What platforms does Kosmos 2 run on?

Kosmos 2 runs on the web. It can also be self-hosted.

Is Kosmos 2 still maintained?

Unverified. Kosmos 2 has not been re-checked since it entered the index, so there is no finding either way — and only a positive finding would say otherwise.

Kosmos 2 is developed by ydshieh.

How long has Kosmos 2 been around?

Kosmos 2 first shipped in 2023.

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Kosmos 2

Name: Kosmos 2
Author: ydshieh

huggingface.coImage generation

Kosmos-2 is an interactive demo on Hugging Face Spaces that lets users upload an image and receive a detailed description with detected entities highlighted. The interface draws bounding boxes around objects and links them to the corresponding phrases in the generated text. It demonstrates the capabilities of Microsoft's Kosmos-2 model for grounded image understanding.

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Overview

3 features

In the Image generation space, Kosmos 2 takes a focused approach. Automatically generating rich, grounded descriptions of images that link text mentions to visual regions. Kosmos 2 is a consumer product aimed at developers. Kosmos 2 costs nothing to use. It runs on the web, and it can be self-hosted.

Behind Kosmos 2 is ydshieh, and it first shipped in 2023. Key capabilities include image description, entity highlighting, and bounding box visualization.

Summary written by a language model from the project’s public pages.

Image description
Entity highlighting
Bounding box visualization

Built with & integrations

Hosting

AWS

AI providers

openailocal_oss

Runs on

BrowserSelf-hosted

Detected from

AWS: x-amz-cf-id header · x-amz-cf-pop header · via header
local_oss: huggingface in the HTML

Trust & compliance

Verified signals

HTTPSFree tier

Indexing history

What PulseGate has recorded for this listing

Indexed1 Aug · 13:21 UTC
ydshieh/Kosmos-2 verified against its public source
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Frequently asked questions about Kosmos 2

What does Kosmos 2 do?: Automatically generating rich, grounded descriptions of images that link text mentions to visual regions. It is catalogued under Image generation on PulseGate.
Who is Kosmos 2 for?: Kosmos 2 is a consumer product built for developers.
Is Kosmos 2 free?: Yes — Kosmos 2 is free to use.
What platforms does Kosmos 2 run on?: Kosmos 2 runs on the web. It can also be self-hosted.
Is Kosmos 2 still maintained?: Unverified. Kosmos 2 has not been re-checked since it entered the index, so there is no finding either way — and only a positive finding would say otherwise.
Who makes Kosmos 2?: Kosmos 2 is developed by ydshieh.
How long has Kosmos 2 been around?: Kosmos 2 first shipped in 2023.

At a glance

Platforms: Web
Languages: English
Built for: developers
Model: B2C
Solves: Automatically generating rich, grounded descriptions of images that link text mentions to visual regions.

Registered as

Hugging Face Spaces: ydshieh/Kosmos-2

Developer

ydshieh

Live coverage

Identity confidence: High · 90.8
Indexed: 1 Aug 2026
Lifecycle: Alive
Last seen: 1 Aug 2026

Identity audit (13)

Slug: ydshieh-kosmos-2-huggingface-co
Lifecycle state recorded: 1 Aug 2026
Verification state: Indexed for public listing
Listing state: Listed: yes
Index status: Included in index
Latest evidence snapshot: 1 Aug 2026
Timeline basis: Indexed-at chronology. This listing's first-seen date was written by the catalog backfill, not observed here, so it is not treated as a sighting.
Name from: Derived from the project's own page and URL.
Category from: Assigned by a language model.
Summary from: Written by a language model from public pages.
Languages from: Detected by a language model from page content.
Last updated: 1 Aug 2026
Canonical URL: https://huggingface.co/spaces/ydshieh/Kosmos-2

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