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Grounding DINO

Detects whatever you describe in words.

currentIDEA Research ↗Verified 2026-08-13

Zero shot

no training

Specifications

COCO mAP	~52 zero-shot
Speed	Moderate
Licence	Apache 2.0
Family	Open vocabulary
Open vocabulary	Yes
Released	2023

Official links

IDEA Research official site

What matters

Text prompt in, boxes out
Fine-tuning still beats it on specialised objects

Best for classes you have no data for.

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