safetensors: Safetensors File Format

A file format for storing tensors that is secure (doesn't allow for code execution), fast and simple to implement. 'safetensors' also enables cross language and cross frameworks compatibility making it an ideal format for storing machine learning model weights.

Version:	0.2.1
Imports:	cli, jsonlite, R6, rlang
Suggests:	testthat (≥ 3.0.0), torch (≥ 0.11.0)
Published:	2026-04-27
DOI:	10.32614/CRAN.package.safetensors
Author:	Tomasz Kalinowski [ctb, cre], Daniel Falbel [aut], Sebastian Fischer [ctb], Posit [cph]
Maintainer:	Tomasz Kalinowski <tomasz at posit.co>
BugReports:	https://github.com/mlverse/safetensors/issues
License:	MIT + file LICENSE
URL:	https://github.com/mlverse/safetensors, https://mlverse.github.io/safetensors/
NeedsCompilation:	no
Materials:	README, NEWS
CRAN checks:	safetensors results

Documentation:

Reference manual:

safetensors.html , safetensors.pdf

Downloads:

Package source:	safetensors_0.2.1.tar.gz
Windows binaries:	r-devel: safetensors_0.2.0.zip, r-release: safetensors_0.2.0.zip, r-oldrel: safetensors_0.2.0.zip
macOS binaries:	r-release (arm64): safetensors_0.2.1.tgz, r-oldrel (arm64): safetensors_0.2.1.tgz, r-release (x86_64): safetensors_0.2.0.tgz, r-oldrel (x86_64): safetensors_0.2.0.tgz
Old sources:	safetensors archive

Reverse dependencies:

Reverse imports:

torch, whisper

Linking:

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