safetensored-upscalers

safetensored-upscalers

Image upscaling models, and a few other image-to-image ones, gathered in one repository as safetensors files converted from older pickle files. For people who run upscalers on their own computer.

Made by AshtakaOOf on Hugging Face. These notes are Mindket's, written from its model page and model card; the model's own files and license are on Hugging Face.

About

What it is: This repository gathers image upscaling models, plus a few other image-to-image ones, and stores them as safetensors files. They began as older pickle files and were converted. The uploader says they own none of the models, and a MODELS.md file in the repository explains what each one is for.

Who it suits: It suits anyone who runs image upscalers on their own machine and prefers safetensors files over pickle ones. It also helps people who want many upscalers in one place instead of hunting for each.

Industry | Who uses it | How they use it | Example
Photography | Photo editors | Enlarge low-resolution pictures with a chosen upscaler | Scaling up a small old photo
Game modding | Modders | Upscale old textures before using them again | Sharpening a low-resolution texture
AI hobby work | Model tinkerers | Try several upscalers on one picture and compare them | Testing two models on the same image
Design | Designers | Enlarge artwork or a still image | Preparing a small image at a larger size

If you want a finished app, or a model with ready run steps, you can skip it, since the card gives none.

Where to use it: You download the files on Windows, macOS or Linux, then load them in your own tools.

• Windows, macOS or Linux with Python, to download the files
• Your own image tool or script that can load safetensors weights
• The Hugging Face page, to read MODELS.md before choosing a model

Use case | Who | What they get back
Upscaling pictures | Photo editors | A larger version of a low-resolution image
Picking a model | Newcomers | Notes in MODELS.md on what each model does
Swapping file format | People who avoid pickle files | The same kinds of models as safetensors files

How to set it up: You need Python and the Hugging Face hub package, which the download command uses.

• Python on Windows, macOS or Linux
• Enough disk space for the model files you fetch

1. Install the Hugging Face hub package.
2. Download the repository to your computer.
3. Open MODELS.md and pick the model that fits your job.

pip install -U huggingface_hub
hf download AshtakaOOf/safetensored-upscalers

How to use it: The card gives no run steps of its own. You fetch the files with the command above, read MODELS.md, then load the file you chose in a tool that reads safetensors.

hf download AshtakaOOf/safetensored-upscalers

Example: You run hf download AshtakaOOf/safetensored-upscalers. The repository's files land on your computer, and MODELS.md tells you which upscaler to try first on a small photo.

For newcomers and experts: An upscaler is a model that makes a picture larger and fills in detail. Start small. Download the repository, open MODELS.md, and read about one model before loading anything.

If you know the field, the point is the file format. The uploader converted pickle weights using a modified version of a conversion script from OpenModelDB, edited with Gemini 2.5 Pro. The conversion is only as good as that script, and nothing here is newly trained.

Original upscaler files in pickle form
Conversion script turns them into safetensors
Files are stored in one repository
You download the repository
You load a file in your own tool

Good to know: The files are copies of other people's models, so the uploader is not their author.

• License: MIT, as Hugging Face lists it
• Cost to run: none named
• Data it reaches: only the files you download, with no account, clipboard or web service named
• Not for: claiming the models as original work, since the uploader says they own none of them

On Hugging Face, 13 November 2026

• Task: image to image
• Formats: Safetensors
• Downloads in the last 30 days: 44
• Likes: 11
• License: mit
• Tags: image-enhancement, image-restoration, image-upscaling, safetensors, image-to-image

Links

• Model: https://huggingface.co/AshtakaOOf/safetensored-upscalers
• Files: https://huggingface.co/AshtakaOOf/safetensored-upscalers/tree/main

Get the model

Download its files with Hugging Face's command line:

pip install -U huggingface_hub
hf download AshtakaOOf/safetensored-upscalers

Then follow the usage in its model card. Nothing in this kit runs by itself.