Is safetensors safe to use?

safetensors has no known vulnerabilities on the latest version (0.2.1). DepScope rates its health at 58/100 (high risk).

What is the latest version of safetensors?

The latest version of safetensors is 0.2.1, released 2026-04-27.

Does safetensors have known vulnerabilities?

No known vulnerabilities on the latest version of safetensors.

Is safetensors deprecated?

No, safetensors is actively maintained. Latest release: 0.2.1 (2026-04-27).

What are alternatives to safetensors?

DepScope has no curated alternatives for safetensors at this time.

What license does safetensors use?

safetensors is licensed under MIT + file LICENSE.

safetensors

cranv0.2.1

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.

License MIT + file LICENSE0 versions1 maintainers4 deps3,761 weekly dl

mlverse/safetensors

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Health

safe to use

[email protected] is safe to use (health: 58/100)

Health breakdown0 – 100

25/25

maintenance

6/20

popularity

25/25

security

0/15

maturity

2/15

community

Vulnerabilities

none known

Health History

Dependency Tree

License Audit

Dependencies (4)

cli jsonlite R6 rlang

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First published · 2026-04-27 14:40:06

Last updated · 2026-04-27T12:10:02+00:00