diff --git a/tools/ui/src/lib/components/app/models/ModelParameters.svelte b/tools/ui/src/lib/components/app/models/ModelParameters.svelte
index e26828a6eb..3ede3b41f8 100644
--- a/tools/ui/src/lib/components/app/models/ModelParameters.svelte
+++ b/tools/ui/src/lib/components/app/models/ModelParameters.svelte
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <script lang="ts">
-	import { isLocalOption, modelParamsLabel } from './ModelsManager/utils';
+	import { modelParamsLabel } from './ModelsManager/utils';
 	import { HuggingFaceService } from '$lib/services';
 	import type { ModelOption } from '$lib/types/models';
 
@@ -42,11 +42,12 @@
 		total = null;
 
 		// nothing to look up when the id or the listing already carries the count
-		if (!isNearViewport || !isLocalOption(option)) return;
+		if (!isNearViewport) return;
 
 		if (option.parsedId?.params || typeof option.meta?.n_params === 'number') return;
 
-		// a local GGUF names no parameter count, but the Hub knows the model's
+		// a GGUF names no parameter count and a provider listing never carries one,
+		// but the Hub knows the model behind an `org/name` id
 		const repo = option.model.split(':')[0] ?? '';
 
 		if (!repo.includes('/')) return;
@@ -55,7 +56,7 @@
 
 		void HuggingFaceService.getDetails(repo)
 			.then((details) => {
-				if (!cancelled) total = details?.gguf?.total ?? null;
+				if (!cancelled) total = HuggingFaceService.parameterCount(details);
 			})
 			// best-effort: offline or a repo we cannot read keeps the dash
 			.catch(() => {});
diff --git a/tools/ui/src/lib/components/app/models/ModelsManager/ModelsManagerModelConfiguration/ModelsManagerModelConfigurationInformation.svelte b/tools/ui/src/lib/components/app/models/ModelsManager/ModelsManagerModelConfiguration/ModelsManagerModelConfigurationInformation.svelte
index f871eda97a..9ed8344556 100644
--- a/tools/ui/src/lib/components/app/models/ModelsManager/ModelsManagerModelConfiguration/ModelsManagerModelConfigurationInformation.svelte
+++ b/tools/ui/src/lib/components/app/models/ModelsManager/ModelsManagerModelConfiguration/ModelsManagerModelConfigurationInformation.svelte
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 		CollapsibleSection
 	} from '$lib/components/app';
 	import { Badge } from '$lib/components/ui/badge';
+	import { HuggingFaceService } from '$lib/services';
 	import { modelsStore } from '$lib/stores';
 	import type { ApiLlamaCppServerProps } from '$lib/types/api';
 	import type { HfModelDetailInfo } from '$lib/types/huggingface';
@@ -23,6 +24,8 @@
 
 	let quant = $derived(modelQuantLabel(option));
 	let size = $derived(modelSizeLabel(option));
+	// a GGUF carries the count in its metadata, a transformers repo in its SafeTensors index
+	let hubParameters = $derived(HuggingFaceService.parameterCount(hub));
 	let resolvedSize = $state<string | null>(null);
 
 	// the router rarely reports a size, the repo tree does
@@ -75,7 +78,7 @@
 			label: 'Parameters',
 			value: meta?.n_params
 				? formatParameters(meta.n_params)
-				: (option.parsedId?.params ?? (gguf?.total ? formatParameters(gguf.total) : null))
+				: (option.parsedId?.params ?? (hubParameters ? formatParameters(hubParameters) : null))
 		},
 		{ label: 'Embedding Size', value: meta?.n_embd ? formatNumber(meta.n_embd) : null },
 		{
diff --git a/tools/ui/src/lib/components/app/models/ModelsManager/utils.ts b/tools/ui/src/lib/components/app/models/ModelsManager/utils.ts
index a52a28a994..f34bc663ef 100644
--- a/tools/ui/src/lib/components/app/models/ModelsManager/utils.ts
+++ b/tools/ui/src/lib/components/app/models/ModelsManager/utils.ts
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ export function modelSizeLabel(option: ModelOption): string | null {
 export function modelParamCount(option: ModelOption): number {
 	const label = modelParamsLabel(
 		option,
-		HuggingFaceService.cachedDetails(option.model)?.gguf?.total
+		HuggingFaceService.parameterCount(HuggingFaceService.cachedDetails(option.model))
 	);
 	const match = label ? /([\d.]+)\s*([BMK])?/i.exec(label) : null;
 	const value = match ? Number.parseFloat(match[1]) : Number.NaN;
diff --git a/tools/ui/src/lib/services/huggingface.service.ts b/tools/ui/src/lib/services/huggingface.service.ts
index a895f8cf41..76a25c2759 100644
--- a/tools/ui/src/lib/services/huggingface.service.ts
+++ b/tools/ui/src/lib/services/huggingface.service.ts
@@ -562,8 +562,6 @@ export class HuggingFaceService {
 		return `${HF_BASE_URL}${PATH_SEPARATOR}${modelId}`;
 	}
 
-	// Utility Methods
-
 	/**
 	 * Get most liked GGUF models
 	 */
@@ -571,6 +569,8 @@ export class HuggingFaceService {
 		return this.search({ limit, sort: HfModelSort.LIKES });
 	}
 
+	// Utility Methods
+
 	/**
 	 * Get newly released GGUF models
 	 */
@@ -668,6 +668,14 @@ export class HuggingFaceService {
 		return this.search({ limit, sort: HfModelSort.TRENDING_SCORE });
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Parameter count a repo reports: a GGUF repo spells it out in its metadata,
+	 * a transformers repo reports it in its SafeTensors index.
+	 */
+	static parameterCount(details?: HfModelDetailInfo | null): number | null {
+		return details?.gguf?.total ?? details?.safetensors?.total ?? null;
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * Parse a local HF cache file path
 	 * (`.../models--<org>--<name>/snapshots/<sha>/<file>`) into its repo id and
diff --git a/tools/ui/src/lib/types/huggingface.d.ts b/tools/ui/src/lib/types/huggingface.d.ts
index c4a6b9300c..b2534aa7c5 100644
--- a/tools/ui/src/lib/types/huggingface.d.ts
+++ b/tools/ui/src/lib/types/huggingface.d.ts
@@ -154,6 +154,13 @@ export interface HfModelDetailInfo extends HfModelInfo {
 	cardData?: HfModelCardData;
 	/** GGUF metadata (only present when full=true for GGUF repos) */
 	gguf?: HfModelGguf;
+	/** SafeTensors counts (only present when full=true for transformers repos) */
+	safetensors?: {
+		/** Total parameter count */
+		total?: number;
+		/** Per dtype parameter counts */
+		parameters?: Record<string, number>;
+	};
 	/** Model config (only present when full=true) */
 	config?: Record<string, unknown>;
 	/** Total repo storage in bytes (only present when full=true) */