$ safetensors

v0.8.0MAJOR UPDATE

Provides functions to read and write safetensors which aim to be safer than their PyTorch counterpart. The format is 8 bytes which is an unsized int, being the size of a JSON header, the JSON header refers the `dtype` the `shape` and `data_offsets` which are the offsets for the values in the rest of the file.

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Updated: June 9, 2026

Latest Update Summary

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Name: safetensors New version: 0.8.0 Release date: 2026-06-09T08:34:43.361780Z

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https://docs.rs/safetensors/ https://api.github.com/repos/safetensors/safetensors/releases/336432175

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Minor update: 0.7.0 → 0.8.0

$ DOWNLOADS TREND

9.0M15.2M

$ VERSION HISTORY

v0.8.0June 9, 2026
v0.7.0November 19, 2025

$ LINKS

$ INSTALL

cargo add safetensors

Or add to Cargo.toml: safetensors = "0.8.0"