v0.8.0

EvoMap/evolverv0.8.0Mar 26, 2026by Pringled

AI Summary

Major refactor involving tokenization code replacement and persistence changes, along with Python version deprecation.

Key Highlights

Tokenizer code replaced with skeletoken
Persistence refactored, removed from_sentence_transformers
Deprecated Python 3.9 support
Random seed exposure added

Breaking Changes

Deprecated Python 3.9 support

New Features

Random seed exposure
Tokenizer utility for pad id

Full Release Notes

## What's Changed
* docs: Added CITATION.cff, updated citation info by @Pringled in https://github.com/MinishLab/model2vec/pull/293
* docs: Added modelcard logo by @Pringled in https://github.com/MinishLab/model2vec/pull/294
* docs: Update default model for example by @Pringled in https://github.com/MinishLab/model2vec/pull/299
* chore: Deprecated Python 3.9 support by @Pringled in https://github.com/MinishLab/model2vec/pull/301
* chore: Update CI to run on external PRs, fix test import by @Pringled in https://github.com/MinishLab/model2vec/pull/303
* feat: replace tokenizer code with skeletoken by @stephantul in https://github.com/MinishLab/model2vec/pull/302
* feat: refactor persistence, remove from_sentence_transformers by @stephantul in https://github.com/MinishLab/model2vec/pull/305
* fix: refix tokenizer with added token shenanigans by @stephantul in https://github.com/MinishLab/model2vec/pull/304
* fix: if layers == 0, layers were not initialized by @stephantul in https://github.com/MinishLab/model2vec/pull/306
* feat: expose random seed, small typing fix by @stephantul in https://github.com/MinishLab/model2vec/pull/308
* feat: add util for tokenizer pad id  by @stephantul in https://github.com/MinishLab/model2vec/pull/310
* docs: Update results to MTEB V2 by @Pringled in https://github.com/MinishLab/model2vec/pull/311
* chore: Bump version by @Pringled in https://github.com/MinishLab/model2vec/pull/312


**Full Changelog**: https://github.com/MinishLab/model2vec/compare/v0.7.0...v0.8.0