--- title: "alice" type: "tool" slug: "simoncirstoiu-alice" canonical_url: "https://www.graphcanon.com/tools/simoncirstoiu-alice" github_url: "https://github.com/simoncirstoiu/alice" homepage_url: null stars: 366 forks: 34 primary_language: "JavaScript" license: "Other" archived: false categories: ["vector-databases", "model-training", "inference-serving"] tags: ["nvidia-cuda", "ai", "dataset", "annotation", "frigate", "nvidia-smi", "computer-vision", "ai-tools"] updated_at: "2026-07-11T12:30:18.392427+00:00" --- # alice > Analyse · Learn · Ingest · Curate · Export — AI-powered YOLO dataset management toolkit Analyse · Learn · Ingest · Curate · Export — AI-powered YOLO dataset management toolkit ## Facts - Repository: https://github.com/simoncirstoiu/alice - Stars: 366 · Forks: 34 · Open issues: 0 · Watchers: 11 - Primary language: JavaScript - License: Other - Last pushed: 2026-04-26T17:51:53+00:00 ## Trust & health _Signals computed from public GitHub metadata. Not a security guarantee._ - Maintenance: Steady (computed 2026-07-11T12:30:06.892Z) - Security scan: No lockfile (0 critical, 0 high, 0 medium, 0 low) · last scan 2026-07-11T12:30:08.835Z - Full report: [trust report](/tools/simoncirstoiu-alice/trust.md) · [JSON](https://www.graphcanon.com/api/graphcanon/tools/simoncirstoiu-alice/trust) ## Categories - [Vector Databases](/categories/vector-databases.md) - [Model Training](/categories/model-training.md) - [Inference & Serving](/categories/inference-serving.md) ## Tags nvidia-cuda, ai, dataset, annotation, frigate, nvidia-smi, computer-vision, ai-tools ## Category neighbours (exploratory) _Same-category tools for discovery only - not curated alternatives. Cap shown at six._ - [tensorflow](/tools/tensorflow-tensorflow.md) - An Open Source Machine Learning Framework for Everyone (★ 196,300) [Very active] - [ollama](/tools/ollama-ollama.md) - Get up and running with various large language models using Ollama. 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Edit the volume paths to match your Frigate setup, then: ```bash docker compose up --build -d ``` See [Docker Setup](#docker-setup) below for details. --- ## Requirements Python 3.8+ required. The builder creates a `.venv` and installs the base dependency (Pillow) automatically. All other dependencies are managed by ALICE and can be installed from the welcome page or Settings → System with one click: | Package | Purpose | |---------|---------| | **Pillow** | Image processing, pHash, format conversion (auto-installed by builder) | | **NumPy** | Numerical operations for dedup | | **inotify** | Filesystem watching on Linux (falls back to polling) | | **opencv-python-headless** | Video frame extraction | | **ONNX** | ONNX model format for export | | **onnxslim** | ONNX model optimization | | **onnxruntime** | ONNX Runtime — GPU or CPU variant auto-selected | | **PyTorch** | Deep learning framework — CUDA or CPU variant auto-selected | | **ultralytics** | YOLO model training & inference | ALICE installs the correct PyTorch variant (CUDA or CPU) based on detected hardware. No manual torch installation needed. > **Note:** ALICE does **not** install NVIDIA drivers or CUDA. If you want GPU-accelerated training, install the [NVIDIA drivers](https://www.nvidia.com/Download/index.aspx) and [CUDA toolkit](https://developer.nvidia.com/cuda-toolkit) on your system before running ALICE. --- ## Docker Setup The builder generates `docker-compose.yml` with GPU support auto-detected from your host: ```bash python3 builder.py --no-venv ``` This creates `docker-compose.yml` with the NVIDIA GPU block included if a GPU is detected, or CPU-only otherwise. Edit the volume paths to match your setup: ```yaml volumes: - ./alice.conf:/app/alice.conf - /path/to/datasets:/app/datasets - /path/to/models:/app/models - /path/to/frigate/clips:/app/clips:ro - /path/to/frigate/exports:/app/exports:ro - /path/to/frigate/frigate.db:/app/frigate.db:ro ``` > **Important:** The `frigate.db` volume must point to the actual **file**, not a directory. If the file doesn't exist on the host at the time of container creation, Docker will create a directory instead and ALICE won't be able to open the database. Then start: ```bash docker compose up --build -d ``` On first run, open ALICE in your browser and install dependencies from the welcome page or Settings → System. Dependencies are persisted in a Docker volume across container restarts. > **Note:** GPU support in Docker requires [NVIDIA Container Toolkit](https://docs.nvidia.com/datacenter/cloud-native/container-toolkit/latest/install-guide.html) on the host. If running the builder on a machine without GPU, the generated compose file will be CPU-only. --- ## License [PolyForm Noncommercial 1.0.0](https://polyformproject.org/licenses/noncommercial/1.0.0/) — free for personal, non-commercial use. For commercial licensing, contact alice@it-link.net. ```` --- **Machine-readable endpoints** - JSON: [`/api/graphcanon/tools/simoncirstoiu-alice`](/api/graphcanon/tools/simoncirstoiu-alice) - LLM index: [/llms.txt](/llms.txt) - Full corpus: [/llms-full.txt](/llms-full.txt) _GraphCanon - The knowledge graph for AI development. https://www.graphcanon.com/_