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RF-DETR is a real-time object detection and segmentation model architecture developed by Roboflow, SOTA on COCO, designed for fine-tuning. [ICLR 2026]

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Dominant language: Python
License: Apache-2.0
Last GitHub push: Sep 18, 2026
Latest indexed: Sep 19, 2026
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71 open issues indexed

Clarify and align container-level p semantics for nested Albumentations transforms Open

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roboflow/rf-detr#1484 · 1 assignee · Opened Sep 18, 2026
Consider an opt-in ultrafast COCO metric backend: 2.09x faster with 37% less peak RSS Open

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roboflow/rf-detr#1441 · Opened Sep 8, 2026
Issue with drawing overlapping bounding boxes during the prediction phase after training a multiclass detection using RF-DETR Open

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roboflow/rf-detr#1414 · 3 comments · Opened Aug 31, 2026
Investigation: faster training throughput without accuracy regression — starting with `torch.compile` Open

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roboflow/rf-detr#1410 · 5 comments · Opened Aug 30, 2026
Support training on a selected subset of classes Open

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roboflow/rf-detr#1354 · 1 comment · Opened Aug 17, 2026
Suggestion: merge dataset in `val` and `train` folder to train for final epochs Open

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roboflow/rf-detr#1347 · 4 comments · Opened Aug 15, 2026
Suggestion: store decoded dataset images in RAM one time only instead of before every epoch Open

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roboflow/rf-detr#1344 · 2 comments · Opened Aug 14, 2026
Weighted multi-source batch sampling: fixed per-source ratio in every training batch Open

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roboflow/rf-detr#1286 · Opened Aug 5, 2026
Query embedding extraction Open

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roboflow/rf-detr#1272 · 2 comments · Opened Aug 3, 2026
Kornia backend rejects 12 transform documented in `aug_configs` Open

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roboflow/rf-detr#1252 · 6 comments · Opened Jul 30, 2026
Create new training parameter to allow run-test after every epoch Open

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roboflow/rf-detr#1213 · 4 comments · Opened Jul 16, 2026
Changing backbone by Lingbot Vision Open

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roboflow/rf-detr#1200 · 3 reactions · Opened Jul 12, 2026
Coding Conventions Open

enhancement good first issue help wanted

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roboflow/rf-detr#1187 · 2 comments · 2 reactions · Opened Jul 5, 2026
how to add background images (images to ignore) Open

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roboflow/rf-detr#1186 · 5 comments · Opened Jul 4, 2026
Image Classification model Open

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roboflow/rf-detr#1173 · 2 comments · Opened Jun 29, 2026
Information about dataset to test models' robustness Open

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roboflow/rf-detr#1169 · 3 comments · Opened Jun 27, 2026
The slow progress of RF-DETR training and the post-training validation process Open

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roboflow/rf-detr#1153 · 1 comment · 1 assignee · Opened Jun 23, 2026
RFDETRKeypointPreview in Deepstream Open

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roboflow/rf-detr#1148 · Opened Jun 21, 2026
Proposal: Gather exceptions and name them Open

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roboflow/rf-detr#1133 · 1 comment · Opened Jun 19, 2026
Multi-GPU DDP: Low batch size limit, slow validation and unbalanced VRAM usage on 8×A800 for RF-DETR-2XLarge Open

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roboflow/rf-detr#1095 · 5 comments · Opened Jun 7, 2026
Keeping COCO classes (car/truck) while training custom classes Open

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roboflow/rf-detr#1078 · 1 comment · Opened May 28, 2026
What is the difference between the current version of RF-DETR Large and the deprecated version? Open

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roboflow/rf-detr#1059 · 2 comments · Opened May 22, 2026
TPU Training Support Open

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roboflow/rf-detr#1058 · 1 comment · 1 assignee · Opened May 22, 2026
Roadmap for official rectangular training and inference support? Open

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roboflow/rf-detr#1052 · 18 comments · 1 reaction · Opened May 19, 2026
Training Restart Issue on Linux Open

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roboflow/rf-detr#1044 · 2 comments · Opened May 17, 2026
Expand model export format support Open

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roboflow/rf-detr#1024 · 7 comments · 3 reactions · Opened May 4, 2026
Add mask-aware dataset grids for instance segmentation label validation Open

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roboflow/rf-detr#1013 · Opened Apr 30, 2026
When running inference on large model, is there any reason to not resize images to 704px beforehand? Open

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roboflow/rf-detr#1009 · 2 comments · Opened Apr 29, 2026
How to customize the evaluation code to save the best model Open

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roboflow/rf-detr#1007 · 1 comment · Opened Apr 29, 2026
Different validation mAP when finetuning RFDETR Nano with `resolution=320|640` despite possible silent fallback to 384 Open

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roboflow/rf-detr#1001 · 1 comment · Opened Apr 27, 2026
Overlapping masks issue Open

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roboflow/rf-detr#976 · 24 comments · 1 assignee · Opened Apr 16, 2026
RF-DETR v1.6.4 Regression: 2x Slower Training, Logging Issues, and Missing GPU Memory Bar Open

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roboflow/rf-detr#974 · 4 comments · 1 assignee · Opened Apr 15, 2026
Huge performance differnce between the datasets on RF-DETR Nano Open

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roboflow/rf-detr#958 · 10 comments · Opened Apr 13, 2026
Latency on Jetson Thor (fp16/fp8/int8) Open

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roboflow/rf-detr#955 · 11 comments · Opened Apr 10, 2026
MLX support Open

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roboflow/rf-detr#954 · 1 comment · Opened Apr 10, 2026
Training a segmentation model on my custom dataset Open

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roboflow/rf-detr#929 · 1 comment · Opened Apr 7, 2026
Accuracy Drop While Trying to Detect Moving Objects Open

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roboflow/rf-detr#906 · 6 comments · Opened Apr 1, 2026
ONNX inference support in predict() and better export naming Open

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roboflow/rf-detr#905 · 1 comment · Opened Apr 1, 2026
The exported ONNX model results are different from the original pth model results Open

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roboflow/rf-detr#901 · 2 comments · Opened Apr 1, 2026
Has anyone tested the minimum object scale that each model can effectively detect at its input resolution? Open

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roboflow/rf-detr#879 · 2 comments · Opened Mar 27, 2026
How to train without valid dataset Open

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roboflow/rf-detr#873 · 2 comments · Opened Mar 25, 2026
Provide other trained models Open

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roboflow/rf-detr#852 · 1 comment · Opened Mar 22, 2026
explore some auto-optimize piplines Open

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roboflow/rf-detr#796 · 2 comments · Opened Mar 11, 2026
RF-DETR Seg + SAHI: still missing cells in dense tiles, and inference is too slow (1900–2200px) — tuning & speedup advice? Open

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roboflow/rf-detr#780 · 10 comments · Opened Mar 5, 2026
What model to use for images with size 4k or above Open

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roboflow/rf-detr#747 · 4 comments · Opened Feb 26, 2026
Feature request: infer model size from checkpoint for easier loading Open

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roboflow/rf-detr#651 · 2 comments · 1 reaction · Opened Feb 9, 2026
Looking for an optimal way to run RF-DETR (for performance comparision) Open

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roboflow/rf-detr#650 · 5 comments · Opened Feb 9, 2026
how to replace backbone？eg.convnext or dinov3 Open

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roboflow/rf-detr#627 · 9 comments · Opened Feb 3, 2026
use rf-detr from c/c++ Open

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roboflow/rf-detr#602 · 5 comments · Opened Jan 27, 2026
Few Shot Open

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roboflow/rf-detr#553 · 8 comments · Opened Jan 20, 2026

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