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e5-base

Can I run e5-base on my computer?

It depends on your memory, processor, file format and runtime. Hugging Bay offers 8 hosted files; check the file list for the exact selection. A file-size fit is an estimate, not a successful run or speed promise. Read the license before use.

e5-base is an embedding model for sentence similarity and retrieval. Model weights are learned parameters; a runtime loads them. A hosted file is an individual file Hugging Bay can serve. SHA-256 identifies exact file bytes. The availability date above applies to this file record, not the upstream metadata update date.

As of the recorded file availability check on 2026-10-22.

Recorded SHA-256 for model.safetensors: 1661c4d3b0de6a7e37821bcbab5f066c3499346e05cae7918094b0cd8dd34a02. Exact file evidence · Machine-readable source facts · Run evidence and any recorded receipts. A checksum fingerprints only the named file bytes; it does not prove safety, quality, a complete multi-file selection or a successful run.

Updated 2026-10-21 · Page-copy source revision 8871bab84e1cf80aea1686a944ec335078a6c036 · Source files: apps/web/lib/model-page-template.mjs, apps/web/lib/model-page-v3.mjs, apps/web/lib/aeo-page.mjs · Full revision record

Model metadata: As of 2026-09-25 at the model source. Popularity counters are source-reported, not measured by Hugging Bay. Availability checked 2026-10-22.

vectoriseai/e5-base

Model details

sentence similarity and retrievalLicense: mitSHA-256 recorded for 11 of 15 filessafetensors · ONNX · BIN

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The catalog lists this model for checking whether two sentences mean similar things. Catalog sources: license, cardMetadata.license, task, cardMetadata.pipelineTag.

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from urllib.request import urlretrieve

urlretrieve(
    "https://huggingbay.xyz/api/downloads/hf-model-vectoriseai-e5-base/model.safetensors",
    "model.safetensors",
)

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