Ultralytics YOLO license, foundation and stars
ML frameworks · AGPL v3 (open source) · backed by Ultralytics · 63,210 stars
Ultralytics YOLO27, YOLO26, YOLO11, YOLOv8, object detection, instance segmentation, semantic segmentation, image classification, pose estimation, object tracking
License history
LICENSE fileGPL v3 to AGPL v3
The YOLOv8 package moved from GPL 3.0 to AGPL 3.0 the same day as YOLOv5.
Latest release
No GitHub releases published; the project releases elsewhere (tags or its own site).
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About and history
- Repository
- ultralytics/ultralytics · created Sep 11, 2022
- Website
- platform.ultralytics.com
- Language
- Python
- Foundation
- None; run by Ultralytics
- Company
- Ultralytics · on Companies · on advisories
- GitHub detects
- AGPL-3.0
- Stars per week
- 202 (GitHub weekly snapshots)
Weekly snapshots
| Week of | Stars | |
|---|---|---|
| Nov 2, 2026 | 63,210 | |
| Oct 26, 2026 | 62,966 | |
| Oct 12, 2026 | 62,611 | |
| Oct 5, 2026 | 62,333 | |
| Sep 21, 2026 | 61,998 |