# argman/EAST

A tensorflow implementation of EAST text detector

Repository: https://github.com/argman/EAST
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/east
Language: C++
License: GPL-3.0
License Family: copyleft
Topics: tensorflow, text-detection, deep-learning, ocr
Last push: 2022-11-22T01:55:26+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3320, "days_push": 1381, "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 3059, forks 1039 (observed 2026-08-28T04:07:41.108442+00:00)

## What it is
A TensorFlow re-implementation of the EAST (Efficient and Accurate Scene Text Detector) deep learning model for detecting text in natural scene images. It includes pre-trained models achieving 80.83 F1 on ICDAR 2015, a fast C++ Locality-Aware NMS, and training scripts.

## Use cases
- detect text regions in scene images
- run OCR text detection on photos
- train a scene text detector on ICDAR data
- find text bounding boxes in natural images
- build a text detection demo server
- extract text locations from images before OCR

## When to choose
- you need fast scene text detection with TensorFlow
- you want a pre-trained EAST model with ICDAR 2015-level accuracy
- you need GPU-accelerated text region detection at ~16 fps on 720p images

## When to avoid
- you need the QUAD geometry output (only RBOX is implemented)
- you want a maintained project with recent updates
- you need PyTorch or modern TensorFlow 2.x support
- you need full OCR (recognition) rather than just detection

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: maintenance
- function: machine-learning, deep-learning, computer-vision, ocr, image-processing
- domain: computer-vision, machine-learning, deep-learning, image-processing
- platform: python, cpp, cross-platform
- tags: tensorflow, scene-text-detection, east, text-detector, resnet, icdar2015, nms, gpu, linux

## Member repositories
- argman/EAST (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:41.108442+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 2026-08-30T07:28:26.797788+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/argman/EAST (fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:41.108442+00:00, sha 7919a32490ff)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.