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hf-xet vs brainwires-datasets vs safetensors
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
57
hf-xet
experimentalv1.5.2
Client library and tooling for the Hugging Face Xet data storage system.
53
brainwires-datasets
experimentalv0.8.0
Training data pipelines for the Brainwires Agent Framework — JSONL I/O, tokenization, deduplication, format conversion
67
safetensors
growingv0.7.0
Provides functions to read and write safetensors which aim to be safer than their PyTorch counterpart. The format is 8 bytes which is an unsized int, being the size of a JSON header, the JSON header refers the `dtype` the `shape` and `data_offsets` which are the offsets for the values in the rest of the file.
Core Metrics
| hf-xet | brainwires-datasets | safetensors | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 57 | 53 | 67 |
| Total Downloads | 125.5K | 236 | 14.2M |
| 30d Downloads | 100.1K | 0 | 1.8M |
| Dependents | 9 | 26 | 2.1K |
| Releases | 4 | 8 | 21 |
| Last Updated | 35d ago | 52d ago | 187d ago |
| Age | 1m | 2m | 3y 5m |
Health Breakdown
hf-xet
Maintenance
12
Quality
15
Community
14
Popularity
6
Documentation
10
brainwires-datasets
Maintenance
11
Quality
15
Community
9
Popularity
3
Documentation
15
safetensors
Maintenance
14
Quality
16
Community
14
Popularity
8
Documentation
15
Technical Details
| hf-xet | brainwires-datasets | safetensors | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 1.5.2 | 0.8.0 | 0.7.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✓ Yes | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| License | Apache-2.0 | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | Apache-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 27 | 14 | 6 |
| Crate Size | 89KB | 47KB | 31KB |
| Features | 4 | 5 | 3 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2024 | 2024 | 2021 |
| MSRV | — | 1.91 | 1.80 |
| Owners | 3 (team) | 1 | 2 |
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Quick Verdict
- •safetensors leads with a health score of 67/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •safetensors is depended on by 2.1K crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •brainwires-datasets, safetensors are pre-1.0 — API may change.