Safetensors

Safetensors is a Python library and file format for securely and efficiently storing and distributing deep learning tensors. It provides a safer, zero-copy alternative to pickle-based serialization, emphasizing speed, security, and ease of use. The library is actively maintained by Hugging Face, with its latest version being 0.7.0, and has a frequent release cadence, often aligning with new tensor datatype support or framework integrations.