Practical overview
When it fits
Use it when a Keras or TensorFlow Keras project needs an EfficientNet model implementation, pretrained weights, or the documented checkpoint-conversion workflow.
Who it is for
- Developers building image-classification applications with Keras or TensorFlow Keras.
- Practitioners adapting pretrained EfficientNet models for transfer-learning workflows.
Documented uses
- Initialize an EfficientNet B0–B7 model with ImageNet or Noisy-Student weights.
- Load a saved model using the relevant EfficientNet framework module.
- Convert original TensorFlow checkpoints to Keras HDF5 using the repository's converter script.
Requirements & limits
The implementation is available in a public GitHub repository under the Apache-2.0 license.
- Choose the Keras or TensorFlow Keras interface that matches the project; the repository documents separate module imports.
- The listed prerequisites include Keras or TensorFlow, keras_applications, and scikit-image.
- The README identifies version 0.0.4 as the version to use when loading models trained before the July 24, 2019 library update.
Check current requirements in the official documentation. Source-based guidance does not mean OpenViST has run or independently tested this project.
Install the EfficientNet package
Add the package to a Python environment for use with Keras or TensorFlow Keras.
Before you start
- Keras 2.2.0 or later, or TensorFlow 1.12.0 or later
- keras_applications 1.0.7 or later
- scikit-image
Steps
Install the documented requirements in your Python environment.
Install the package from PyPI with the command below, or install the repository version with the command below.
pip install -U efficientnetpip install -U git+https://github.com/qubvel/efficientnet
Expected outcome
The EfficientNet package is installed for use with the documented Keras or TensorFlow Keras interfaces.
Guide limitations
- The README lists a separate
--prePyPI command for the latest release with Keras and tf.keras support. - Models trained before the July 24, 2019 library update may require efficientnet version 0.0.4.
Sources & review
Source record details
- Source availability
- Active
- Sources checked
- 16 October 2026
- Original website title
- qubvel/efficientnet · Official homepage title · retained in its source language

