# Export Transformed Models

Once a [morph](/docs/core-concepts/model-morphing) is materialized, or a checkpoint has otherwise been transformed within Tensormorph, exporting writes the result out as an ordinary checkpoint - indistinguishable, from the outside, from any other model in that format.

## What gets exported

A materialized morph result is a full set of weights, not a diff or a recipe - exporting it produces a complete, standalone checkpoint in your chosen output format ([safetensors](/docs/working-with-models/safetensors) or [ONNX](/docs/working-with-models/onnx), most commonly), loadable by any tool that reads that format, with no dependency on Tensormorph or on the recipe that produced it.

The recipe that produced an export - the morph DAG itself - is saved separately as recipe.json (see Model Morphing). Keeping both means the exported weights are portable on their own, while the recipe remains available for re-materializing against an updated base or for audit purposes.

## Format-specific considerations

-   **To safetensors** - the simpler target; every tensor in the reassembled result is written out flat, with no graph structure to reconcile.
-   **To ONNX** - because [ONNX tensors are always dense, with no stride concept](/docs/working-with-models/onnx#dense-tensors-only--no-stride), any view relationships present in the working representation are resolved into independent copies on export; there's no ONNX-side equivalent of a Tensormorph view to preserve.

## Provenance on export

Where the target format supports it, export carries forward whatever provenance metadata is available - see [Minimal vs. rich metadata](/docs/working-with-models/onnx#metadata) for ONNX's `metadata_props`, or a [Tensor Card](/docs/hub-and-collaboration/tensor-cards) for a richer, structured equivalent - so an exported model doesn't lose the record of what produced it just because it's left Tensormorph's own project format.

## Related resources

-   [Model Morphing](/docs/core-concepts/model-morphing) - the materialize step this page's export follows.
-   [Safetensors](/docs/working-with-models/safetensors) and [ONNX](/docs/working-with-models/onnx) - the two primary export targets.
-   [File Formats](/docs/reference/file-formats) - where `recipe.json` fits alongside an export.