For remote servers or headless environments, use wget to download and unzip to extract.
import fiftyone.zoo as foz # Download only the validation split for 2 specific classes dataset = foz.load_zoo_dataset( "coco-2017", split="validation", classes=["person", "car"], max_samples=500 ) Use code with caution. coco2017 download
The dataset is the gold standard for benchmarking computer vision models. Whether you are training a YOLOv8 model or experimenting with instance segmentation, getting the 2017 version is essential because it refined the training/validation split to better suit modern deep learning. 1. Direct Download Links (Official) For remote servers or headless environments, use wget