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[Ultralytics YOLOv8](https://github.com/ultralytics/ultralytics) is the latest version of the YOLO object detection and image segmentation model developed by [Ultralytics](https://ultralytics.com). YOLOv8 is a cutting-edge, state-of-the-art (SOTA) model that builds upon the success of previous YOLO versions and introduces new features and improvements to further boost performance and flexibility.
The YOLOv8 models are designed to be fast, accurate, and easy to use, making them an excellent choice for a wide range of object detection, image segmentation and image classification tasks.
Whether you are a seasoned machine learning practitioner or new to the field, we hope that the resources on this page will help you get the most out of YOLOv8.
See below for quickstart intallation and usage example, and see the [YOLOv8 Docs](https://docs.ultralytics.com) for full documentation on training, validation, prediction and deployment.
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<summary>Install</summary>
Pip install the ultralytics package including all [requirements.txt](https://github.com/ultralytics/ultralytics/blob/main/requirements.txt) in a
[**Python>=3.7.0**](https://www.python.org/) environment, including
`yolo` can be used for a variety of tasks and modes and accepts additional arguments, i.e. `imgsz=640`. See a full list of available `yolo` [arguments](https://docs.ultralytics.com/config/) in the YOLOv8 [Docs](https://docs.ultralytics.com).
YOLOv8 may also be used directly in a Python environment, and accepts the same [arguments](https://docs.ultralytics.com/config/) as in the CLI example above:
All YOLOv8 pretrained models are available here. Detection and Segmentation models are pretrained on the COCO dataset, while Classification models are pretrained on the ImageNet dataset.
[Models](https://github.com/ultralytics/ultralytics/tree/main/ultralytics/yolo/v8/models) download automatically from the latest
Ultralytics [release](https://github.com/ultralytics/ultralytics/releases) on first use.
| Label and export your custom datasets directly to YOLOv8 for training with [Roboflow](https://roboflow.com/?ref=ultralytics) | Automatically track, visualize and even remotely train YOLOv8 using [ClearML](https://cutt.ly/yolov5-readme-clearml) (open-source!) | Free forever, [Comet](https://bit.ly/yolov5-readme-comet2) lets you save YOLOv8 models, resume training, and interactively visualise and debug predictions | Run YOLOv8 inference up to 6x faster with [Neural Magic DeepSparse](https://bit.ly/yolov5-neuralmagic) |
## <div align="center">Ultralytics HUB</div>
[Ultralytics HUB](https://bit.ly/ultralytics_hub) is our ⭐ **NEW** no-code solution to visualize datasets, train YOLOv8 🚀 models, and deploy to the real world in a seamless experience. Get started for **Free** now! Also run YOLOv8 models on your iOS or Android device by downloading the [Ultralytics App](https://ultralytics.com/app_install)!
We love your input! YOLOv5 and YOLOv8 would not be possible without help from our community. Please see our [Contributing Guide](CONTRIBUTING.md) to get started, and fill out our [Survey](https://ultralytics.com/survey?utm_source=github&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=Survey) to send us feedback on your experience. Thank you 🙏 to all our contributors!
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## <div align="center">Contact</div>
For YOLOv8 bugs and feature requests please visit [GitHub Issues](https://github.com/ultralytics/ultralytics/issues). For professional support please [Contact Us](https://ultralytics.com/contact).
