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YOLOv5 license, foundation and stars

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Ultralytics YOLOv5 in PyTorch for object detection, instance segmentation, classification, training, and export.

License history

LICENSE file
Open sourceApr 14, 2023

GPL v3 to AGPL v3

Ultralytics moved YOLOv5 from GPL 3.0 to AGPL 3.0, extending copyleft to network use.

Latest release

No GitHub releases published; the project releases elsewhere (tags or its own site).

About and history
Repository
ultralytics/yolov5 · created May 18, 2020
Website
docs.ultralytics.com/yolov5
Language
Python
Foundation
None; run by Ultralytics
Company
Ultralytics · on Companies · on advisories
GitHub detects
AGPL-3.0
Stars per week
25 (GitHub weekly snapshots)

Weekly snapshots

Week ofStars
Nov 9, 202658,255
Oct 26, 202658,242
Oct 19, 202658,185
Oct 5, 202658,135
Sep 21, 202658,082

Changes

Stars per weekNov 9, 2026

Gains about 25 stars a week, down from 32.

Stars per weekOct 30, 2026

Gains about 32 stars a week, up from 26.

Stars per weekOct 20, 2026

Gains about 26 stars a week, down from 27.

Stars per weekOct 10, 2026

Gains about 27 stars a week.

RelicensedSep 25, 2026

Relicensed from GPL v3 to AGPL v3.

TrackedSep 25, 2026

Now tracked, from ultralytics/yolov5 on GitHub.