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spenso vs safetensors vs easy-ml
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
52
spenso
growingv0.6.0
A tensor (n-dim array) network, iterating, and contraction (using automatic abstract index matching) library.
68
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.
55
easy-ml
stablev2.1.0
Machine learning library providing matrices, named tensors, linear algebra and automatic differentiation aimed at being easy to use
Core Metrics
| spenso | safetensors | easy-ml | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 52 | 68 | 55 |
| Total Downloads | 9.9K | 11.0M | 41.1K |
| 30d Downloads | 82 | 2.4M | 137 |
| Dependents | 18 | 1.3K | 1 |
| Releases | 14 | 21 | 27 |
| Last Updated | 72d ago | 128d ago | 116d ago |
| Age | 1y 10m | 3y 3m | 6y 1m |
Health Breakdown
spenso
Maintenance
15
Quality
9
Community
10
Popularity
5
Documentation
13
safetensors
Maintenance
16
Quality
16
Community
13
Popularity
8
Documentation
15
easy-ml
Maintenance
13
Quality
19
Community
7
Popularity
6
Documentation
10
Technical Details
| spenso | safetensors | easy-ml | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.6.0 | 0.7.0 | 2.1.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✓ Yes |
| License | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | Apache-2.0 | MPL-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 40 | 6 | 10 |
| Crate Size | 214KB | 31KB | 248KB |
| Features | 3 | 3 | 2 |
| Yanked % | 7.1% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2024 | 2021 | 2024 |
| MSRV | — | 1.80 | — |
| Owners | 2 (team) | 2 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •safetensors leads with a health score of 68/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •safetensors is depended on by 1.3K crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •spenso, safetensors are pre-1.0 — API may change.