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Q: What is this model?

intfloat/multilingual-e5-small is an embedding model for sentence similarity and retrieval published by intfloat, added to Hugging Bay Jun 29, 2026. Model from Hugging Face for sentence similarity: intfloat/multilingual-e5-small · sentence transformers

Q: Can I use it commercially?

It is released under the mit license. Commercial use is allowed. Permissive open license: commercial use, modification, and redistribution are permitted.

Q: How big is it?

Hosted here: 8 files, 475.7 MB. Full repo upstream: 2.28 GB. The recommended download, model.safetensors, is 470.6 MB.

Q: What can I download here?

Hosted here: 8 files, 475.7 MB. Full repo upstream: 2.28 GB. The original release is at https://huggingface.co/intfloat/multilingual-e5-small.

Q: File pattern scans

Automated file-pattern scans flagged nothing; not a safety guarantee. 8 hosted files carry a published SHA-256 you can re-hash. The machine-readable verdict is at /api/artifacts/hf-model-intfloat-multilingual-e5-small/safety on Hugging Bay.

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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.

multilingual-e5-small is an embedding model for sentence similarity and retrieval. Model weights are learned parameters; a runtime loads them. Hosting files does not prove that a complete model runs.

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

Recorded SHA-256 for model.safetensors: 1a55775f53449dac10a2bcbc312469fac40b96d53198c407081a831f81c98477. File evidence · Machine-readable facts · Run evidence and any recorded receipts · Proof Lab measurement policy. A checksum verifies byte identity, not safety; this answer asserts no measured runtime result.

Updated 2026-10-21 · Page text: As of 2026-10-21 · Content revision

Model metadata: As of 2026-04-02 at the model source. Popularity counters are source-reported, not measured by Hugging Bay. Availability checked 2026-10-22.

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Model details

sentence similarity and retrievalLicense: mitSHA-256 recorded for 42 of 43 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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