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DINOv2
DINOv2 is an AI model made by Meta. Meta released it on 17 April 2023. It is generally available. Its weights are open. Its licence is Apache 2.0.
- Released
- 17 April 2023 — ai.meta.com, read 16 October 2026
- Status
- Generally available — ai.meta.com, read 16 October 2026
- Takes
- Image — github.com, read 16 October 2026
- Returns
- Not confirmed: The model card says the model returns class, patch, and optionally register tokens. These feature tokens are not among the register's output categories (text, image, audio, video, code).
- Open weights
- Yes — github.com, read 16 October 2026
- Licence
- Apache 2.0 — ai.meta.com, read 16 October 2026
- Context window
- Not confirmed: The maker's model card and documentation reviewed do not state a context-window size for DINOv2.
- Longest answer
- Not confirmed: The maker's model card and documentation reviewed do not state a maximum answer or output-token limit for DINOv2.
- Knowledge cutoff
- Not confirmed: The maker's model card and documentation reviewed do not state a knowledge-cutoff date for DINOv2.
- API price, input
- Not confirmed: No standard API input-token price for DINOv2 is stated on the maker's pages reviewed.
- API price, output
- Not confirmed: No standard API output-token price for DINOv2 is stated on the maker's pages reviewed.
- Where
- Not confirmed: two readings disagree: app, weights and weights
- Parameters
- Not confirmed: DINOv2 is presented as a family of models with different parameter counts, not one count for the family: the maker lists ViT-S, ViT-B, ViT-L, and ViT-g variants.
- Model card
- https://github.com/facebookresearch/dinov2/blob/main/MODEL_CARD.md — github.com, read 16 October 2026
Questions
When was DINOv2 released?
Meta released DINOv2 on 17 April 2023.
Is DINOv2 still available?
Yes: it is generally available, as Meta states it.
Are the weights of DINOv2 open?
Yes: Meta publishes the weights of DINOv2 for download.
What is the licence of DINOv2?
The licence of DINOv2 is Apache 2.0, as Meta names it.
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Sources
- DINOv2: State-of-the-art computer vision models with self-supervised learning (read 16 October 2026)
- Evaluating the fairness of computer vision models (read 16 October 2026)
- Model Card for DINOv2-S/B/L/g (read 16 October 2026)
- README.md (read 16 October 2026)