KALMUS

Spec sheet

Purpose

KALMUS provides quantitative tools to analyze, compare, and visualize colors in films.Read 12 Oct 2026 · kalmus-color-toolkit.github.io

Intended users

The documentation describes filmmakers, cinematographers, production designers, and colorists as people who make film color decisions, and presents KALMUS for audiences from different backgrounds.Read 12 Oct 2026 · kalmus-color-toolkit.github.io

Audience

The PyPI project metadata lists education and science/research as intended audiences.Read 11 Oct 2026 · pypi.org

Free plan

YesRead 24 Sep 2026 · kalmus-color-toolkit.github.io

Integrations

The documentation links to Jupyter notebook tutorials for using the API, GUI, and CLI.Read 11 Oct 2026 · kalmus-color-toolkit.github.io

Security

The pages reviewed do not state security certifications or compliance measures.Read 11 Oct 2026 · kalmus-color-toolkit.github.io

Support

The maintainers invite users to report issues on GitHub or contact them by email at [email protected].Read 12 Oct 2026 · github.com

License

The project is released under the open-source MIT License.Read 12 Oct 2026 · github.com

Apple M1 limitation

The README says KALMUS cannot build natively on Apple M1 processors because of NumPy dependencies and suggests Rosetta emulation with Python 3.7 as a possible workaround.Read 12 Oct 2026 · github.com

Barcode types

The API documentation lists barcode, color barcode, brightness barcode, and barcode generator classes.Read 11 Oct 2026 · kalmus-color-toolkit.github.io

CLI availability

The project README says the command-line interface is available from KALMUS version 1.3.7 onward.Read 12 Oct 2026 · github.com

CLI requirement

The README says the command-line interface is available from KALMUS version 1.3.7 onward.Read 11 Oct 2026 · github.com

Color analysis

Its utilities can calculate mean, median, mode, and dominant colors, and analyze colors and relative sizes of image regions.Read 12 Oct 2026 · kalmus-color-toolkit.github.io

Data sources

video files (sampled film frames)Read 24 Sep 2026 · kalmus-color-toolkit.github.io

Exports

The update log describes saving barcodes as JSON and CSV files and saving barcode images.Read 11 Oct 2026 · kalmus-color-toolkit.github.io

Guides

The project provides Jupyter notebook tutorials for its GUI, API, CLI, and advanced API usage.Read 12 Oct 2026 · github.com

Installation

The project README recommends installing KALMUS with pip or from a local repository clone.Read 12 Oct 2026 · github.com

Interfaces

KALMUS provides a low-level API, a command-line interface, and a graphical user interface.Read 11 Oct 2026 · kalmus-color-toolkit.github.io

Movie barcodes

It visualizes film color as movie barcodes generated through a modular pipeline with different color measures and frame regions of interest.Read 12 Oct 2026 · kalmus-color-toolkit.github.io

Platform

desktopRead 24 Sep 2026 · kalmus-color-toolkit.github.io

Platform requirement

The README says the package cannot build natively on Apple M1 processors because of NumPy dependencies and suggests Rosetta with Python 3.7 as a possible workaround.Read 11 Oct 2026 · github.com

Python requirement

The project README says KALMUS requires Python 3.7 or 3.8.Read 12 Oct 2026 · github.com

Research audience

PyPI lists education and science/research as intended audiences for the package.Read 12 Oct 2026 · pypi.org

Visualization

The update log documents a Hue vs. Light scatter plot and a Hue vs. Light 3D bar plot.Read 11 Oct 2026 · kalmus-color-toolkit.github.io

Ways to use it

The package provides a low-level API, a command-line interface, and a graphical user interface.Read 12 Oct 2026 · kalmus-color-toolkit.github.io

Plans and prices

Every KALMUS plan and price →

Where Specifiction places it

• Data Visualization Software#47 of 988.1