Ultralytics by ultralytics
Ultralytics YOLO
hubultralyticsyolov8yolodeep-learningimage-classificationmachine-learningobject-detectionpytorchtrackinginstance-segmentationyolo-world
Verdict 84/100 health $4.13/mo cheapest, hetzner 2/5 setup difficulty 667k docker pulls Last release 6 days ago
Health score
84 /100
6-dim composite
Self-hosts from
$4.13 /mo
hetzner · CAX11
Difficulty
2 /5
Docker + read README
GitHub stars
57k
11k forks
Health score breakdown
6-dimension composite. See methodology for formula and weights.
activity
95
maturity
97
community
93
security
85
sustainability
100
adoption
45
Adoption signals
Real-world usage data, pulled from each registry. The bigger the numbers, the more battle-tested the project.
| Signal | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | 57k | github.com/ultralytics/ultralytics |
| GitHub forks | 11k | github.com/ultralytics/ultralytics |
| Docker Hub pulls | 667k | hub.docker.com / ultralytics |
Release & maintenance
Is this project actively maintained, or about to die? Check the recency of last commit and last release.
| Project age | 3.7 years | since Sep 2022 |
| Last commit | 2 days ago | May 5, 2026 |
| Releases shipped | 374 | last: 6 days ago |
| Security policy | SECURITY.md | declared by maintainers |
| Funding links | 3 | declared by maintainers |
Self-hosting cost across providers
Detected requirements: 4GB RAM, 40GB disk minimum. Cheapest plan per provider that meets the requirement.
| Provider | Plan | Specs | Monthly | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| hetzner | CAX11 | 2c · 4GB · 40GB | $4.13 USD | Deploy → |
| vultr | VC2 | 1c · 1GB · 25GB | $5 USD | Deploy → |
| linode | Nanode 1GB | 1c · 1GB · 25GB | $5.12 USD | Deploy → |
| digitalocean | Basic Regular 1GB | 1c · 1GB · 25GB | $6 USD | Deploy → |
Security advisories
1 known advisories tracked via OSV.dev.
Most recent:
PYSEC-2024-154. What people say on Hacker News
- Show HN: AstroLens – AI that watches the sky and finds what nobody catalogued
- Show HN: Trained YOLOX from scratch to avoid Ultralytics (aircraft detection)
- Show HN: Trained YOLOX from scratch to avoid Ultralytics (iOS aircraft detect)
- I scanned 2,500 Hugging Face models for malware/issues. Here is the data
- Show HN: Build ML training datasets from large-scale satellite/aerial imagery
Ready to self-host Ultralytics?
Spin up a hetzner CAX11 (4GB RAM, 40GB disk) for $4.13/mo and follow the project's official install docs.
Data last refreshed May 7, 2026.
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