diff --git a/.github/workflows/candle.yml b/.github/workflows/candle.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f3a985d293
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/candle.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+name: Candle backend
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches: [master]
+  pull_request:
+
+jobs:
+  candle:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - uses: actions/cache@v4
+        with:
+          path: |
+            ~/.cargo/registry
+            ~/.cargo/git
+            target
+          key: ${{ runner.os }}-candle-${{ github.sha }}
+      - name: Setup Rust
+        run: rustup show
+      - name: Test Candle feature
+        run: cargo test -p hotg-rune-runtime --no-default-features --features candle,builtins
diff --git a/.github/workflows/main.yml b/.github/workflows/main.yml
index 19396a4aaa..8c616cd938 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/main.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/main.yml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v2
-      - uses: actions/cache@v2
+      - uses: actions/cache@v4
         with:
           path: |
             ~/.cargo/registry
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-18.04
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v2
-      - uses: actions/cache@v2
+      - uses: actions/cache@v4
         with:
           path: |
             ~/.cargo/registry
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-18.04
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v2
-      - uses: actions/cache@v2
+      - uses: actions/cache@v4
         with:
           path: |
             ~/.cargo/registry
diff --git a/.github/workflows/releases.yml b/.github/workflows/releases.yml
index bbb763cd82..ee032ab4fd 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/releases.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/releases.yml
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ jobs:
             asset_name: rune-macos
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v1
-      - uses: actions/cache@v2
+      - uses: actions/cache@v4
         with:
           path: |
             ~/.cargo/registry
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 4536f76600..e16d414287 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
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 dependencies = [
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+ "bitflags 1.3.2",
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+ "ug",
+ "yoke",
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+
+[[package]]
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+checksum = "ca0ace3845f0d96209f0375e6d367e3eb87eb65d27d445bdc9f1843a26f39448"
+dependencies = [
+ "memchr",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "wit-bindgen-rt"
+version = "0.39.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "6f42320e61fe2cfd34354ecb597f86f413484a798ba44a8ca1165c58d42da6c1"
+dependencies = [
+ "bitflags 2.9.1",
+]
+
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@@ -3397,7 +4172,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde_json",
  "structopt",
  "walkdir",
- "zip",
+ "zip 0.5.13",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -3418,6 +4193,51 @@ dependencies = [
  "linked-hash-map",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "yoke"
+version = "0.7.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
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+dependencies = [
+ "serde",
+ "stable_deref_trait",
+ "yoke-derive",
+ "zerofrom",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "yoke-derive"
+version = "0.7.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "2380878cad4ac9aac1e2435f3eb4020e8374b5f13c296cb75b4620ff8e229154"
+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "syn 2.0.103",
+ "synstructure",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "zerofrom"
+version = "0.1.6"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "50cc42e0333e05660c3587f3bf9d0478688e15d870fab3346451ce7f8c9fbea5"
+dependencies = [
+ "zerofrom-derive",
+]
+
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+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "syn 2.0.103",
+ "synstructure",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "zip"
 version = "0.5.13"
@@ -3431,3 +4251,18 @@ dependencies = [
  "thiserror",
  "time 0.1.44",
 ]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "zip"
+version = "1.1.4"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "9cc23c04387f4da0374be4533ad1208cbb091d5c11d070dfef13676ad6497164"
+dependencies = [
+ "arbitrary",
+ "crc32fast",
+ "crossbeam-utils",
+ "displaydoc",
+ "indexmap 2.9.0",
+ "num_enum",
+ "thiserror",
+]
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 671f803c47..9ab4aca6ac 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -7,6 +7,15 @@
 
 Rune is a technology to containerize and deploy EdgeML applications.
 
+### Candle support
+
+Rune can also run generative AI models using the
+[Candle](https://github.com/huggingface/candle) runtime from Hugging Face.
+Support for Candle is currently experimental and can be enabled by building the
+`hotg-rune-runtime` crate with the `candle` feature flag.
+For example, you can download the small [Phi-2 model](https://huggingface.co/microsoft/phi-2)
+in `safetensors` format and reference it in your Runefile with `format: candle`.
+
 To get started, check out [our developer website][dev].
 
 To learn how to start contributing to the Rune project, check out
diff --git a/crates/compiler/src/lowering/components.rs b/crates/compiler/src/lowering/components.rs
index ca5a5f2e1f..a45b5636b4 100644
--- a/crates/compiler/src/lowering/components.rs
+++ b/crates/compiler/src/lowering/components.rs
@@ -313,6 +313,8 @@ impl Mimetype {
         Mimetype(Cow::Borrowed(hotg_rune_core::TFJS_MIMETYPE));
     pub const TENSORFLOW_LITE: Mimetype =
         Mimetype(Cow::Borrowed(hotg_rune_core::TFLITE_MIMETYPE));
+    pub const CANDLE: Mimetype =
+        Mimetype(Cow::Borrowed(hotg_rune_core::CANDLE_MIMETYPE));
 }
 
 impl Deref for Mimetype {
diff --git a/crates/compiler/src/lowering/register_stages.rs b/crates/compiler/src/lowering/register_stages.rs
index 1ec425e24a..fe24ebf098 100644
--- a/crates/compiler/src/lowering/register_stages.rs
+++ b/crates/compiler/src/lowering/register_stages.rs
@@ -207,6 +207,7 @@ fn mimetype_for_known_format(format: &str) -> Result<Mimetype, Diagnostic<()>> {
         ("tensorflow", hotg_rune_core::TF_MIMETYPE),
         ("tensorflow-js", hotg_rune_core::TFJS_MIMETYPE),
         ("tensorflow-lite", hotg_rune_core::TFLITE_MIMETYPE),
+        ("candle", hotg_rune_core::CANDLE_MIMETYPE),
     ];
 
     known_formats
diff --git a/crates/compiler/src/toolchain.rs b/crates/compiler/src/toolchain.rs
index 655431866c..c661e444fa 100644
--- a/crates/compiler/src/toolchain.rs
+++ b/crates/compiler/src/toolchain.rs
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ use cargo_toml::Value;
 pub fn rust_toolchain() -> Value {
     toml::toml! {
         [toolchain]
-        channel = "nightly-2022-02-27"
+        channel = "stable"
         targets = ["wasm32-unknown-unknown"]
         components = ["rustfmt"]
     }
diff --git a/crates/rune-core/src/lib.rs b/crates/rune-core/src/lib.rs
index 463efce816..9808b2f3eb 100644
--- a/crates/rune-core/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/rune-core/src/lib.rs
@@ -44,6 +44,8 @@ pub const TF_MIMETYPE: &str = "application/tf-model";
 pub const ONNX_MIMETYPE: &str = "application/onnx-model";
 /// The mimetype used for a TensorFlow JS model.
 pub const TFJS_MIMETYPE: &str = "application/tfjs-model";
+/// The mimetype used for a Candle model.
+pub const CANDLE_MIMETYPE: &str = "application/candle-model";
 
 /// The version number for this crate.
 pub const VERSION: &str = env!("CARGO_PKG_VERSION");
diff --git a/crates/runtime/Cargo.toml b/crates/runtime/Cargo.toml
index 522cb410f8..d1d5b6258e 100644
--- a/crates/runtime/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/runtime/Cargo.toml
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ anyhow = "1.0.40"
 csv = { version = "1.1.6", optional = true }
 hotg-rune-core = { path = "../rune-core", version = "^0.11.0", features = ["std"]  }
 hotg-runecoral = { version = "0.3.11", optional = true }
+candle-core = { version = "0.9", optional = true }
 hound = { version = "3.4.0", optional = true }
 image = { version = "0.23.14", optional = true }
 log = "0.4.14"
@@ -33,6 +34,7 @@ wasmparser = "0.83.0"
 default = ["builtins", "tflite"]
 builtins = ["hound", "image", "rand", "rand/small_rng", "csv"]
 tflite = ["hotg-runecoral"]
+candle = ["candle-core"]
 # Enable rustdoc's "This is supported on crate feature XXX only" annotations
 # (requires nightly)
 unstable_doc_cfg = []
diff --git a/crates/runtime/src/lib.rs b/crates/runtime/src/lib.rs
index 387a5d19e3..b179d3f42f 100644
--- a/crates/runtime/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/runtime/src/lib.rs
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@
 #![cfg_attr(not(feature = "builtins"), doc = "(disabled)")]
 //! - `tflite` - (default) enable support for TensorFlow Lite models
 #![cfg_attr(not(feature = "tflite"), doc = "(disabled)")]
+//! - `candle` - enable support for Candle models
+#![cfg_attr(not(feature = "candle"), doc = "(disabled)")]
 //! - `wasm3` - enable the [WASM3](https://github.com/wasm3/wasm3) engine
 #![cfg_attr(not(feature = "wasm3"), doc = "(disabled)")]
 //! - `wasmer` - enable the [wasmer](https://wasmer.io/) engine
diff --git a/crates/runtime/src/models/candle.rs b/crates/runtime/src/models/candle.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..33b45de713
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/runtime/src/models/candle.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+use anyhow::{Error, bail};
+use hotg_rune_core::Shape;
+
+use crate::callbacks::Model;
+
+/// Create a new [`Model`] backed by the `candle` crate.
+///
+/// **Note:** This is only a stub implementation. Full Candle support
+/// has not yet been integrated.
+pub fn load_candle(
+    _model: &[u8],
+    _inputs: &[Shape<'_>],
+    _outputs: &[Shape<'_>],
+) -> Result<Box<dyn Model>, Error> {
+    bail!("Candle backend is not yet implemented");
+}
diff --git a/crates/runtime/src/models/mod.rs b/crates/runtime/src/models/mod.rs
index 59ec7773ce..3c18a1d314 100644
--- a/crates/runtime/src/models/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/runtime/src/models/mod.rs
@@ -2,12 +2,18 @@
 
 #[cfg(feature = "tflite")]
 mod tflite;
+#[cfg(feature = "candle")]
+mod candle;
 
 use anyhow::Error;
 pub use hotg_rune_core::{TFJS_MIMETYPE, TFLITE_MIMETYPE, TF_MIMETYPE};
+#[cfg(feature = "candle")]
+pub use hotg_rune_core::CANDLE_MIMETYPE;
 
 #[cfg(feature = "tflite")]
 pub use self::tflite::load_tflite;
+#[cfg(feature = "candle")]
+pub use self::candle::load_candle;
 use crate::callbacks::{Model, ModelMetadata};
 
 /// A model handler which will try to load a model based on the feature flags
@@ -15,7 +21,8 @@ use crate::callbacks::{Model, ModelMetadata};
 ///
 /// Supported formats are:
 /// - TensorFlow Lite
-#[cfg_attr(not(feature = "tflite"), doc("(not supported)"))]
+/// - Candle
+#[cfg_attr(not(feature = "tflite"), doc = "(not supported)")]
 pub fn default_model_handler(
     _id: u32,
     meta: &ModelMetadata<'_>,
@@ -31,6 +38,8 @@ pub fn default_model_handler(
     match mimetype {
         #[cfg(feature = "tflite")]
         TFLITE_MIMETYPE => load_tflite(model, inputs, outputs),
+        #[cfg(feature = "candle")]
+        CANDLE_MIMETYPE => load_candle(model, inputs, outputs),
         _ => Err(UnsupportedModelFormat::new(mimetype).into()),
     }
 }
diff --git a/integration-tests/compile-pass/known-model-formats/Runefile.yml b/integration-tests/compile-pass/known-model-formats/Runefile.yml
index adf94a66b8..e42f84eb6b 100644
--- a/integration-tests/compile-pass/known-model-formats/Runefile.yml
+++ b/integration-tests/compile-pass/known-model-formats/Runefile.yml
@@ -46,3 +46,13 @@ pipeline:
     outputs:
       - type: f32
         dimensions: [1]
+
+  candle:
+    model: ./dummy.safetensors
+    args:
+      format: candle
+    inputs:
+      - rand
+    outputs:
+      - type: f32
+        dimensions: [1]
diff --git a/integration-tests/compile-pass/known-model-formats/dummy.safetensors b/integration-tests/compile-pass/known-model-formats/dummy.safetensors
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e69de29bb2
diff --git a/rust-toolchain.toml b/rust-toolchain.toml
index b02a82385c..a15a610fb9 100644
--- a/rust-toolchain.toml
+++ b/rust-toolchain.toml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 [toolchain]
-channel = "nightly-2022-02-27"
+channel = "stable"
 targets = ["wasm32-unknown-unknown"]
 components = ["rustfmt"]