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py-sentence-transformers PyTorch: Ready to use implementations of generative models
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Port Added: 2025-09-19 07:46:07
Last Update: 2025-09-19 07:36:22
Commit Hash: 84fda7f
License: APACHE20
WWW:
https://www.sbert.net/
https://github.com/UKPLab/sentence-transformers/
Description:
This framework provides an easy method to compute embeddings for accessing, using, and training state-of-the-art embedding and reranker models. It can be used to compute embeddings using Sentence Transformer models (quickstart), to calculate similarity scores using Cross-Encoder (a.k.a. reranker) models (quickstart) or to generate sparse embeddings using Sparse Encoder models (quickstart). This unlocks a wide range of applications, including semantic search, semantic textual similarity, and paraphrase mining.
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  • ${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}sentence-transformers>0:misc/py-sentence-transformers@${PY_FLAVOR}
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cd /usr/ports/misc/py-sentence-transformers/ && make install clean
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  • py311: py311-sentence-transformers
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TIMESTAMP = 1758260582 SHA256 (sentence_transformers-5.1.0.tar.gz) = 70c7630697cc1c64ffca328d6e8688430ebd134b3c2df03dc07cb3a016b04739 SIZE (sentence_transformers-5.1.0.tar.gz) = 370745

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Build dependencies:
  1. py311-setuptools>0 : devel/py-setuptools@py311
  2. py311-wheel>0 : devel/py-wheel@py311
  3. python3.11 : lang/python311
  4. py311-build>=0 : devel/py-build@py311
  5. py311-installer>=0 : devel/py-installer@py311
Test dependencies:
  1. py311-pytest>=7,1 : devel/py-pytest@py311
  2. python3.11 : lang/python311
Runtime dependencies:
  1. py311-huggingface-hub>=0.20.0 : misc/py-huggingface-hub@py311
  2. py311-pillow>0 : graphics/py-pillow@py311
  3. py311-pytorch>=1.11.0 : misc/py-pytorch@py311
  4. py311-scikit-learn>0 : science/py-scikit-learn@py311
  5. py311-scipy>0 : science/py-scipy@py311
  6. py311-tqdm>0 : misc/py-tqdm@py311
  7. py311-transformers>=4.41.0<5.0.0 : misc/py-transformers@py311
  8. py311-typing-extensions>=4.5.0 : devel/py-typing-extensions@py311
  9. py311-tokenizers>0 : textproc/py-tokenizers@py311
  10. python3.11 : lang/python311
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5.1.0
19 Sep 2025 07:36:22
commit hash: 84fda7f7d95cb8fb154a1577d659eeb54d6347cbcommit hash: 84fda7f7d95cb8fb154a1577d659eeb54d6347cbcommit hash: 84fda7f7d95cb8fb154a1577d659eeb54d6347cbcommit hash: 84fda7f7d95cb8fb154a1577d659eeb54d6347cb files touched by this commit
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misc/py-sentence-transformers: New port: PyTorch: Ready to use implementations
of generative models

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