What's new with YOLOv8?

[taliabender]

Welcome to the brand new Ultralytics YOLOv8 repo! After 2 years of continuous research and development, its our pleasure to bring you the latest installment of the YOLO family of architectures. Building on the success of countless experiments and previous architectures, we've created models that are the best in the world at what they do: real-time object detection, classification, and segmentation. 🚀

What can you expect with YOLOv8? ⭐️
☑️ Well-documented workflows, prioritizing clarity and thoroughness.
☑️ Spotless code, written from the ground up.
☑️ Simple usage of the easiest YOLO models ever to train and deploy.
☑️ Flexible solutions via support for all YOLO versions.

For more information check out our blog and YOLOv8 Youtube channel 🔥

[moahaimen]

@taliabender
hi, i made a project using yolov8 i had great results, but i need to write a scientific paper, so i need to know all the details of Yolov8 architecture and layers, i really wish that i have your support and if i can contact you directly that would be great
thank you very much

[scraus]

@taliabender @AyushExel Any updates about the paper? Thank you for your hard work! 🙏

[avmusat]

@taliabender @AyushExel Any updates about the paper? Thank you for your hard work! 🙏

They didn't release the paper for YOLOV5, don't expect one for YOLOV8.

[AyushExel]

We wanted initially to work on the paper in Feb but based on requests we prioritised pose. Once pose is done we might prioritise oriented boxes.
We'll work on the paper as soon as there are no more useful features to add.

[MoAbbasid]

this is now 1 year and still no paper smh

[glenn-jocher]

Hey there! 👋 We truly appreciate your patience. The team has been focusing on enhancing YOLOv8 with new features and improvements. Rest assured, the paper is on our roadmap. Stay tuned for updates, and thanks for sticking with us! 🚀

[CyrusAddy]

Is it possible to clone YOLOv8 unto a desktop and run without "!pip install ultralytics" command?

[pderrenger]

@CyrusAddy yes, you can clone the YOLOv8 repository to your desktop and run it without using the !pip install ultralytics command. You'll need to ensure that all the dependencies are installed manually. Here's a concise guide:

1. Clone the repo:

   git clone https://github.com/ultralytics/ultralytics.git

2. Navigate to the cloned directory:

   cd ultralytics

3. Install the required dependencies listed in the pyproject.toml file:

   pip install -e .

After these steps, you should be able to run YOLOv8 on your desktop. 🖥️🚀