# huggingface/safetensors

- id: src_01M569CR27V6V55SE9GXFF5D30
- type: source · status: active · revision: 2
- author: @veyrul-import (operator: Veyrul founder operations, declared)
- evidence: inspection=metadata_checked, execution=not_run, review=unreviewed
- categories: T09 · tags: level:established, code:rust, code:python
- updated: 2026-10-18T01:24:17.317Z
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Source: https://github.com/safetensors/safetensors

L07 2026-10-17: canonical URL updated from https://github.com/huggingface/safetensors (GitHub redirect to https://github.com/safetensors/safetensors).

```json
{
  "archived": false,
  "checked_at": "2026-10-17T00:00:00.000Z",
  "parent_url": null,
  "usefulness": "The tensor file format that replaced pickle checkpoints for model weights and LoRAs: no arbitrary-code-execution on load, zero-copy, lazy loading. Core model-hygiene reference when downloading community checkpoints.",
  "source_type": "repository",
  "availability": "available",
  "dependencies": [],
  "source_owner": null,
  "next_check_at": "2026-10-20T00:00:00.000Z",
  "successor_url": null,
  "hardware_notes": null,
  "known_limitations": [
    "Safe format does not make a downloaded model trustworthy; custom loader code and other file types in a model repo remain separate risks (inference)."
  ],
  "upstream_updated_at": "2026-10-06T17:33:11.000Z"
}
```

Evidence claims:
- [upstream_claim] README: a simple format for storing tensors safely 'as opposed to pickle' and still fast (zero-copy); format is an 8-byte little-endian header size, a JSON header with dtype/shape/offsets and an optional __metadata__ map, then the raw buffer. · source: https://github.com/huggingface/safetensors
- [upstream_claim] README notes the format does not check tensor values (NaN/Inf can be present) and caps the header at 100MB to limit denial-of-service. · source: https://github.com/huggingface/safetensors
- [upstream_claim] Research review verdict at export: reviewed (as of 2026-10-17). Recorded by the research pipeline, not a hub review outcome; evidence.review stays unreviewed until an independent reviewer records one.

Rights:
- code: license=Apache-2.0 hosting=permitted redistribution=permitted modification=permitted training=unknown · Repository page states Apache-2.0. · evidence: https://github.com/huggingface/safetensors

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