⚠️ WARNING: THIS APP IS NOW DEPRECATED ⚠️

A completely redesigned Lightning Pose app, which now supports multi-view projects, can be found here.

The documentation for the new app is now bundled with the Lightning Pose CLI docs here.

As of January 2026 this app will no longer be supported.

DEPRECATED Lightning Pose App documentation

The Lightning Pose App is a browser-based GUI that facilitates the deveopment of pose estimation projects. The app can run on a local workstation or in the cloud using Lightning.ai.

To get started, see our YouTube tutorial series or the documentation below.

For more information on the Lightning Pose algorithm, see

• 2024 Nature Methods paper

• YouTube lecture on animal pose estimation and Lightning Pose

• Lightning Pose algorithm github repo

• Lightning Pose algorithm ReadTheDocs

Contents:

• Getting started
  • Duplicate Lightning Studio with pre-installed app
  • Install app from github
  • Update an already-installed app
• Using the app
  • Manage Project
  • Extract Frames
  • Label Frames
  • Train/Infer
  • Train Status
  • Image Diagnostics
  • Image Viewer
  • Video Diagnostics
  • Video Player
• User guides
  • Run inference on large datasets
• Accessing your data
  • Lightning Pose project structure
  • Model directory structure
• FAQs
  • General
  • Lightning Studios
  • Data labeling
  • Model training
  • Post-processing