Practical overview
When it fits
Use Kittibox when you need a codebase for experimenting with FastBox car detection, especially when working with KITTI data or examining the model's training and evaluation workflow.
Who it is for
- Computer-vision researchers exploring car detection on KITTI data
- Developers who want to inspect or adapt the FastBox training configuration
- Practitioners comparing object-detection inference speed on their own setup
Documented uses
- Generate a car-detection prediction for an input image
- Train FastBox using KITTI object-detection data
- Evaluate or visualize model results
- Adapt configuration modules for another dataset or encoder
Requirements & limits
The repository is public and specifies an MIT license.
- The project requires TensorFlow 1.0 or later and lists matplotlib, NumPy, Pillow, SciPy, and runcython.
- Training and official-score benchmarking require KITTI data; building the evaluation code is optional and specific to benchmarking.
- The README presents Linux as the development and maintenance environment and says Windows use requires modifications.
- FastBox's reported speed and accuracy figures are measurements on KITTI data in the README, not a guarantee for other hardware or datasets.
Check current requirements in the official documentation. Source-based guidance does not mean OpenViST has run or independently tested this project.
Set up Kittibox and run the sample-image demo
Prepare the repository and request a prediction for the included demo image.
Before you start
- Python environment with TensorFlow 1.0 or later
- matplotlib, NumPy, Pillow, SciPy, and runcython
- Linux is the project's stated development and maintenance environment
Steps
Clone the Kittibox repository.
Initialize its submodules with the command below.
git submodule update --init --recursiveBuild the Cython utilities with
cd submodules/utils && make.Run the command below.
python demo.py --input_image data/demo.png
Expected outcome
The demo command requests a prediction using the included sample image.
Guide limitations
- The README says the demo does not require downloading KITTI data or building the optional KITTI evaluation code.
- Windows use may require modifications.
Prepare KITTI data for FastBox training
Set up the repository and KITTI data needed to train a model.
Before you start
- Python environment with TensorFlow 1.0 or later
- matplotlib, NumPy, Pillow, SciPy, and runcython
- KITTI Object Detection Dataset download URL
Steps
Clone the Kittibox repository.
Initialize all submodules and build the Cython utilities.
Retrieve the KITTI data URL and run the command below to download, extract, and prepare the data.
python download_data.py --kitti_url URL_YOU_RETRIEVEDRun the command below to train on the KITTI data.
python train.py
Expected outcome
The documented workflow prepares KITTI data and starts FastBox training.
Guide limitations
- The README identifies Linux as the development and maintenance environment.
- Building the KITTI evaluation code is an additional step only for benchmarking with
evaluate.py.
Sources & review
Source record details
- Source availability
- Active
- Sources checked
- 17 October 2026
- Original website title
- MarvinTeichmann/KittiBox · Official homepage title · retained in its source language

