YOLOX Alternative in 2026: Run It with LibreYOLO
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YOLOX is still a useful Apache-2.0 detector. Its official repository is not archived, but the latest release, 0.3.0, dates to April 2022. The maintenance problem is real. The model still works.
from libreyolo import LibreYOLO
model = LibreYOLO("LibreYOLOXs.pt")
result = model("image.jpg", save=True)
print(result.boxes.xyxy)
LibreYOLO supports six YOLOX sizes, from Nano to X, with prediction, training, validation and export behind one API. Use the original project if you need its exact Exp configuration workflow.
Start with pip install libreyolo. The YOLOX docs cover the full API. There is also a short note that YOLO-NAS is still maintained.