Ultralytics/YOLOv8

Ultralytics creates cutting-edge, state-of-the-art (SOTA) YOLO models built on years of foundational research in computer vision and AI. Constantly updated for performance and flexibility, our models are fast, accurate, and easy to use. They excel at object detection, tracking, instance segmentation, semantic segmentation, image classification, and pose estimation tasks.

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📄 Documentation

See below for quickstart installation and usage examples. For comprehensive guidance on training, validation, prediction, and deployment, refer to our full Ultralytics Docs.

Install

Install the ultralytics package, including all requirements, in a Python>=3.8 environment with PyTorch>=1.8.

pip install ultralytics

For alternative installation methods, including Conda, Docker, and building from source via Git, please consult the Quickstart Guide.

Usage

CLI

You can use Ultralytics YOLO directly from the Command Line Interface (CLI) with the yolo command:

# Predict using a pretrained YOLO model (e.g., YOLOv8n) on an image
yolo predict model=yolov8n.pt source='https://ultralytics.com/images/bus.jpg'

The yolo command supports various tasks and modes, accepting additional arguments like imgsz=640. Explore the YOLO CLI Docs for more examples.

Python

Ultralytics YOLO can also be integrated directly into your Python projects. It accepts the same configuration arguments as the CLI:

from ultralytics import YOLO

# Load a pretrained YOLOv8n model
model = YOLO("yolov8n.pt")

# Train the model on the COCO8 dataset for 100 epochs
train_results = model.train(
    data="coco8.yaml",  # Path to dataset configuration file
    epochs=100,  # Number of training epochs
    imgsz=640,  # Image size for training
    device="cpu",  # Device to run on (e.g., 'cpu', 0, [0,1,2,3])
)

# Evaluate the model's performance on the validation set
metrics = model.val()

# Perform object detection on an image
results = model("path/to/image.jpg")  # Predict on an image
results[0].show()  # Display results

# Export the model to ONNX format for deployment
path = model.export(format="onnx")  # Returns the path to the exported model

Discover more examples in the YOLO Python Docs.

✨ Models

Ultralytics supports a wide range of YOLO models, from early versions like YOLOv3 to the latest YOLO26. The tables below showcase YOLOv8 models pretrained on COCO for Detection, Segmentation, and Pose Estimation. Classification models are pretrained on ImageNet. Tracking mode is compatible with Detection, Segmentation, and Pose models. All Models download automatically from the latest Ultralytics release on first use.

Detection (COCO)

See Detection Docs for usage examples with these models trained on COCO, which include 80 pre-trained classes.

Model	size ^(pixels)	mAP^val 50-95	Speed ^{CPU ONNX (ms)}	Speed ^{A100 TensorRT (ms)}	params ^(M)	FLOPs ^(B)
YOLOv8n	640	37.3	80.4	0.99	3.2	8.7
YOLOv8s	640	44.9	128.4	1.20	11.2	28.6
YOLOv8m	640	50.2	234.7	1.83	25.9	78.9
YOLOv8l	640	52.9	375.2	2.39	43.7	165.2
YOLOv8x	640	53.9	479.1	3.53	68.2	257.8

mAP^val values are for single-model single-scale on COCO val2017 dataset.
Reproduce by yolo val detect data=coco.yaml device=0
Speed averaged over COCO val images using an Amazon EC2 P4d instance.
Reproduce by yolo val detect data=coco.yaml batch=1 device=0|cpu

Segmentation (COCO)

See Segmentation Docs for usage examples with these models trained on COCO-Seg, which include 80 pre-trained classes.

Model	size ^(pixels)	mAP^box 50-95	mAP^mask 50-95	Speed ^{CPU ONNX (ms)}	Speed ^{A100 TensorRT (ms)}	params ^(M)	FLOPs ^(B)
YOLOv8n-seg	640	36.7	30.5	96.1	1.21	3.4	12.6
YOLOv8s-seg	640	44.6	36.8	155.7	1.47	11.8	42.6
YOLOv8m-seg	640	49.9	40.8	317.0	2.18	27.3	110.2
YOLOv8l-seg	640	52.3	42.6	572.4	2.79	46.0	220.5
YOLOv8x-seg	640	53.4	43.4	712.1	4.02	71.8	344.1

mAP^val values are for single-model single-scale on COCO val2017 dataset.
Reproduce by yolo val segment data=coco-seg.yaml device=0
Speed averaged over COCO val images using an Amazon EC2 P4d instance.
Reproduce by yolo val segment data=coco-seg.yaml batch=1 device=0|cpu

Classification (ImageNet)

See Classification Docs for usage examples with these models trained on ImageNet, which include 1000 pretrained classes.

Model	size ^(pixels)	acc ^top1	acc ^top5	Speed ^{CPU ONNX (ms)}	Speed ^{A100 TensorRT (ms)}	params ^(M)	FLOPs ^{(B) at 224}
YOLOv8n-cls	224	69.0	88.3	12.9	0.31	2.7	4.3
YOLOv8s-cls	224	73.8	91.7	23.4	0.35	6.4	13.5
YOLOv8m-cls	224	76.8	93.5	85.4	0.62	17.0	42.7
YOLOv8l-cls	224	78.3	94.2	163.0	0.87	37.5	99.7
YOLOv8x-cls	224	79.0	94.6	232.0	1.01	57.4	154.8

acc values are model accuracies on the ImageNet dataset validation set.
Reproduce by yolo val classify data=path/to/ImageNet device=0
Speed averaged over ImageNet val images using an Amazon EC2 P4d instance.
Reproduce by yolo val classify data=path/to/ImageNet batch=1 device=0|cpu

Pose (COCO)

See Pose Docs for usage examples with these models trained on COCO-Pose, which include 1 pre-trained class, person.

Model	size ^(pixels)	mAP^pose 50-95	mAP^pose 50	Speed ^{CPU ONNX (ms)}	Speed ^{A100 TensorRT (ms)}	params ^(M)	FLOPs ^(B)
YOLOv8n-pose	640	50.4	80.1	131.8	1.18	3.3	9.2
YOLOv8s-pose	640	60.0	86.2	233.2	1.42	11.6	30.2
YOLOv8m-pose	640	65.0	88.8	456.3	2.00	26.4	81.0
YOLOv8l-pose	640	67.6	90.0	784.5	2.59	44.4	168.6
YOLOv8x-pose	640	69.2	90.2	1607.1	3.73	69.4	263.2
YOLOv8x-pose-p6	1280	71.6	91.2	4088.7	10.04	99.1	1066.4

mAP^val values are for single-model single-scale on COCO Keypoints val2017 dataset.
Reproduce by yolo val pose data=coco-pose.yaml device=0
Speed averaged over COCO val images using an Amazon EC2 P4d instance.
Reproduce by yolo val pose data=coco-pose.yaml batch=1 device=0|cpu

OBB (DOTAv1)

See OBB Docs for usage examples with these models trained on DOTAv1, which include 15 pre-trained classes.

Model	size ^(pixels)	mAP^test 50	Speed ^{CPU ONNX (ms)}	Speed ^{A100 TensorRT (ms)}	params ^(M)	FLOPs ^(B)
YOLOv8n-obb	1024	78.0	204.77	3.57	3.1	23.3
YOLOv8s-obb	1024	79.5	424.88	4.07	11.4	76.3
YOLOv8m-obb	1024	80.5	763.48	7.61	26.4	208.6
YOLOv8l-obb	1024	80.7	1278.42	11.83	44.5	433.8
YOLOv8x-obb	1024	81.36	1759.10	13.23	69.5	676.7

mAP^test values are for single-model multiscale on DOTAv1 dataset.
Reproduce by yolo val obb data=DOTAv1.yaml device=0 split=test and submit merged results to DOTA evaluation.
Speed averaged over DOTAv1 val images using an Amazon EC2 P4d instance.
Reproduce by yolo val obb data=DOTAv1.yaml batch=1 device=0|cpu

🧩 Integrations

Our key integrations with leading AI platforms extend the functionality of Ultralytics' offerings, enhancing tasks like dataset labeling, training, visualization, and model management. Discover how Ultralytics, in collaboration with partners like Weights & Biases, Comet ML, Roboflow, and Intel OpenVINO, can optimize your AI workflow. Explore more at Ultralytics Integrations.

🤝 Contribute

We thrive on community collaboration! Ultralytics YOLO wouldn't be the SOTA framework it is without contributions from developers like you. Please see our Contributing Guide to get started. We also welcome your feedback—share your experience by completing our Survey. A huge Thank You 🙏 to everyone who contributes!

We look forward to your contributions to help make the Ultralytics ecosystem even better!

📜 License

Ultralytics offers two licensing options to suit different needs:

AGPL-3.0 License: This OSI-approved open-source license is perfect for students, researchers, and enthusiasts. It encourages open collaboration and knowledge sharing. See the LICENSE file for full details.
Ultralytics Enterprise License: For development and production use, this license enables seamless integration of Ultralytics software and AI models into business products and services, including internal tools, automated workflows, and production deployments, bypassing the open-source requirements of AGPL-3.0. To get started, please contact us via Ultralytics Licensing.

📞 Contact

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