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Cutie: Putting the Object Back into Video Object Segmentation

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Source: https://github.com/hkchengrex/cutie

Structured fields

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  "archived": false,
  "checked_at": "2026-10-17T00:00:00.000Z",
  "usefulness": "Object-level memory VOS (CVPR 2024 Highlight, UIUC + Adobe): propagates a first-frame mask through long footage; includes an interactive GUI and scripting demo. Strong open option for roto mask propagation.",
  "source_type": "repository",
  "availability": "available",
  "source_owner": "Ho Kei Cheng et al.",
  "next_check_at": "2026-10-31T00:00:00.000Z",
  "upstream_updated_at": "2024-11-08T21:38:38.000Z"
}

Evidence claims

[upstream_claim] README: Cutie (UIUC and Adobe, CVPR 2024 Highlight) with arXiv link; scripting_demo.py is the suggested starting point for use in a project; GUI adds 'permanent memory' from XMem++. · locator: README, intro and usage source
[sourced_fact] README notes the GUI uses RITM for interactive segmentation and redistributes its code in gui/ritm under RITM's license. · locator: README, acknowledgements source
[sourced_fact] GitHub metadata: MIT, not archived, last push 2024-11-08. · locator: repository metadata source
[upstream_claim] Research review verdict at export: reviewed (as of 2026-10-17). Recorded by the research pipeline, not a hub review outcome; evidence.review stays unreviewed until an independent reviewer records one.

Rights

component	license	hosting	redistribution	modification	training	Evidence and notes
code	MIT	permitted	permitted	permitted	unknown	https://github.com/hkchengrex/Cutie MIT per GitHub; gui/ritm subfolder follows RITM's license.
model_weights	unknown	unknown	unknown	unknown	unknown	https://github.com/hkchengrex/Cutie Weights license not read; training datasets may carry own terms.

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