7 @@ jobs:
 
             rm -rf huggingface
             export GIT_LFS_SKIP_SMUDGE=1
+            export GIT_CLONE_PROTECTION_ACTIVE=false
 
             git clone https://huggingface.co/csukuangfj/sherpa-onnx-wheels huggingface
             cd huggingface
diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-wheels-armv7l.yaml b/.github/workflows/build-wheels-armv7l.yaml
index 000c698b5..a720a39f4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-wheels-armv7l.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-wheels-armv7l.yaml
@@ -96,6 +96,7 @@ jobs:
 
             rm -rf huggingface
             export GIT_LFS_SKIP_SMUDGE=1
+            export GIT_CLONE_PROTECTION_ACTIVE=false
 
             git clone https://huggingface.co/csukuangfj/sherpa-onnx-wheels huggingface
             cd huggingface
diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-wheels-linux.yaml b/.github/workflows/build-wheels-linux.yaml
index 0443074c2..7a4f59011 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-wheels-linux.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-wheels-linux.yaml
@@ -92,6 +92,7 @@ jobs:
 
             rm -rf huggingface
             export GIT_LFS_SKIP_SMUDGE=1
+            export GIT_CLONE_PROTECTION_ACTIVE=false
 
             git clone https://huggingface.co/csukuangfj/sherpa-onnx-wheels huggingface
             cd huggingface
diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-wheels-macos-arm64.yaml b/.github/workflows/build-wheels-macos-arm64.yaml
index 7b9182427..2cdea3f78 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-wheels-macos-arm64.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-wheels-macos-arm64.yaml
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ jobs:
 
             rm -rf huggingface
             export GIT_LFS_SKIP_SMUDGE=1
+            export GIT_CLONE_PROTECTION_ACTIVE=false
 
             git clone https://huggingface.co/csukuangfj/sherpa-onnx-wheels huggingface
             cd huggingface
diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-wheels-macos-x64.yaml b/.github/workflows/build-wheels-macos-x64.yaml
index 755eb7605..13dc292dc 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-wheels-macos-x64.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-wheels-macos-x64.yaml
@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@ jobs:
 
             rm -rf huggingface
             export GIT_LFS_SKIP_SMUDGE=1
+            export GIT_CLONE_PROTECTION_ACTIVE=false
 
             git clone https://huggingface.co/csukuangfj/sherpa-onnx-wheels huggingface
             cd huggingface
diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-wheels-win32.yaml b/.github/workflows/build-wheels-win32.yaml
index bd34d1e59..752fbef32 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-wheels-win32.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-wheels-win32.yaml
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ jobs:
 
             rm -rf huggingface
             export GIT_LFS_SKIP_SMUDGE=1
+            export GIT_CLONE_PROTECTION_ACTIVE=false
 
             git clone https://huggingface.co/csukuangfj/sherpa-onnx-wheels huggingface
             cd huggingface
diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-wheels-win64.yaml b/.github/workflows/build-wheels-win64.yaml
index 670ead539..ee9f020a8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-wheels-win64.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-wheels-win64.yaml
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ jobs:
 
             rm -rf huggingface
             export GIT_LFS_SKIP_SMUDGE=1
+            export GIT_CLONE_PROTECTION_ACTIVE=false
 
             git clone https://huggingface.co/csukuangfj/sherpa-onnx-wheels huggingface
             cd huggingface
@@ -91,6 +92,7 @@ jobs:
 
             rm -rf huggingface
             export GIT_LFS_SKIP_SMUDGE=1
+            export GIT_CLONE_PROTECTION_ACTIVE=false
 
             git clone https://huggingface.co/csukuangfj/sherpa-onnx-wheels huggingface
             cd huggingface
diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-xcframework.yaml b/.github/workflows/build-xcframework.yaml
index d4e8c8967..97eb33515 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-xcframework.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-xcframework.yaml
@@ -134,6 +134,7 @@ jobs:
             git config --global user.name "Fangjun Kuang"
 
             rm -rf huggingface
+            export GIT_CLONE_PROTECTION_ACTIVE=false
             GIT_LFS_SKIP_SMUDGE=1 git clone https://huggingface.co/csukuangfj/sherpa-onnx-libs huggingface
 
             cd huggingface
diff --git a/.github/workflows/export-ced-to-onnx.yaml b/.github/workflows/export-ced-to-onnx.yaml
index 506abe513..70c4cc5fb 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/export-ced-to-onnx.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/export-ced-to-onnx.yaml
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ jobs:
               rm -rf huggingface
               export GIT_LFS_SKIP_SMUDGE=1
               d=sherpa-onnx-ced-$m-audio-tagging-2024-04-19
+              export GIT_CLONE_PROTECTION_ACTIVE=false
               git clone https://huggingface.co/k2-fsa/$d huggingface
               mv -v $d/* huggingface
               cd huggingface
diff --git a/.github/workflows/export-wenet-to-onnx.yaml b/.github/workflows/export-wenet-to-onnx.yaml
index 4f0b492ee..165017648 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/export-wenet-to-onnx.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/export-wenet-to-onnx.yaml
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ jobs:
 
             rm -rf huggingface
             export GIT_LFS_SKIP_SMUDGE=1
+            export GIT_CLONE_PROTECTION_ACTIVE=false
 
             git clone https://huggingface.co/csukuangfj/sherpa-onnx-zh-wenet-aishell huggingface
             cd huggingface
@@ -88,6 +89,7 @@ jobs:
 
             rm -rf huggingface
             export GIT_LFS_SKIP_SMUDGE=1
+            export GIT_CLONE_PROTECTION_ACTIVE=false
 
             git clone https://huggingface.co/csukuangfj/sherpa-onnx-zh-wenet-aishell2 huggingface
             cd huggingface
@@ -129,6 +131,7 @@ jobs:
 
             rm -rf huggingface
             export GIT_LFS_SKIP_SMUDGE=1
+            export GIT_CLONE_PROTECTION_ACTIVE=false
 
             git clone https://huggingface.co/csukuangfj/sherpa-onnx-zh-wenet-multi-cn huggingface
             cd huggingface
@@ -170,6 +173,7 @@ jobs:
 
             rm -rf huggingface
             export GIT_LFS_SKIP_SMUDGE=1
+            export GIT_CLONE_PROTECTION_ACTIVE=false
 
             git clone https://huggingface.co/csukuangfj/sherpa-onnx-zh-wenet-wenetspeech huggingface
             cd huggingface
@@ -211,6 +215,7 @@ jobs:
 
             rm -rf huggingface
             export GIT_LFS_SKIP_SMUDGE=1
+            export GIT_CLONE_PROTECTION_ACTIVE=false
 
             git clone https://huggingface.co/csukuangfj/sherpa-onnx-en-wenet-librispeech huggingface
             cd huggingface
@@ -253,6 +258,7 @@ jobs:
 
             rm -rf huggingface
             export GIT_LFS_SKIP_SMUDGE=1
+            export GIT_CLONE_PROTECTION_ACTIVE=false
 
             git clone https://huggingface.co/csukuangfj/sherpa-onnx-en-wenet-gigaspeech huggingface
             cd huggingface
diff --git a/.github/workflows/export-whisper-to-onnx.yaml b/.github/workflows/export-whisper-to-onnx.yaml
index 4aa8a9d1a..2dd6aa283 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/export-whisper-to-onnx.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/export-whisper-to-onnx.yaml
@@ -142,6 +142,8 @@ jobs:
           git config --global user.email "csukuangfj@gmail.com"
           git config --global user.name "Fangjun Kuang"
 
+          export GIT_CLONE_PROTECTION_ACTIVE=false
+
           GIT_LFS_SKIP_SMUDGE=1 git clone https://huggingface.co/csukuangfj/sherpa-onnx-whisper-${{ matrix.model }} huggingface
 
           if [[ $model != medium-aishell ]]; then
diff --git a/.github/workflows/linux.yaml b/.github/workflows/linux.yaml
index 154d6d774..ff06206e5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/linux.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/linux.yaml
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           echo "pwd: $PWD"
           ls -lh
+          du -h -d1 .
 
       - name: Build sherpa-onnx
         uses: addnab/docker-run-action@v3
@@ -109,6 +110,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Display dependencies of sherpa-onnx for linux
         shell: bash
         run: |
+          du -h -d1 .
           sudo chown -R $USER ./build
           ls -lh build/bin
           ls -lh build/_deps/onnxruntime-src/lib/
@@ -128,121 +130,148 @@ jobs:
           name: release-${{ matrix.build_type }}-with-shared-lib-${{ matrix.shared_lib }}-with-tts-${{ matrix.with_tts }}
           path: install/*
 
-      - name: Test online CTC
+      - name: Test online transducer
         shell: bash
         run: |
+          du -h -d1 .
           export PATH=$PWD/build/bin:$PATH
           export EXE=sherpa-onnx
 
-          .github/scripts/test-online-ctc.sh
+          .github/scripts/test-online-transducer.sh
+          du -h -d1 .
 
-      - name: Test offline transducer
+      - name: Test online transducer (C API)
+        shell: bash
+        run: |
+          du -h -d1 .
+          export PATH=$PWD/build/bin:$PATH
+          export EXE=decode-file-c-api
+
+          .github/scripts/test-online-transducer.sh
+          du -h -d1 .
+
+      - name: Test offline CTC
         shell: bash
         run: |
+          du -h -d1 .
           export PATH=$PWD/build/bin:$PATH
           export EXE=sherpa-onnx-offline
 
-          .github/scripts/test-offline-transducer.sh
+          .github/scripts/test-offline-ctc.sh
+          du -h -d1 .
 
       - name: Test spoken language identification (C++ API)
         shell: bash
         run: |
+          du -h -d1 .
           export PATH=$PWD/build/bin:$PATH
           export EXE=sherpa-onnx-offline-language-identification
 
           .github/scripts/test-spoken-language-identification.sh
+          du -h -d1 .
 
-      - name: Test C API
+      - name: Test online CTC
         shell: bash
         run: |
+          du -h -d1 .
           export PATH=$PWD/build/bin:$PATH
-          export SLID_EXE=spoken-language-identification-c-api
-          export SID_EXE=speaker-identification-c-api
-          export AT_EXE=audio-tagging-c-api
-          export PUNCT_EXE=add-punctuation-c-api
+          export EXE=sherpa-onnx
 
-          .github/scripts/test-c-api.sh
+          .github/scripts/test-online-ctc.sh
+          du -h -d1 .
 
-      - name: Test offline CTC
+      - name: Test offline transducer
         shell: bash
         run: |
+          du -h -d1 .
           export PATH=$PWD/build/bin:$PATH
           export EXE=sherpa-onnx-offline
 
-          .github/scripts/test-offline-ctc.sh
+          .github/scripts/test-offline-transducer.sh
+          du -h -d1 .
+
+      - name: Test C API
+        shell: bash
+        run: |
+          du -h -d1 .
+          export PATH=$PWD/build/bin:$PATH
+          export SLID_EXE=spoken-language-identification-c-api
+          export SID_EXE=speaker-identification-c-api
+          export AT_EXE=audio-tagging-c-api
+          export PUNCT_EXE=add-punctuation-c-api
+
+          .github/scripts/test-c-api.sh
+          du -h -d1 .
 
       - name: Test offline punctuation
         shell: bash
         run: |
+          du -h -d1 .
           export PATH=$PWD/build/bin:$PATH
           export EXE=sherpa-onnx-offline-punctuation
 
           .github/scripts/test-offline-punctuation.sh
+          du -h -d1 .
 
       - name: Test Audio tagging
         shell: bash
         run: |
+          du -h -d1 .
           export PATH=$PWD/build/bin:$PATH
           export EXE=sherpa-onnx-offline-audio-tagging
 
           .github/scripts/test-audio-tagging.sh
+          du -h -d1 .
 
       - name: Test transducer kws
         shell: bash
         run: |
+          du -h -d1 .
           export PATH=$PWD/build/bin:$PATH
           export EXE=sherpa-onnx-keyword-spotter
 
           .github/scripts/test-kws.sh
+          du -h -d1 .
 
       - name: Test offline Whisper
         if: matrix.build_type != 'Debug'
         shell: bash
         run: |
+          du -h -d1 .
           export PATH=$PWD/build/bin:$PATH
           export EXE=sherpa-onnx-offline
 
           readelf -d build/bin/sherpa-onnx-offline
 
           .github/scripts/test-offline-whisper.sh
+          du -h -d1 .
 
       - name: Test offline TTS
         if: matrix.with_tts == 'ON'
         shell: bash
         run: |
+          du -h -d1 .
           export PATH=$PWD/build/bin:$PATH
           export EXE=sherpa-onnx-offline-tts
 
           .github/scripts/test-offline-tts.sh
+          du -h -d1 .
 
       - name: Test online paraformer
         shell: bash
         run: |
+          du -h -d1 .
           export PATH=$PWD/build/bin:$PATH
           export EXE=sherpa-onnx
 
           .github/scripts/test-online-paraformer.sh
-
-      - name: Test online transducer
-        shell: bash
-        run: |
-          export PATH=$PWD/build/bin:$PATH
-          export EXE=sherpa-onnx
-
-          .github/scripts/test-online-transducer.sh
-
-      - name: Test online transducer (C API)
-        shell: bash
-        run: |
-          export PATH=$PWD/build/bin:$PATH
-          export EXE=decode-file-c-api
-
-          .github/scripts/test-online-transducer.sh
+          du -h -d1 .
 
       - name: Copy files
         shell: bash
         if: matrix.build_type == 'Release'
         run: |
+          du -h -d1 .
           SHERPA_ONNX_VERSION=v$(grep "SHERPA_ONNX_VERSION" ./CMakeLists.txt  | cut -d " " -f 2  | cut -d '"' -f 2)
 
           if [[ ${{ matrix.shared_lib }} == 'ON' ]]; then
@@ -265,6 +294,7 @@ jobs:
           tree $dst
 
           tar cjvf ${dst}.tar.bz2 $dst
+          du -h -d1 .
 
       - name: Publish to huggingface
         if: (github.repository_owner == 'csukuangfj' || github.repository_owner == 'k2-fsa') && (github.event_name == 'push' || github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch') && matrix.build_type == 'Release'
@@ -276,11 +306,14 @@ jobs:
           timeout_seconds: 200
           shell: bash
           command: |
+            du -h -d1 .
             git config --global user.email "csukuangfj@gmail.com"
             git config --global user.name "Fangjun Kuang"
 
             rm -rf huggingface
+            export GIT_CLONE_PROTECTION_ACTIVE=false
             GIT_LFS_SKIP_SMUDGE=1 git clone https://huggingface.co/csukuangfj/sherpa-onnx-libs huggingface
+            du -h -d1 .
 
             cd huggingface
             git lfs pull
@@ -296,6 +329,7 @@ jobs:
             git commit -m "upload sherpa-onnx-${SHERPA_ONNX_VERSION}"
 
             git push https://csukuangfj:$HF_TOKEN@huggingface.co/csukuangfj/sherpa-onnx-libs main
+            du -h -d1 .
 
       - name: Release pre-compiled binaries and libs for linux x64
         if: (github.repository_owner == 'csukuangfj' || github.repository_owner == 'k2-fsa') && github.event_name == 'push' && contains(github.ref, 'refs/tags/') && matrix.build_type == 'Release'
diff --git a/.github/workflows/riscv64-linux.yaml b/.github/workflows/riscv64-linux.yaml
index a5869a4b0..0f29cd3d9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/riscv64-linux.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/riscv64-linux.yaml
@@ -239,6 +239,7 @@ jobs:
             git config --global user.name "Fangjun Kuang"
 
             rm -rf huggingface
+            export GIT_CLONE_PROTECTION_ACTIVE=false
 
             GIT_LFS_SKIP_SMUDGE=1 git clone https://huggingface.co/csukuangfj/sherpa-onnx-libs huggingface
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-python-offline-websocket-server.yaml b/.github/workflows/test-python-offline-websocket-server.yaml
index 18183f482..aeb10881e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test-python-offline-websocket-server.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-python-offline-websocket-server.yaml
@@ -73,10 +73,9 @@ jobs:
         if: matrix.model_type == 'transducer'
         shell: bash
         run: |
-          GIT_LFS_SKIP_SMUDGE=1 git clone https://huggingface.co/csukuangfj/sherpa-onnx-zipformer-en-2023-06-26
-          cd sherpa-onnx-zipformer-en-2023-06-26
-          git lfs pull --include "*.onnx"
-          cd ..
+          curl -SL -O https://github.com/k2-fsa/sherpa-onnx/releases/download/asr-models/sherpa-onnx-zipformer-en-2023-06-26.tar.bz2
+          tar xvf sherpa-onnx-zipformer-en-2023-06-26.tar.bz2
+          rm sherpa-onnx-zipformer-en-2023-06-26.tar.bz2
 
           python3 ./python-api-examples/non_streaming_server.py \
             --encoder ./sherpa-onnx-zipformer-en-2023-06-26/encoder-epoch-99-avg-1.onnx \
@@ -105,14 +104,13 @@ jobs:
         if: matrix.model_type == 'paraformer' && matrix.os != 'windows-latest'
         shell: bash
         run: |
-          GIT_LFS_SKIP_SMUDGE=1 git clone https://huggingface.co/csukuangfj/sherpa-onnx-paraformer-bilingual-zh-en
-          cd sherpa-onnx-paraformer-bilingual-zh-en
-          git lfs pull --include "*.onnx"
-          cd ..
+          curl -SL -O https://github.com/k2-fsa/sherpa-onnx/releases/download/asr-models/sherpa-onnx-paraformer-zh-2023-03-28.tar.bz2
+          tar xvf sherpa-onnx-paraformer-zh-2023-03-28.tar.bz2
+          rm sherpa-onnx-paraformer-zh-2023-03-28.tar.bz2
 
           python3 ./python-api-examples/non_streaming_server.py \
-            --paraformer ./sherpa-onnx-paraformer-bilingual-zh-en/model.int8.onnx \
-            --tokens ./sherpa-onnx-paraformer-bilingual-zh-en/tokens.txt &
+            --paraformer ./sherpa-onnx-paraformer-zh-2023-03-28/model.int8.onnx \
+            --tokens ./sherpa-onnx-paraformer-zh-2023-03-28/tokens.txt &
 
           echo "sleep 10 seconds to wait the server start"
           sleep 10
@@ -122,25 +120,24 @@ jobs:
         shell: bash
         run: |
           python3 ./python-api-examples/offline-websocket-client-decode-files-paralell.py \
-            ./sherpa-onnx-paraformer-bilingual-zh-en/test_wavs/0.wav \
-            ./sherpa-onnx-paraformer-bilingual-zh-en/test_wavs/1.wav \
-            ./sherpa-onnx-paraformer-bilingual-zh-en/test_wavs/2.wav \
-            ./sherpa-onnx-paraformer-bilingual-zh-en/test_wavs/8k.wav
+            ./sherpa-onnx-paraformer-zh-2023-03-28/test_wavs/0.wav \
+            ./sherpa-onnx-paraformer-zh-2023-03-28/test_wavs/1.wav \
+            ./sherpa-onnx-paraformer-zh-2023-03-28/test_wavs/2.wav \
+            ./sherpa-onnx-paraformer-zh-2023-03-28/test_wavs/8k.wav
 
           python3 ./python-api-examples/offline-websocket-client-decode-files-sequential.py \
-            ./sherpa-onnx-paraformer-bilingual-zh-en/test_wavs/0.wav \
-            ./sherpa-onnx-paraformer-bilingual-zh-en/test_wavs/1.wav \
-            ./sherpa-onnx-paraformer-bilingual-zh-en/test_wavs/2.wav \
-            ./sherpa-onnx-paraformer-bilingual-zh-en/test_wavs/8k.wav
+            ./sherpa-onnx-paraformer-zh-2023-03-28/test_wavs/0.wav \
+            ./sherpa-onnx-paraformer-zh-2023-03-28/test_wavs/1.wav \
+            ./sherpa-onnx-paraformer-zh-2023-03-28/test_wavs/2.wav \
+            ./sherpa-onnx-paraformer-zh-2023-03-28/test_wavs/8k.wav
 
       - name: Start server for nemo_ctc models
         if: matrix.model_type == 'nemo_ctc'
         shell: bash
         run: |
-          GIT_LFS_SKIP_SMUDGE=1 git clone https://huggingface.co/csukuangfj/sherpa-onnx-nemo-ctc-en-conformer-medium
-          cd sherpa-onnx-nemo-ctc-en-conformer-medium
-          git lfs pull --include "*.onnx"
-          cd ..
+          curl -SL -O https://github.com/k2-fsa/sherpa-onnx/releases/download/asr-models/sherpa-onnx-nemo-ctc-en-conformer-medium.tar.bz2
+          tar xvf sherpa-onnx-nemo-ctc-en-conformer-medium.tar.bz2
+          rm sherpa-onnx-nemo-ctc-en-conformer-medium.tar.bz2
 
           python3 ./python-api-examples/non_streaming_server.py \
             --nemo-ctc ./sherpa-onnx-nemo-ctc-en-conformer-medium/model.onnx \
@@ -167,10 +164,9 @@ jobs:
         if: matrix.model_type == 'whisper'
         shell: bash
         run: |
-          GIT_LFS_SKIP_SMUDGE=1 git clone https://huggingface.co/csukuangfj/sherpa-onnx-whisper-tiny.en
-          cd sherpa-onnx-whisper-tiny.en
-          git lfs pull --include "*.onnx"
-          cd ..
+          curl -SL -O https://github.com/k2-fsa/sherpa-onnx/releases/download/asr-models/sherpa-onnx-whisper-tiny.en.tar.bz2
+          tar xvf sherpa-onnx-whisper-tiny.en.tar.bz2
+          rm sherpa-onnx-whisper-tiny.en.tar.bz2
 
           python3 ./python-api-examples/non_streaming_server.py \
             --whisper-encoder=./sherpa-onnx-whisper-tiny.en/tiny.en-encoder.onnx \
@@ -198,10 +194,9 @@ jobs:
         if: matrix.model_type == 'tdnn'
         shell: bash
         run: |
-          GIT_LFS_SKIP_SMUDGE=1 git clone https://huggingface.co/csukuangfj/sherpa-onnx-tdnn-yesno
-          cd sherpa-onnx-tdnn-yesno
-          git lfs pull --include "*.onnx"
-          cd ..
+          curl -SL -O https://github.com/k2-fsa/sherpa-onnx/releases/download/asr-models/sherpa-onnx-tdnn-yesno.tar.bz2
+          tar xvf sherpa-onnx-tdnn-yesno.tar.bz2
+          rm sherpa-onnx-tdnn-yesno.tar.bz2
 
           python3 ./python-api-examples/non_streaming_server.py \
             --tdnn-model=./sherpa-onnx-tdnn-yesno/model-epoch-14-avg-2.onnx \
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-python-online-websocket-server.yaml b/.github/workflows/test-python-online-websocket-server.yaml
index 888af36ae..9ef57dbe7 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test-python-online-websocket-server.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-python-online-websocket-server.yaml
@@ -94,10 +94,9 @@ jobs:
         if: matrix.model_type == 'transducer'
         shell: bash
         run: |
-          GIT_LFS_SKIP_SMUDGE=1 git clone https://huggingface.co/csukuangfj/sherpa-onnx-streaming-zipformer-en-2023-06-26
-          cd sherpa-onnx-streaming-zipformer-en-2023-06-26
-          git lfs pull --include "*.onnx"
-          cd ..
+          curl -SL -O https://github.com/k2-fsa/sherpa-onnx/releases/download/asr-models/sherpa-onnx-streaming-zipformer-en-2023-06-26.tar.bz2
+          tar xvf sherpa-onnx-streaming-zipformer-en-2023-06-26.tar.bz2
+          rm sherpa-onnx-streaming-zipformer-en-2023-06-26.tar.bz2
 
           python3 ./python-api-examples/streaming_server.py \
             --encoder ./sherpa-onnx-streaming-zipformer-en-2023-06-26/encoder-epoch-99-avg-1-chunk-16-left-128.onnx \
@@ -118,10 +117,9 @@ jobs:
         if: matrix.model_type == 'paraformer'
         shell: bash
         run: |
-          GIT_LFS_SKIP_SMUDGE=1 git clone https://huggingface.co/csukuangfj/sherpa-onnx-streaming-paraformer-bilingual-zh-en
-          cd sherpa-onnx-streaming-paraformer-bilingual-zh-en
-          git lfs pull --include "*.onnx"
-          cd ..
+          curl -SL -O https://github.com/k2-fsa/sherpa-onnx/releases/download/asr-models/sherpa-onnx-streaming-paraformer-bilingual-zh-en.tar.bz2
+          tar xvf sherpa-onnx-streaming-paraformer-bilingual-zh-en.tar.bz2
+          rm sherpa-onnx-streaming-paraformer-bilingual-zh-en.tar.bz2
 
           python3 ./python-api-examples/streaming_server.py \
             --tokens ./sherpa-onnx-streaming-paraformer-bilingual-zh-en/tokens.txt \
diff --git a/.github/workflows/wasm-simd-hf-space-de-tts.yaml b/.github/workflows/wasm-simd-hf-space-de-tts.yaml
index 31943dff4..2c1d978aa 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/wasm-simd-hf-space-de-tts.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/wasm-simd-hf-space-de-tts.yaml
@@ -88,6 +88,7 @@ jobs:
 
             rm -rf ms
             export GIT_LFS_SKIP_SMUDGE=1
+            export GIT_CLONE_PROTECTION_ACTIVE=false
 
             git clone http://www.modelscope.cn/studios/k2-fsa/web-assembly-tts-sherpa-onnx-de.git ms
 
@@ -126,6 +127,7 @@ jobs:
 
             rm -rf huggingface
             export GIT_LFS_SKIP_SMUDGE=1
+            export GIT_CLONE_PROTECTION_ACTIVE=false
 
             git clone https://huggingface.co/spaces/k2-fsa/web-assembly-tts-sherpa-onnx-de huggingface
             cd huggingface
diff --git a/.github/workflows/wasm-simd-hf-space-en-asr-zipformer.yaml b/.github/workflows/wasm-simd-hf-space-en-asr-zipformer.yaml
index cd9ba7863..e123e65f1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/wasm-simd-hf-space-en-asr-zipformer.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/wasm-simd-hf-space-en-asr-zipformer.yaml
@@ -90,6 +90,7 @@ jobs:
 
             rm -rf ms
             export GIT_LFS_SKIP_SMUDGE=1
+            export GIT_CLONE_PROTECTION_ACTIVE=false
 
             git clone https://www.modelscope.cn/studios/k2-fsa/web-assembly-asr-sherpa-onnx-en.git ms
             cd ms
@@ -126,6 +127,7 @@ jobs:
 
             rm -rf huggingface
             export GIT_LFS_SKIP_SMUDGE=1
+            export GIT_CLONE_PROTECTION_ACTIVE=false
 
             git clone https://huggingface.co/spaces/k2-fsa/web-assembly-asr-sherpa-onnx-en huggingface
             cd huggingface
diff --git a/.github/workflows/wasm-simd-hf-space-en-tts.yaml b/.github/workflows/wasm-simd-hf-space-en-tts.yaml
index 68c065955..09d42911b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/wasm-simd-hf-space-en-tts.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/wasm-simd-hf-space-en-tts.yaml
@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@ jobs:
 
             rm -rf ms
             export GIT_LFS_SKIP_SMUDGE=1
+            export GIT_CLONE_PROTECTION_ACTIVE=false
 
             git clone https://www.modelscope.cn/studios/k2-fsa/web-assembly-tts-sherpa-onnx-en.git ms
             cd ms
@@ -122,6 +123,7 @@ jobs:
 
             rm -rf huggingface
             export GIT_LFS_SKIP_SMUDGE=1
+            export GIT_CLONE_PROTECTION_ACTIVE=false
 
             git clone https://huggingface.co/spaces/k2-fsa/web-assembly-tts-sherpa-onnx-en huggingface
             cd huggingface
diff --git a/.github/workflows/wasm-simd-hf-space-zh-cantonese-en-asr-paraformer.yaml b/.github/workflows/wasm-simd-hf-space-zh-cantonese-en-asr-paraformer.yaml
index 53e50cadc..1c7625655 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/wasm-simd-hf-space-zh-cantonese-en-asr-paraformer.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/wasm-simd-hf-space-zh-cantonese-en-asr-paraformer.yaml
@@ -96,6 +96,7 @@ jobs:
 
             rm -rf huggingface
             export GIT_LFS_SKIP_SMUDGE=1
+            export GIT_CLONE_PROTECTION_ACTIVE=false
 
             git clone https://huggingface.co/spaces/k2-fsa/web-assembly-asr-sherpa-onnx-zh-cantonese-en-paraformer huggingface
             cd huggingface
@@ -133,6 +134,7 @@ jobs:
 
             rm -rf ms
             export GIT_LFS_SKIP_SMUDGE=1
+            export GIT_CLONE_PROTECTION_ACTIVE=false
 
             git clone https://www.modelscope.cn/studios/k2-fsa/web-assembly-asr-sherpa-onnx-zh-cantonese-en-paraformer.git ms
             cd ms
diff --git a/.github/workflows/wasm-simd-hf-space-zh-en-asr-paraformer.yaml b/.github/workflows/wasm-simd-hf-space-zh-en-asr-paraformer.yaml
index 6fdd35cca..a67385b12 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/wasm-simd-hf-space-zh-en-asr-paraformer.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/wasm-simd-hf-space-zh-en-asr-paraformer.yaml
@@ -97,6 +97,7 @@ jobs:
 
             rm -rf ms
             export GIT_LFS_SKIP_SMUDGE=1
+            export GIT_CLONE_PROTECTION_ACTIVE=false
 
             git clone https://www.modelscope.cn/studios/k2-fsa/web-assembly-asr-sherpa-onnx-zh-en-paraformer.git ms
             cd ms
@@ -133,6 +134,7 @@ jobs:
 
             rm -rf huggingface
             export GIT_LFS_SKIP_SMUDGE=1
+            export GIT_CLONE_PROTECTION_ACTIVE=false
 
             git clone https://huggingface.co/spaces/k2-fsa/web-assembly-asr-sherpa-onnx-zh-en-paraformer huggingface
             cd huggingface
diff --git a/.github/workflows/wasm-simd-hf-space-zh-en-asr-zipformer.yaml b/.github/workflows/wasm-simd-hf-space-zh-en-asr-zipformer.yaml
index 89c2e987e..4dea90f49 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/wasm-simd-hf-space-zh-en-asr-zipformer.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/wasm-simd-hf-space-zh-en-asr-zipformer.yaml
@@ -88,6 +88,7 @@ jobs:
 
             rm -rf ms
             export GIT_LFS_SKIP_SMUDGE=1
+            export GIT_CLONE_PROTECTION_ACTIVE=false
 
             git clone https://www.modelscope.cn/studios/k2-fsa/web-assembly-asr-sherpa-onnx-zh-en.git ms
             cd ms
@@ -124,6 +125,7 @@ jobs:
 
             rm -rf huggingface
             export GIT_LFS_SKIP_SMUDGE=1
+            export GIT_CLONE_PROTECTION_ACTIVE=false
 
             git clone https://huggingface.co/spaces/k2-fsa/web-assembly-asr-sherpa-onnx-zh-en huggingface
             cd huggingface
diff --git a/.github/workflows/windows-x64.yaml b/.github/workflows/windows-x64.yaml
index d160e475e..7d26157b7 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/windows-x64.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/windows-x64.yaml
@@ -215,6 +215,7 @@ jobs:
             git config --global user.name "Fangjun Kuang"
 
             rm -rf huggingface
+            export GIT_CLONE_PROTECTION_ACTIVE=false
             GIT_LFS_SKIP_SMUDGE=1 git clone https://huggingface.co/csukuangfj/sherpa-onnx-libs huggingface
 
             cd huggingface
diff --git a/.github/workflows/windows-x86.yaml b/.github/workflows/windows-x86.yaml
index c476ab107..c140dad8a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/windows-x86.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/windows-x86.yaml
@@ -217,6 +217,7 @@ jobs:
             git config --global user.name "Fangjun Kuang"
 
             rm -rf huggingface
+            export GIT_CLONE_PROTECTION_ACTIVE=false
             GIT_LFS_SKIP_SMUDGE=1 git clone https://huggingface.co/csukuangfj/sherpa-onnx-libs huggingface
 
             cd huggingface
diff --git a/dotnet-examples/offline-decode-files/run-nemo-ctc.sh b/dotnet-examples/offline-decode-files/run-nemo-ctc.sh
index 44e4ee0b6..b65da2c25 100755
--- a/dotnet-examples/offline-decode-files/run-nemo-ctc.sh
+++ b/dotnet-examples/offline-decode-files/run-nemo-ctc.sh
@@ -3,10 +3,9 @@
 set -ex
 
 if [ ! -d ./sherpa-onnx-nemo-ctc-en-conformer-medium ]; then
-  GIT_LFS_SKIP_SMUDGE=1 git clone https://huggingface.co/csukuangfj/sherpa-onnx-nemo-ctc-en-conformer-medium
-  cd sherpa-onnx-nemo-ctc-en-conformer-medium
-  git lfs pull --include "*.onnx"
-  cd ..
+  curl -SL -O https://github.com/k2-fsa/sherpa-onnx/releases/download/asr-models/sherpa-onnx-nemo-ctc-en-conformer-medium.tar.bz2
+  tar xvf sherpa-onnx-nemo-ctc-en-conformer-medium.tar.bz2
+  rm sherpa-onnx-nemo-ctc-en-conformer-medium.tar.bz2
 fi
 
 dotnet run \
diff --git a/dotnet-examples/offline-decode-files/run-paraformer.sh b/dotnet-examples/offline-decode-files/run-paraformer.sh
index 4fb72f418..acd8e9d45 100755
--- a/dotnet-examples/offline-decode-files/run-paraformer.sh
+++ b/dotnet-examples/offline-decode-files/run-paraformer.sh
@@ -3,10 +3,9 @@
 set -ex
 
 if [ ! -d ./sherpa-onnx-paraformer-zh-2023-03-28 ]; then
-  GIT_LFS_SKIP_SMUDGE=1 git clone https://huggingface.co/csukuangfj/sherpa-onnx-paraformer-zh-2023-03-28
-  cd sherpa-onnx-paraformer-zh-2023-03-28
-  git lfs pull --include "*.onnx"
-  cd ..
+  curl -SL -O https://github.com/k2-fsa/sherpa-onnx/releases/download/asr-models/sherpa-onnx-paraformer-zh-2023-03-28.tar.bz2
+  tar xvf sherpa-onnx-paraformer-zh-2023-03-28.tar.bz2
+  rm sherpa-onnx-paraformer-zh-2023-03-28.tar.bz2
 fi
 
 dotnet run \
diff --git a/dotnet-examples/offline-decode-files/run-tdnn-yesno.sh b/dotnet-examples/offline-decode-files/run-tdnn-yesno.sh
index c2d8e9fdd..a424d7504 100755
--- a/dotnet-examples/offline-decode-files/run-tdnn-yesno.sh
+++ b/dotnet-examples/offline-decode-files/run-tdnn-yesno.sh
@@ -3,10 +3,9 @@
 set -ex
 
 if [ ! -d ./sherpa-onnx-tdnn-yesno ]; then
-  GIT_LFS_SKIP_SMUDGE=1 git clone https://huggingface.co/csukuangfj/sherpa-onnx-tdnn-yesno
-  cd sherpa-onnx-tdnn-yesno
-  git lfs pull --include "*.onnx"
-  cd ..
+  curl -SL -O https://github.com/k2-fsa/sherpa-onnx/releases/download/asr-models/sherpa-onnx-tdnn-yesno.tar.bz2
+  tar xvf sherpa-onnx-tdnn-yesno.tar.bz2
+  rm sherpa-onnx-tdnn-yesno.tar.bz2
 fi
 
 dotnet run \
diff --git a/dotnet-examples/offline-decode-files/run-whisper.sh b/dotnet-examples/offline-decode-files/run-whisper.sh
index 6f5e26c64..934b7363d 100755
--- a/dotnet-examples/offline-decode-files/run-whisper.sh
+++ b/dotnet-examples/offline-decode-files/run-whisper.sh
@@ -3,10 +3,9 @@
 set -ex
 
 if [ ! -d ./sherpa-onnx-whisper-tiny.en ]; then
-  GIT_LFS_SKIP_SMUDGE=1 git clone https://huggingface.co/csukuangfj/sherpa-onnx-whisper-tiny.en
-  cd sherpa-onnx-whisper-tiny.en
-  git lfs pull --include "*.onnx"
-  cd ..
+  curl -SL -O https://github.com/k2-fsa/sherpa-onnx/releases/download/asr-models/sherpa-onnx-whisper-tiny.en.tar.bz2
+  tar xvf sherpa-onnx-whisper-tiny.en.tar.bz2
+  rm sherpa-onnx-whisper-tiny.en.tar.bz2
 fi
 
 dotnet run \
diff --git a/dotnet-examples/online-decode-files/run-paraformer.sh b/dotnet-examples/online-decode-files/run-paraformer.sh
index 5731d0138..122d9a062 100755
--- a/dotnet-examples/online-decode-files/run-paraformer.sh
+++ b/dotnet-examples/online-decode-files/run-paraformer.sh
@@ -6,10 +6,9 @@
 
 set -ex
 if [ ! -d ./sherpa-onnx-streaming-paraformer-bilingual-zh-en ]; then
-  GIT_LFS_SKIP_SMUDGE=1 git clone https://huggingface.co/csukuangfj/sherpa-onnx-streaming-paraformer-bilingual-zh-en
-  cd sherpa-onnx-streaming-paraformer-bilingual-zh-en
-  git lfs pull --include "*.onnx"
-  cd ..
+  curl -SL -O https://github.com/k2-fsa/sherpa-onnx/releases/download/asr-models/sherpa-onnx-streaming-paraformer-bilingual-zh-en.tar.bz2
+  tar xvf sherpa-onnx-streaming-paraformer-bilingual-zh-en.tar.bz2
+  rm sherpa-onnx-streaming-paraformer-bilingual-zh-en.tar.bz2
 fi
 
 dotnet run -c Release \
diff --git a/dotnet-examples/online-decode-files/run-transducer.sh b/dotnet-examples/online-decode-files/run-transducer.sh
index b99fc1e53..b3ca7c7c4 100755
--- a/dotnet-examples/online-decode-files/run-transducer.sh
+++ b/dotnet-examples/online-decode-files/run-transducer.sh
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ set -ex
 if [ ! -d ./sherpa-onnx-streaming-zipformer-bilingual-zh-en-2023-02-20 ]; then
   curl -SL -O https://github.com/k2-fsa/sherpa-onnx/releases/download/asr-models/sherpa-onnx-streaming-zipformer-bilingual-zh-en-2023-02-20.tar.bz2
   tar xvf sherpa-onnx-streaming-zipformer-bilingual-zh-en-2023-02-20.tar.bz2
+  rm sherpa-onnx-streaming-zipformer-bilingual-zh-en-2023-02-20.tar.bz2
 fi
 
 dotnet run -c Release \
diff --git a/dotnet-examples/speech-recognition-from-microphone/run-paraformer.sh b/dotnet-examples/speech-recognition-from-microphone/run-paraformer.sh
index ec4e15d78..52628c840 100755
--- a/dotnet-examples/speech-recognition-from-microphone/run-paraformer.sh
+++ b/dotnet-examples/speech-recognition-from-microphone/run-paraformer.sh
@@ -6,10 +6,9 @@
 
 set -ex
 if [ ! -d ./sherpa-onnx-streaming-paraformer-bilingual-zh-en ]; then
-  GIT_LFS_SKIP_SMUDGE=1 git clone https://huggingface.co/csukuangfj/sherpa-onnx-streaming-paraformer-bilingual-zh-en
-  cd sherpa-onnx-streaming-paraformer-bilingual-zh-en
-  git lfs pull --include "*.onnx"
-  cd ..
+  curl -SL -O https://github.com/k2-fsa/sherpa-onnx/releases/download/asr-models/sherpa-onnx-streaming-paraformer-bilingual-zh-en.tar.bz2
+  tar xvf sherpa-onnx-streaming-paraformer-bilingual-zh-en.tar.bz2
+  rm sherpa-onnx-streaming-paraformer-bilingual-zh-en.tar.bz2
 fi
 
 dotnet run -c Release \
diff --git a/dotnet-examples/speech-recognition-from-microphone/run-transducer.sh b/dotnet-examples/speech-recognition-from-microphone/run-transducer.sh
index 1c1dc11af..e6184b4fc 100755
--- a/dotnet-examples/speech-recognition-from-microphone/run-transducer.sh
+++ b/dotnet-examples/speech-recognition-from-microphone/run-transducer.sh
@@ -9,15 +9,14 @@ set -ex
 export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$PWD:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH
 export DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH=$PWD:$DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH
 
-if [ ! -d ./icefall-asr-zipformer-streaming-wenetspeech-20230615 ]; then
-  GIT_LFS_SKIP_SMUDGE=1 git clone https://huggingface.co/pkufool/icefall-asr-zipformer-streaming-wenetspeech-20230615
-  cd icefall-asr-zipformer-streaming-wenetspeech-20230615
-  git lfs pull --include "*.onnx"
-  cd ..
+if [ ! -d ./sherpa-onnx-streaming-zipformer-bilingual-zh-en-2023-02-20 ]; then
+  curl -SL -O https://github.com/k2-fsa/sherpa-onnx/releases/download/asr-models/sherpa-onnx-streaming-zipformer-bilingual-zh-en-2023-02-20.tar.bz2
+  tar xvf sherpa-onnx-streaming-zipformer-bilingual-zh-en-2023-02-20.tar.bz2
+  rm sherpa-onnx-streaming-zipformer-bilingual-zh-en-2023-02-20.tar.bz2
 fi
 
 dotnet run -c Release \
-  --tokens ./icefall-asr-zipformer-streaming-wenetspeech-20230615/data/lang_char/tokens.txt \
-  --encoder ./icefall-asr-zipformer-streaming-wenetspeech-20230615/exp/encoder-epoch-12-avg-4-chunk-16-left-128.onnx \
-  --decoder ./icefall-asr-zipformer-streaming-wenetspeech-20230615/exp/decoder-epoch-12-avg-4-chunk-16-left-128.onnx \
-  --joiner ./icefall-asr-zipformer-streaming-wenetspeech-20230615/exp/joiner-epoch-12-avg-4-chunk-16-left-128.onnx
+  --tokens ./sherpa-onnx-streaming-zipformer-bilingual-zh-en-2023-02-20/tokens.txt \
+  --encoder ./sherpa-onnx-streaming-zipformer-bilingual-zh-en-2023-02-20/encoder-epoch-99-avg-1.int8.onnx \
+  --decoder ./sherpa-onnx-streaming-zipformer-bilingual-zh-en-2023-02-20/decoder-epoch-99-avg-1.int8.onnx \
+  --joiner ./sherpa-onnx-streaming-zipformer-bilingual-zh-en-2023-02-20/joiner-epoch-99-avg-1.int8.onnx
diff --git a/python-api-examples/non_streaming_server.py b/python-api-examples/non_streaming_server.py
index 034061def..2b91813e2 100755
--- a/python-api-examples/non_streaming_server.py
+++ b/python-api-examples/non_streaming_server.py
@@ -23,10 +23,9 @@
 (1) Use a non-streaming transducer model
 
 cd /path/to/sherpa-onnx
-GIT_LFS_SKIP_SMUDGE=1 git clone https://huggingface.co/csukuangfj/sherpa-onnx-zipformer-en-2023-06-26
-cd sherpa-onnx-zipformer-en-2023-06-26
-git lfs pull --include "*.onnx"
-cd ..
+curl -SL -O https://github.com/k2-fsa/sherpa-onnx/releases/download/asr-models/sherpa-onnx-streaming-zipformer-en-2023-06-26.tar.bz2
+tar xvf sherpa-onnx-streaming-zipformer-en-2023-06-26.tar.bz2
+rm sherpa-onnx-streaming-zipformer-en-2023-06-26.tar.bz2
 
 python3 ./python-api-examples/non_streaming_server.py \
   --encoder ./sherpa-onnx-zipformer-en-2023-06-26/encoder-epoch-99-avg-1.onnx \
@@ -37,22 +36,20 @@
 (2) Use a non-streaming paraformer
 
 cd /path/to/sherpa-onnx
-GIT_LFS_SKIP_SMUDGE=1 git clone https://huggingface.co/csukuangfj/sherpa-onnx-paraformer-bilingual-zh-en
-cd sherpa-onnx-paraformer-bilingual-zh-en/
-git lfs pull --include "*.onnx"
-cd ..
+curl -SL -O https://github.com/k2-fsa/sherpa-onnx/releases/download/asr-models/sherpa-onnx-paraformer-zh-2023-03-28.tar.bz2
+tar xvf sherpa-onnx-paraformer-zh-2023-03-28.tar.bz2
+rm sherpa-onnx-paraformer-zh-2023-03-28.tar.bz2
 
 python3 ./python-api-examples/non_streaming_server.py \
-  --paraformer ./sherpa-onnx-paraformer-bilingual-zh-en/model.int8.onnx \
-  --tokens ./sherpa-onnx-paraformer-bilingual-zh-en/tokens.txt
+  --paraformer ./sherpa-onnx-paraformer-zh-2023-03-28/model.int8.onnx \
+  --tokens ./sherpa-onnx-paraformer-zh-2023-03-28/tokens.txt
 
 (3) Use a non-streaming CTC model from NeMo
 
 cd /path/to/sherpa-onnx
-GIT_LFS_SKIP_SMUDGE=1 git clone https://huggingface.co/csukuangfj/sherpa-onnx-nemo-ctc-en-conformer-medium
-cd sherpa-onnx-nemo-ctc-en-conformer-medium
-git lfs pull --include "*.onnx"
-cd ..
+curl -SL -O https://github.com/k2-fsa/sherpa-onnx/releases/download/asr-models/sherpa-onnx-nemo-ctc-en-conformer-medium.tar.bz2
+tar xvf sherpa-onnx-nemo-ctc-en-conformer-medium.tar.bz2
+rm sherpa-onnx-nemo-ctc-en-conformer-medium.tar.bz2
 
 python3 ./python-api-examples/non_streaming_server.py \
   --nemo-ctc ./sherpa-onnx-nemo-ctc-en-conformer-medium/model.onnx \
@@ -61,10 +58,9 @@
 (4) Use a non-streaming CTC model from WeNet
 
 cd /path/to/sherpa-onnx
-GIT_LFS_SKIP_SMUDGE=1 git clone https://huggingface.co/csukuangfj/sherpa-onnx-zh-wenet-wenetspeech
-cd sherpa-onnx-zh-wenet-wenetspeech
-git lfs pull --include "*.onnx"
-cd ..
+curl -SL -O https://github.com/k2-fsa/sherpa-onnx/releases/download/asr-models/sherpa-onnx-zh-wenet-wenetspeech.tar.bz2
+tar xvf sherpa-onnx-zh-wenet-wenetspeech.tar.bz2
+rm sherpa-onnx-zh-wenet-wenetspeech.tar.bz2
 
 python3 ./python-api-examples/non_streaming_server.py \
   --wenet-ctc ./sherpa-onnx-zh-wenet-wenetspeech/model.onnx \
@@ -73,10 +69,9 @@
 (5) Use a Whisper model
 
 cd /path/to/sherpa-onnx
-GIT_LFS_SKIP_SMUDGE=1 git clone https://huggingface.co/csukuangfj/sherpa-onnx-whisper-tiny.en
-cd sherpa-onnx-whisper-tiny.en
-git lfs pull --include "*.onnx"
-cd ..
+curl -SL -O https://github.com/k2-fsa/sherpa-onnx/releases/download/asr-models/sherpa-onnx-whisper-tiny.en.tar.bz2
+tar xvf sherpa-onnx-whisper-tiny.en.tar.bz2
+rm sherpa-onnx-whisper-tiny.en.tar.bz2
 
 python3 ./python-api-examples/non_streaming_server.py \
   --whisper-encoder=./sherpa-onnx-whisper-tiny.en/tiny.en-encoder.onnx \
@@ -87,9 +82,9 @@
 
 cd /path/to/sherpa-onnx
 
-GIT_LFS_SKIP_SMUDGE=1 git clone https://huggingface.co/csukuangfj/sherpa-onnx-tdnn-yesno
-cd sherpa-onnx-tdnn-yesno
-git lfs pull --include "*.onnx"
+curl -SL -O https://github.com/k2-fsa/sherpa-onnx/releases/download/asr-models/sherpa-onnx-tdnn-yesno.tar.bz2
+tar xvf sherpa-onnx-tdnn-yesno.tar.bz2
+rm sherpa-onnx-tdnn-yesno.tar.bz2
 
 python3 ./python-api-examples/non_streaming_server.py \
   --sample-rate=8000 \
@@ -383,6 +378,7 @@ def add_hotwords_args(parser: argparse.ArgumentParser):
         """,
     )
 
+
 def add_blank_penalty_args(parser: argparse.ArgumentParser):
     parser.add_argument(
         "--blank-penalty",
diff --git a/python-api-examples/online-decode-files.py b/python-api-examples/online-decode-files.py
index b9ab3b981..0188f0491 100755
--- a/python-api-examples/online-decode-files.py
+++ b/python-api-examples/online-decode-files.py
@@ -8,9 +8,9 @@
 
 (1) Streaming transducer
 
-GIT_LFS_SKIP_SMUDGE=1 git clone https://huggingface.co/csukuangfj/sherpa-onnx-streaming-zipformer-en-2023-06-26
-cd sherpa-onnx-streaming-zipformer-en-2023-06-26
-git lfs pull --include "*.onnx"
+curl -SL -O https://github.com/k2-fsa/sherpa-onnx/releases/download/asr-models/sherpa-onnx-streaming-zipformer-en-2023-06-26.tar.bz2
+tar xvf sherpa-onnx-streaming-zipformer-en-2023-06-26.tar.bz2
+rm sherpa-onnx-streaming-zipformer-en-2023-06-26.tar.bz2
 
 ./python-api-examples/online-decode-files.py \
   --tokens=./sherpa-onnx-streaming-zipformer-en-2023-06-26/tokens.txt \
@@ -23,9 +23,9 @@
 
 (2) Streaming paraformer
 
-GIT_LFS_SKIP_SMUDGE=1 git clone https://huggingface.co/csukuangfj/sherpa-onnx-streaming-paraformer-bilingual-zh-en
-cd sherpa-onnx-streaming-paraformer-bilingual-zh-en
-git lfs pull --include "*.onnx"
+curl -SL -O https://github.com/k2-fsa/sherpa-onnx/releases/download/asr-models/sherpa-onnx-streaming-paraformer-bilingual-zh-en.tar.bz2
+tar xvf sherpa-onnx-streaming-paraformer-bilingual-zh-en.tar.bz2
+rm sherpa-onnx-streaming-paraformer-bilingual-zh-en.tar.bz2
 
 ./python-api-examples/online-decode-files.py \
   --tokens=./sherpa-onnx-streaming-paraformer-bilingual-zh-en/tokens.txt \
@@ -52,9 +52,9 @@
 
 (4) Streaming Conformer CTC from WeNet
 
-GIT_LFS_SKIP_SMUDGE=1 git clone https://huggingface.co/csukuangfj/sherpa-onnx-zh-wenet-wenetspeech
-cd sherpa-onnx-zh-wenet-wenetspeech
-git lfs pull --include "*.onnx"
+curl -SL -O https://github.com/k2-fsa/sherpa-onnx/releases/download/asr-models/sherpa-onnx-zh-wenet-wenetspeech.tar.bz2
+tar xvf sherpa-onnx-zh-wenet-wenetspeech.tar.bz2
+rm sherpa-onnx-zh-wenet-wenetspeech.tar.bz2
 
 ./python-api-examples/online-decode-files.py \
   --tokens=./sherpa-onnx-zh-wenet-wenetspeech/tokens.txt \
diff --git a/scripts/wespeaker/run.sh b/scripts/wespeaker/run.sh
index be7aa8401..5c2bf8133 100755
--- a/scripts/wespeaker/run.sh
+++ b/scripts/wespeaker/run.sh
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ set -ex
 
 echo "Downloading models"
 export GIT_LFS_SKIP_SMUDGE=1
+export GIT_CLONE_PROTECTION_ACTIVE=false
 git clone https://huggingface.co/openspeech/wespeaker-models
 cd wespeaker-models
 git lfs pull --include "*.onnx"