# jblindsay/whitebox-tools

An advanced geospatial data analysis platform

Repository: https://github.com/jblindsay/whitebox-tools
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/whitebox-tools
Homepage: https://www.whiteboxgeo.com/
Language: Rust
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: geospatial, gis, remote-sensing, geoprocessing, hydrology, geomorphometry, geomorphology
Last push: 2026-05-26T15:31:03+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 61/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 84, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3068, "days_push": 99, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1195, forks 202 (observed 2026-08-28T04:03:56.786321+00:00)

## What it is
WhiteboxTools is an advanced geospatial data analysis platform offering a stand-alone command-line program and Python scripting API for GIS analysis, remote sensing, terrain and hydrological analysis, and LiDAR processing. This repository is marked legacy, with development moved to Whitebox Workflows Next Gen.

## Use cases
- perform gis analysis like cost-distance and raster reclassification from the command line
- process lidar point clouds and classify ground points
- delineate watersheds and analyze stream networks
- compute terrain indices like slope, wetness index, and hillshading
- mosaic and filter satellite imagery
- script geospatial workflows in python

## When to choose
- you need a scriptable geoprocessing backend for gis workflows
- you work with lidar point clouds or terrain/hydrological analysis
- you want a cross-platform command-line gis tool without installation

## When to avoid
- you need cartographic map-making or data visualization
- you want actively developed features - use Whitebox Workflows Next Gen instead
- you need a full interactive gis desktop application

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: maintenance
- function: geospatial, image-processing, data-science, cli
- domain: data-science
- platform: cross-platform, cli, python, rust
- tags: gis, remote-sensing, lidar, hydrology, terrain-analysis, geomorphometry, geoprocessing, raster, legacy, maps, automation

## Member repositories
- jblindsay/whitebox-tools (main) score 61

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:56.786321+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 2026-08-30T06:22:06.268664+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/jblindsay/whitebox-tools (fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:56.786321+00:00, sha f35c3e4cd5f7)
  - homepage: https://www.whiteboxgeo.com/ (fetched 2026-08-29T12:29:02.325668+00:00, sha 50664e50e44a)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.