# The Transformers Library: standardizing model definitions

DevFeed: [The Transformers Library: standardizing model definitions](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/the-transformers-library-standardizing-model-definitions-7535.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://huggingface.co/blog/transformers-model-definition>)

Author: Lysandre; Arthur Zucker; Pedro Cuenca; Julien Chaumond

Published: 2025-05-15T00:00:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Hugging Face - Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/hugging-face-blog.md>)

Topics: [Transformer](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/transformer.md>), [LLMs](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/llms.md>), [interoperability](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/interoperability.md>), [sglang](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/sglang.md>), [vllm](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/vllm.md>), [llama.cpp](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/llama-cpp.md>), [tgi](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/tgi.md>), [MLX](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/mlx.md>)

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## AI overview

The article presents Transformers as a standard library for defining and supporting machine learning model architectures. It describes its broad ecosystem integrations, including training frameworks and inference engines, and highlights interoperability with vLLM, SGLang, TGI, llama.cpp, and MLX.

## Source excerpt

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