Install BoxMOT and inspect the CLI:
pip install boxmot
boxmot --help
Track a video:
boxmot track --detector yolov8n --reid osnet_x0_25_msmt17 --tracker botsort --source video.mp4 --save
Benchmark a tracker on a built-in config:
boxmot eval --benchmark mot17-ablation --tracker boosttrack --verbose
Research tracker code changes on a built-in config:
boxmot research --benchmark mot17-ablation --tracker bytetrack --proposal-model openai/gpt-5.4 --max-metric-calls 24
Use the high-level Python API:
from boxmot import Boxmot
boxmot = Boxmot(detector="yolov8n", reid="lmbn_n_duke", tracker="boosttrack")
run = boxmot.track(source="video.mp4", save=True)
print(run)
metrics = boxmot.val(benchmark="mot17-mini")
print(metrics)