Local AI Glossary
What is SafeTensors?
Source: local-llm.net/glossary
A file format for storing model weights safely and efficiently, developed by Hugging Face. SafeTensors prevents arbitrary code execution (unlike Python's pickle format), supports memory-mapped loading for fast access, and is the standard format for distributing full-precision and GPTQ/AWQ quantized models.
How SafeTensors fits in the local AI stack
SafeTensors is part of the broader local AI ecosystem. See the related guides, comparisons, and tools below to see how it applies in practice.
See also
- Full Local AI Glossary
- All learn topics
- What is Local AI?
- Quantization explained
- Hardware requirements
- How to choose a local LLM