Open Source at Roboflow

Roboflow is committed to democratizing computer vision by leveraging open-source tools and fostering a collaborative community through its Roboflow Universe, which boasts over 90,000 datasets and 7,000 pre-trained models. The company maintains a significant library of open-source computer vision notebooks and actively supports projects like YOLOv5 and OpenCV, underscoring the importance of open-source collaboration in the tech industry. Roboflow's engineering team heavily incorporates open-source code in its operations, contributing to and hosting repositories on GitHub to enhance accessibility and integration of computer vision tools. They provide resources such as the roboflow-python package and inference server tools, enabling users to integrate Roboflow into applications across various platforms, including edge devices like NVIDIA Jetson and Raspberry Pi. The company also offers example projects and deployment tools to demonstrate practical applications of their technology, encouraging community engagement and contributions to open-source computer vision initiatives.