# cross-encoder/stsb-roberta-base

Model from Hugging Face for text ranking: cross-encoder/stsb-roberta-base · sentence transformers

## Facts

- Type: LLM
- Task: text-ranking
- Framework: sentence-transformers
- License: apache-2.0 — Permissive open license: commercial use, modification, and redistribution are permitted. (https://spdx.org/licenses/Apache-2.0.html)
- Source: https://huggingface.co/cross-encoder/stsb-roberta-base
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- Files: 22 hosted of 28 listed
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- Recommended file: 498.6 MB · model.safetensors
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- Downloads: 177149
- Stars: 5
- Card completeness: 96%

## Description

External Hugging Face catalog record for cross-encoder/stsb-roberta-base. Task: text ranking. Library: sentence transformers. Languages: en. Datasets referenced by card metadata: sentence-transformers/stsb. Popularity signal at import: 173,048 downloads and 5 likes.

## Model Card Facts

- Declared license: apache-2.0
- Pipeline: text-ranking
- Library: sentence-transformers
- Task categories: text-ranking
- Languages: en
- Referenced datasets: sentence-transformers/stsb
- File hints: 16 upstream file samples

## Referenced Data

- Dataset: sentence-transformers/stsb

## File Hints

- .gitattributes (445 B)
- CECorrelationEvaluator_sts-dev_results.csv (310 B)
- README.md (1.1 KB)
- config.json (608 B)
- flax_model.msgpack (475 MB) LFS
- merges.txt (446 KB)
- model.safetensors (476 MB) LFS
- onnx/model.onnx (476 MB) LFS
- onnx/model_O1.onnx (476 MB) LFS
- onnx/model_O2.onnx (476 MB) LFS
- onnx/model_O3.onnx (476 MB) LFS
- onnx/model_O4.onnx (238 MB) LFS

## Quality Checklist

- Summary: passed
- Description: passed
- Model card metadata: passed
- License: passed
- Provenance: passed
- File inventory: passed
- Hosted bytes: passed
- Scan result: passed
- Manifest signature: passed

## Safety Notes

- External catalog metadata imported from Hugging Face public API on 2026-07-29T22:17:11.723Z.
- Open license detected as apache-2.0.
- Model card references dataset context: sentence-transformers/stsb.
- Not a run kit: hosted, hash-checked bytes only; run readiness is not certified for this model yet.

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