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# Tutorials

Use the resources below to learn how to train, build with, and deploy RF-DETR models both in the cloud and on your own hardware.

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- **SOTA Instance Segmentation with RF-DETR Seg (Preview) [October 2025]**

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    Read more about the RF-DETR Segmentation architecture and how to train an RF-DETR Seg (Preview) model.

    [:octicons-arrow-right-24: Learn more](https://blog.roboflow.com/rf-detr-segmentation-preview/)

- **Announcing RF-DETR Nano, Small, and Medium [July 2025]**

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    ![](https://blog.roboflow.com/content/images/size/w1000/format/webp/2025/07/img-blog-rf-detr-1.png)

    Read more about the state-of-the-art RF-DETR Nano, Small, and Medium models we released in July 2025.

    [:octicons-arrow-right-24: Learn more](https://blog.roboflow.com/rf-detr-nano-small-medium/)

- **RF-DETR: How to Train SOTA for Object Detection on a Custom Dataset [video]**

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    Learn how to train an RF-DETR model on a custom dataset.

    [:octicons-arrow-right-24: Watch the video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-OvpdLAElFA)

- **How to Train RF-DETR on a Custom Dataset [article]**

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    ![](https://blog.roboflow.com/content/images/size/w1000/format/webp/2025/03/img-blog-how-to-send-slack-notification-workflows-v4-1.png)

    Learn how to train an RF-DETR model on a custom dataset.

    [:octicons-arrow-right-24: Read the guide](https://blog.roboflow.com/train-rf-detr-on-a-custom-dataset/)

- **Deploy RF-DETR on iOS [tutorial & example application]**

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    Read this guide to learn how to run RF-DETR models on an iPhone using the Roboflow iOS SDK.

    [:octicons-arrow-right-24: Get started](https://blog.roboflow.com/ios-rf-detr-nano/)

- **How to Deploy RF-DETR to an NVIDIA Jetson [article]**

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    Learn how to deploy an RF-DETR model to an NVIDIA Jetson using Roboflow Inference.

    [:octicons-arrow-right-24: Read the tutorial](https://blog.roboflow.com/how-to-deploy-rf-detr-to-an-nvidia-jetson/)

- **Deploy RF-DETR with LitServe [Lightning AI Studio]**

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    Learn how to deploy RF-DETR as a scalable inference server using LitServe, the AI model serving framework from Lightning AI.

    [:octicons-arrow-right-24: Open the Studio](https://lightning.ai/bhimrajyadav/studios/deploy-rf-detr-a-sota-real-time-object-detection-model-using-litserve)

- **Train and Deploy RF-DETR Models with Roboflow**

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    Learn how to train RF-DETR models in the cloud with Roboflow and deploy your models on your own hardware with Roboflow Inference and Workflows.

    [:octicons-arrow-right-24: Get started](https://blog.roboflow.com/train-deploy-rf-detr/)

- **RF-DETR: A SOTA Real-Time Object Detection Model**

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    Read our announcement for RF-DETR, the first real-time model to achieve 60+ mean Average Precision when benchmarked on the COCO dataset.

    [:octicons-arrow-right-24: Read the announcement](https://blog.roboflow.com/rf-detr/)

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