Practical overview
When it fits
Use the live demo for a browser-based learning experience, or follow the repository instructions when you want to run the visualization locally.
Who it is for
- Learners seeking a visual introduction to CNN concepts
- Educators looking for an interactive CNN teaching aid
- Developers who want to inspect or run the visualization locally
Documented uses
- Explore a visual explanation of convolutional neural networks.
- Run the educational visualization locally from its JavaScript repository.
- Find the project’s pointers to CNN training information and questions about custom models or image classes.
Requirements & limits
The repository identifies the software as available under the MIT License. Its README links to a live demo and documents a local npm development-server workflow.
- The project is an interactive educational visualization, not a model-serving API or general-purpose ML framework.
- Local use requires installing npm dependencies and starting the development server.
- The README points to project issues for custom CNN models or image classes rather than documenting a complete customization workflow.
Check current requirements in the official documentation. Source-based guidance does not mean OpenViST has run or independently tested this project.
Set up CNN Explainer locally
Download the project, install its npm dependencies, and start the documented development server.
Before you start
- The CNN Explainer repository or a downloaded copy
- npm
Steps
Clone or download the repository; the README also names degit as an option when you do not want commit history.
Run npm install to install dependencies.
Run npm run dev.
Open localhost:3000 in a browser.
Expected outcome
The README describes CNN Explainer running in the browser from the local development server.
Guide limitations
- The README directs readers to project issues for using a different CNN model or image classes; it does not provide a complete customization procedure.
Sources & review
Source record details
- Source availability
- Active
- Sources checked
- 15 October 2026
- Original website title
- poloclub/cnn-explainer · Official homepage title · retained in its source language

