YOLOv8-16bit/docs/tasks/detection.md

Object detection is a task that involves identifying the location and class of objects in an image or video stream.

The output of an object detector is a set of bounding boxes that enclose the objects in the image, along with class labels and confidence scores for each box. Object detection is a good choice when you need to identify objects of interest in a scene, but don't need to know exactly where the object is or its exact shape.

!!! tip "Tip"

YOLOv8 _detection_ models have no suffix and are the default YOLOv8 models, i.e. `yolov8n.pt` and are pretrained on COCO.

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Train

Train YOLOv8n on the COCO128 dataset for 100 epochs at image size 640. For a full list of available arguments see the Configuration page.

!!! example ""

=== "Python"

    ```python
    from ultralytics import YOLO
    
    # Load a model
    model = YOLO("yolov8n.yaml")  # build a new model from scratch
    model = YOLO("yolov8n.pt")  # load a pretrained model (recommended for training)
    
    # Train the model
    results = model.train(data="coco128.yaml", epochs=100, imgsz=640)
    ```
=== "CLI"

    ```bash
    yolo task=detect mode=train data=coco128.yaml model=yolov8n.pt epochs=100 imgsz=640
    ```

Val

Validate trained YOLOv8n model accuracy on the COCO128 dataset. No argument need to passed as the model retains it's training data and arguments as model attributes.

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=== "Python"

    ```python
    from ultralytics import YOLO
    
    # Load a model
    model = YOLO("yolov8n.pt")  # load an official model
    model = YOLO("path/to/best.pt")  # load a custom model
    
    # Validate the model
    results = model.val()  # no arguments needed, dataset and settings remembered
    ```
=== "CLI"

    ```bash
    yolo task=detect mode=val model=yolov8n.pt  # val official model
    yolo task=detect mode=val model=path/to/best.pt  # val custom model
    ```

Predict

Use a trained YOLOv8n model to run predictions on images.

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=== "Python"

    ```python
    from ultralytics import YOLO
    
    # Load a model
    model = YOLO("yolov8n.pt")  # load an official model
    model = YOLO("path/to/best.pt")  # load a custom model
    
    # Predict with the model
    results = model("https://ultralytics.com/images/bus.jpg")  # predict on an image
    ```
=== "CLI"

    ```bash
    yolo task=detect mode=predict model=yolov8n.pt source="https://ultralytics.com/images/bus.jpg"  # predict with official model
    yolo task=detect mode=predict model=path/to/best.pt source="https://ultralytics.com/images/bus.jpg"  # predict with custom model
    ```

Export

Export a YOLOv8n model to a different format like ONNX, CoreML, etc.

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=== "Python"

    ```python
    from ultralytics import YOLO
    
    # Load a model
    model = YOLO("yolov8n.pt")  # load an official model
    model = YOLO("path/to/best.pt")  # load a custom trained
    
    # Export the model
    model.export(format="onnx")
    ```
=== "CLI"

    ```bash
    yolo mode=export model=yolov8n.pt format=onnx  # export official model
    yolo mode=export model=path/to/best.pt format=onnx  # export custom trained model
    ```

Available YOLOv8 export formats include:

| Format                                                                     | `format=`          | Model                     |
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------|---------------------------|
| [PyTorch](https://pytorch.org/)                                            | -                  | `yolov8n.pt`              |
| [TorchScript](https://pytorch.org/docs/stable/jit.html)                    | `torchscript`      | `yolov8n.torchscript`     |
| [ONNX](https://onnx.ai/)                                                   | `onnx`             | `yolov8n.onnx`            |
| [OpenVINO](https://docs.openvino.ai/latest/index.html)                     | `openvino`         | `yolov8n_openvino_model/` |
| [TensorRT](https://developer.nvidia.com/tensorrt)                          | `engine`           | `yolov8n.engine`          |
| [CoreML](https://github.com/apple/coremltools)                             | `coreml`           | `yolov8n.mlmodel`         |
| [TensorFlow SavedModel](https://www.tensorflow.org/guide/saved_model)      | `saved_model`      | `yolov8n_saved_model/`    |
| [TensorFlow GraphDef](https://www.tensorflow.org/api_docs/python/tf/Graph) | `pb`               | `yolov8n.pb`              |
| [TensorFlow Lite](https://www.tensorflow.org/lite)                         | `tflite`           | `yolov8n.tflite`          |
| [TensorFlow Edge TPU](https://coral.ai/docs/edgetpu/models-intro/)         | `edgetpu`          | `yolov8n_edgetpu.tflite`  |
| [TensorFlow.js](https://www.tensorflow.org/js)                             | `tfjs`             | `yolov8n_web_model/`      |
| [PaddlePaddle](https://github.com/PaddlePaddle)                            | `paddle`           | `yolov8n_paddle_model/`   |