# puzzledqs/BBox-Label-Tool

A simple tool for labeling object bounding boxes in images

Repository: https://github.com/puzzledqs/BBox-Label-Tool
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/bbox-label-tool
Language: Python
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2020-04-17T17:20:48+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4468, "days_push": 2329, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1132, forks 554 (observed 2026-08-28T04:03:42.613716+00:00)

## What it is
A simple Python Tkinter desktop application for drawing and saving object bounding box annotations on images. It stores labels as text files alongside organized image directories and is commonly used to prepare datasets for object detection.

## Use cases
- annotate bounding boxes on images for object detection training
- label a dataset of images with rectangles
- create ground truth annotations for computer vision experiments
- draw boxes around objects in photos and save them to text files
- prepare labeled image data for a custom detector

## When to choose
- you need a lightweight, no-dependency-hassle desktop tool for quick bounding box annotation
- you work with the simple folder-based image/label layout it expects
- you want an MIT-licensed, easy-to-modify Python annotation tool

## When to avoid
- you need multi-class or polygon/segmentation labeling out of the box (main branch is single-class rectangles)
- you want a modern, actively maintained annotation platform with team collaboration
- you require Python 3 support without code changes, since it targets Python 2.7

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: maintenance
- function: image-processing, gui, developer-tools
- domain: computer-vision, image-processing, machine-learning, developer-tools
- platform: python, cross-platform
- tags: bounding-box-annotation, image-labeling, tkinter, data-annotation, object-detection, desktop

## Member repositories
- puzzledqs/BBox-Label-Tool (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:42.613716+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T06:37:58.967245+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/puzzledqs/BBox-Label-Tool (fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:42.613716+00:00, sha 65dd22ab698b)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.