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Developed byHugging Face
LicenseMIT License
Open source✓ Open Source
Use casemachine learning inference framework
Integrates with
Hugging Face Hub
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TensorFlowPyTorch
Competes with
ONNX Runtime
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Last updatedUpdated 12 days ago
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Rust-based machine learning framework focused on performance and safety for model inference

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developed by

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integrates with

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primary goal

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serverless inference○UnverifiedModerateFresh1

competes with

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