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YOLOv12 - Object Detection

YOLOv12 is the latest iteration in the YOLO family developed by Ultralytics, building upon YOLOv11 with further architectural improvements and optimizations.

Overview

YOLOv12 for object detection features:

  • Latest YOLO architecture - Most recent improvements from Ultralytics
  • Enhanced performance - Improved accuracy and speed over YOLOv11
  • Efficient backbone - Optimized for speed and accuracy
  • Multiple model sizes - From nano to extra-large variants

License

AGPL-3.0

Commercial Licensing

  • AGPL-3.0: Free for open-source projects. Requires derivative works to be open-sourced.
  • Paid Roboflow customers: Automatically get access to use any YOLOv12 models trained on or uploaded to the Roboflow platform for commercial use.
  • Free Roboflow customers: Can use YOLOv12 via the serverless hosted API, or commercially self-hosted with a paid plan.

Learn more: Roboflow Licensing | YOLOv12 License Details

Pre-trained Model IDs

No pre-trained model aliases are available. Train custom models on Roboflow.

Supported Backends

Backend Extras Required
onnx onnx-cpu, onnx-cu12, onnx-cu118, onnx-jp6-cu126
torch-script torch-cpu, torch-cu118, torch-cu124, torch-cu126, torch-cu128, torch-jp6-cu126
trt trt10

Roboflow Platform Compatibility

Feature Supported
Training ✅ Train custom models on Roboflow
Upload Weights ✅ Upload pre-trained weights
Serverless API (v2) Deploy via hosted API
Workflows ✅ Use in Workflows via Object Detection block
Edge Deployment (Jetson) ✅ Deploy on NVIDIA Jetson devices
Self-Hosting ✅ Deploy with inference-models

Custom model ID format: project-url/version (e.g., my-project-abc123/2)

Installation

Install with one of the following extras depending on your backend:

  • ONNX: onnx-cpu, onnx-cu12
  • TensorRT: trt10 (requires CUDA 12.x)
  • TorchScript: torch-cpu, torch-cu118, torch-cu124, torch-cu126, torch-cu128, torch-jp6-cu126

Usage Example

import cv2
import supervision as sv
from inference_models import AutoModel

# Load model and image
model = AutoModel.from_pretrained("my-project-abc123/2", api_key="your_roboflow_api_key")
image = cv2.imread("path/to/image.jpg")

# Run inference and convert to supervision Detections
predictions = model(image)
detections = predictions[0].to_supervision()

# Annotate image
bounding_box_annotator = sv.BoxAnnotator()
annotated_image = bounding_box_annotator.annotate(image, detections)

# Save or display
cv2.imwrite("annotated.jpg", annotated_image)