SimpleDet Docs

FAQ

Short answers to the questions that come up most often when onboarding to the current codebase.

Overview Quickstart Core Concepts API Reference

Use this page for quick clarifications after you have already read the main onboarding pages.

Is simpledet.train a shell command?

No. It is a public Python callable.

Which workflow should I start with?

Use simpledet.suite plus the native runtime helpers for any real experiment. Use the lightweight path only for smoke tests.

Can I use any backbone?

You can use any timm backbone that exposes usable feature metadata. For non-timm backbones, provide backbone_cfg and feature_channels.

Which dataset format should I standardize on?

COCO JSON for the suite and pipeline workflow.