# SystemErrorWang/White-box-Cartoonization

Official tensorflow implementation for CVPR2020 paper “Learning to Cartoonize Using White-box Cartoon Representations”

Repository: https://github.com/SystemErrorWang/White-box-Cartoonization
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/white-box-cartoonization
Language: Python
License Family: other
Last push: 2026-01-19T01:43:24+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 61/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 63, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2361, "days_push": 227, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 4001, forks 737 (observed 2026-08-28T04:08:32.043736+00:00)

## What it is
Official TensorFlow implementation of the CVPR 2020 paper 'Learning to Cartoonize Using White-box Cartoon Representations', which converts photos into cartoon-style images. It includes inference with pre-trained models, training code, and a Docker setup.

## Use cases
- convert photos to cartoon style
- cartoonize images with a pretrained model
- retrain an image-to-cartoon GAN on my own dataset
- stylize scenery, food, and portrait photos into anime-like art
- run image cartoonization in Docker
- research white-box cartoon representations from CVPR 2020

## When to choose
- you want to cartoonize photos using a proven CVPR-published model
- you need both inference and training code for image cartoonization
- you want a Dockerized, dependency-free way to run the model

## When to avoid
- you need a maintained library on modern TensorFlow or PyTorch (it targets TF 1.x)
- you need a permissively licensed dependency (no license is provided)
- you need video or real-time cartoonization out of the box

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: maintenance
- function: image-processing, machine-learning, deep-learning
- domain: computer-vision, image-processing, deep-learning, artificial-intelligence
- platform: python, windows
- tags: cartoonization, style-transfer, tensorflow, cvpr2020, generative-models, research-code, linux, macos, docker, gpu

## Member repositories
- SystemErrorWang/White-box-Cartoonization (main) score 61

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:32.043736+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 2026-08-29T18:24:07.445887+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/SystemErrorWang/White-box-Cartoonization (fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:32.043736+00:00, sha 4b50c3f793b9)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.