A computer vision framework for self-supervised learning

Oct 25, 2020 1 min read

Lightly

Lightly is a computer vision framework for self-supervised learning.

Terminology

Dataset: A collection of raw images.
Embedding: Representation of an image in a vector space.
Embedding Model: Function (typically a convolutional neural network) to create embeddings from images.
Self-supervised Learning: A form of unsupervised learning where the data provides the supervision.

Quick Start

Lightly requires Python 3.5+. We recommend installing Lightly in a Linux or OSX environment.

Installation

You can install Lightly and its dependencies from PyPI with:

pip install lightly

We strongly recommend that you install Lightly in a dedicated virtualenv, to avoid conflicting with your system packages.

Next Steps

Head to the documentation and see the things you can achieve with Lightly!

GitHub

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