diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
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+# Define hooks for code formations
+# Will be applied on any updated commit files if a user has installed and linked commit hook
+
+default_language_version:
+  python: python3.8
+
+# Define bot property if installed via https://github.com/marketplace/pre-commit-ci
+ci:
+  autofix_prs: true
+  autoupdate_commit_msg: '[pre-commit.ci] pre-commit suggestions'
+  autoupdate_schedule: monthly
+  # submodules: true
+
+repos:
+  - repo: https://github.com/pre-commit/pre-commit-hooks
+    rev: v4.3.0
+    hooks:
+      # - id: end-of-file-fixer
+      - id: trailing-whitespace
+      - id: check-case-conflict
+      - id: check-yaml
+      - id: check-toml
+      - id: pretty-format-json
+      - id: check-docstring-first
+
+  - repo: https://github.com/asottile/pyupgrade
+    rev: v2.37.3
+    hooks:
+      - id: pyupgrade
+        name: Upgrade code
+        args: [ --py37-plus ]
+
+  - repo: https://github.com/PyCQA/isort
+    rev: 5.10.1
+    hooks:
+      - id: isort
+        name: Sort imports
+
+  - repo: https://github.com/pre-commit/mirrors-yapf
+    rev: v0.32.0
+    hooks:
+      - id: yapf
+        name: YAPF formatting
+
+  - repo: https://github.com/executablebooks/mdformat
+    rev: 0.7.16
+    hooks:
+      - id: mdformat
+        name: MD formatting
+        additional_dependencies:
+          - mdformat-gfm
+          - mdformat-black
+        exclude: "README.md|README_cn.md"
+
+  - repo: https://github.com/asottile/yesqa
+    rev: v1.4.0
+    hooks:
+      - id: yesqa
+
+  - repo: https://github.com/PyCQA/flake8
+    rev: 5.0.4
+    hooks:
+      - id: flake8
+        name: PEP8
diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
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+# Include the README
+include *.md
+include requirements.txt
+
+# Include the license file
+include LICENSE
+
+# Include setup.py
+include setup.py
+
+# Include the data files
+recursive-include data *
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
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diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
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+# Project-wide configuration file, can be used for package metadata and other toll configurations
+# Example usage: global configuration for PEP8 (via flake8) setting or default pytest arguments
+# Local usage: pip install pre-commit, pre-commit run --all-files
+
+[metadata]
+license_file = LICENSE
+description_file = README.md
+
+
+[tool:pytest]
+norecursedirs =
+    .git
+    dist
+    build
+addopts =
+    --doctest-modules
+    --durations=25
+    --color=yes
+
+
+[flake8]
+max-line-length = 120
+exclude = .tox,*.egg,build,temp
+select = E,W,F
+doctests = True
+verbose = 2
+# https://pep8.readthedocs.io/en/latest/intro.html#error-codes
+format = pylint
+# see: https://www.flake8rules.com/
+ignore =
+    E731  # Do not assign a lambda expression, use a def
+    F405  # name may be undefined, or defined from star imports: module
+    E402  # module level import not at top of file
+    F401  # module imported but unused
+    W504  # line break after binary operator
+    E127  # continuation line over-indented for visual indent
+    E231  # missing whitespace after ‘,’, ‘;’, or ‘:’
+    E501  # line too long
+    F403  # ‘from module import *’ used; unable to detect undefined names
+
+
+[isort]
+# https://pycqa.github.io/isort/docs/configuration/options.html
+line_length = 120
+# see: https://pycqa.github.io/isort/docs/configuration/multi_line_output_modes.html
+multi_line_output = 0
+
+
+[yapf]
+based_on_style = pep8
+spaces_before_comment = 2
+COLUMN_LIMIT = 120
+COALESCE_BRACKETS = True
+SPACES_AROUND_POWER_OPERATOR = True
+SPACE_BETWEEN_ENDING_COMMA_AND_CLOSING_BRACKET = False
+SPLIT_BEFORE_CLOSING_BRACKET = False
+SPLIT_BEFORE_FIRST_ARGUMENT = False
+# EACH_DICT_ENTRY_ON_SEPARATE_LINE = False
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
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+import re
+from pathlib import Path
+
+import pkg_resources as pkg
+from setuptools import find_packages, setup
+
+# Settings
+FILE = Path(__file__).resolve()
+ROOT = FILE.parent  # root directory
+README = (ROOT / "README.md").read_text(encoding="utf-8")
+REQUIREMENTS = [f'{x.name}{x.specifier}' for x in pkg.parse_requirements((ROOT / 'requirements.txt').read_text())]
+
+
+def get_version():
+    file = ROOT / 'ultralytics/__init__.py'
+    return re.search(r'^__version__ = [\'"]([^\'"]*)[\'"]', file.read_text(), re.M)[1]
+
+
+setup(
+    name="ultralytics",  # name of pypi package
+    version=get_version(),  # version of pypi package
+    python_requires=">=3.7.0",
+    long_description=README,
+    long_description_content_type="text/markdown",
+    # url="https://github.com/ultralytics/ultralytics",
+    project_urls={
+        'Bug Reports': 'https://github.com/ultralytics/ultralytics/issues',
+        'Funding': 'https://ultralytics.com',
+        'Source': 'https://github.com/ultralytics/ultralytics',},
+    author="Ultralytics",
+    author_email='hello@ultralytics.com',
+    # package_dir={'': 'ultralytics'},  # Optional, use if source code is in a subdirectory under the project root, i.e. `src/`
+    packages=find_packages('ultralytics'),  # required
+    include_package_data=True,
+    install_requires=REQUIREMENTS,
+    extras_require={
+        'dev': ['check-manifest'],
+        'test': ['pytest', 'pytest-cov', 'coverage'],},
+    classifiers=[
+        "Intended Audience :: Developers", "Intended Audience :: Science/Research",
+        "License :: OSI Approved :: GNU General Public License v3 (GPLv3)", "Programming Language :: Python :: 3",
+        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.7", "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8",
+        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9", "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10",
+        "Topic :: Software Development", "Topic :: Scientific/Engineering",
+        "Topic :: Scientific/Engineering :: Artificial Intelligence",
+        "Topic :: Scientific/Engineering :: Image Recognition", "Operating System :: POSIX :: Linux",
+        "Operating System :: MacOS", "Operating System :: Microsoft :: Windows"],
+    keywords="machine-learning, deep-learning, vision, ML, DL, AI, YOLO, YOLOv3, YOLOv5, YOLOv8, HUB, Ultralytics")
diff --git a/ultralytics/__init__.py b/ultralytics/__init__.py
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+__version__ = "0.0.1.dev"