# MIM: MIM Installs OpenMMLab Packages
MIM provides a unified API for launching and installing OpenMMLab projects and their extensions, and managing the OpenMMLab model zoo.
## Major Features
- **Package Management**
You can use MIM to manage OpenMMLab codebases, install or uninstall them conveniently.
- **Checkpoint Management**
You can use MIM to access all checkpoints in OpenMMLab, download checkpoints, look up checkpoints that meet your need.
- **Script Calling**
You can call training scripts, testing scripts and any other scripts under the `tools` directory of a specific codebase conveniently at anywhere. Calling scripts via MIM is more flexible and efficient (The command will be much shorter, check [abbreviation.md](docs/abbreviation.md)).
## Installation
Please refer to [installation.md](docs/installation.md) for installation.
## Command
1. install
[](https://asciinema.org/a/416945)
+ command
```bash
# install latest version of mmcv-full
> mim install mmcv-full # wheel
# install 1.3.1
> mim install mmcv-full==1.3.1
# install master branch
> mim install mmcv-full -f https://github.com/open-mmlab/mmcv.git
# install latest version of mmcls
> mim install mmcls
# install 0.11.0
> mim install mmcls==0.11.0 # v0.11.0
# install master branch
> mim install mmcls -f https://github.com/open-mmlab/mmclassification.git
# install local repo
> git clone https://github.com/open-mmlab/mmclassification.git
> cd mmclassification
> mim install .
# install extension based on OpenMMLab
mim install mmcls-project -f https://github.com/xxx/mmcls-project.git
```
+ api
```python
from mim import install
# install mmcv
install('mmcv-full')
# install mmcls
# install mmcls will automatically install mmcv if it is not installed
install('mmcv-full', find_url='https://github.com/open-mmlab/mmcv.git')
install('mmcv-full==1.3.1', find_url='https://github.com/open-mmlab/mmcv.git')
# install extension based on OpenMMLab
install('mmcls-project', find_url='https://github.com/xxx/mmcls-project.git')
```
2. uninstall
[](https://asciinema.org/a/416948)
+ command
```bash
# uninstall mmcv
> mim uninstall mmcv-full
# uninstall mmcls
> mim uninstall mmcls
```
+ api
```python
from mim import uninstall
# uninstall mmcv
uninstall('mmcv-full')
# uninstall mmcls
uninstall('mmcls)
```
3. list
[](https://asciinema.org/a/416949)
+ command
```bash
> mim list
> mim list --all
```
+ api
```python
from mim import list_package
list_package()
list_package(True)
```
4. search
[](https://asciinema.org/a/416950)
+ command
```bash
> mim search mmcls
> mim search mmcls==0.11.0 --remote
> mim search mmcls --config resnet18_b16x8_cifar10
> mim search mmcls --model resnet
> mim search mmcls --dataset cifar-10
> mim search mmcls --valid-field
> mim search mmcls --condition 'bs>45,epoch>100'
> mim search mmcls --condition 'bs>45 epoch>100'
> mim search mmcls --condition '128 mim search mmcls --sort bs epoch
> mim search mmcls --field epoch bs weight
> mim search mmcls --exclude-field weight paper
```
+ api
```python
from mim import get_model_info
get_model_info('mmcls')
get_model_info('mmcls==0.11.0', local=False)
get_model_info('mmcls', models=['resnet'])
get_model_info('mmcls', training_datasets=['cifar-10'])
get_model_info('mmcls', filter_conditions='bs>45,epoch>100')
get_model_info('mmcls', filter_conditions='bs>45 epoch>100')
get_model_info('mmcls', filter_conditions='128
5. download
[](https://asciinema.org/a/416951)
+ command
```bash
> mim download mmcls --config resnet18_b16x8_cifar10
> mim download mmcls --config resnet18_b16x8_cifar10 --dest .
```
+ api
```python
from mim import download
download('mmcls', ['resnet18_b16x8_cifar10'])
download('mmcls', ['resnet18_b16x8_cifar10'], dest_dir='.')
```
6. train
[](https://asciinema.org/a/416953)
+ command
```bash
# Train models on a single server with CPU by setting `gpus` to 0 and
# 'launcher' to 'none' (if applicable). The training script of the
# corresponding codebase will fail if it doesn't support CPU training.
> mim train mmcls resnet101_b16x8_cifar10.py --work-dir tmp --gpus 0
# Train models on a single server with one GPU
> mim train mmcls resnet101_b16x8_cifar10.py --work-dir tmp --gpus 1
# Train models on a single server with 4 GPUs and pytorch distributed
> mim train mmcls resnet101_b16x8_cifar10.py --work-dir tmp --gpus 4 \
--launcher pytorch
# Train models on a slurm HPC with one 8-GPU node
> mim train mmcls resnet101_b16x8_cifar10.py --launcher slurm --gpus 8 \
--gpus-per-node 8 --partition partition_name --work-dir tmp
# Print help messages of sub-command train
> mim train -h
# Print help messages of sub-command train and the training script of mmcls
> mim train mmcls -h
```
+ api
```python
from mim import train
train(repo='mmcls', config='resnet18_b16x8_cifar10.py', gpus=0,
other_args='--work-dir tmp')
train(repo='mmcls', config='resnet18_b16x8_cifar10.py', gpus=1,
other_args='--work-dir tmp')
train(repo='mmcls', config='resnet18_b16x8_cifar10.py', gpus=4,
launcher='pytorch', other_args='--work-dir tmp')
train(repo='mmcls', config='resnet18_b16x8_cifar10.py', gpus=8,
launcher='slurm', gpus_per_node=8, partition='partition_name',
other_args='--work-dir tmp')
```
7. test
[](https://asciinema.org/a/416955)
+ command
```bash
# Test models on a single server with 1 GPU, report accuracy
> mim test mmcls resnet101_b16x8_cifar10.py --checkpoint \
tmp/epoch_3.pth --gpus 1 --metrics accuracy
# Test models on a single server with 1 GPU, save predictions
> mim test mmcls resnet101_b16x8_cifar10.py --checkpoint \
tmp/epoch_3.pth --gpus 1 --out tmp.pkl
# Test models on a single server with 4 GPUs, pytorch distributed,
# report accuracy
> mim test mmcls resnet101_b16x8_cifar10.py --checkpoint \
tmp/epoch_3.pth --gpus 4 --launcher pytorch --metrics accuracy
# Test models on a slurm HPC with one 8-GPU node, report accuracy
> mim test mmcls resnet101_b16x8_cifar10.py --checkpoint \
tmp/epoch_3.pth --gpus 8 --metrics accuracy --partition \
partition_name --gpus-per-node 8 --launcher slurm
# Print help messages of sub-command test
> mim test -h
# Print help messages of sub-command test and the testing script of mmcls
> mim test mmcls -h
```
+ api
```python
from mim import test
test(repo='mmcls', config='resnet101_b16x8_cifar10.py',
checkpoint='tmp/epoch_3.pth', gpus=1, other_args='--metrics accuracy')
test(repo='mmcls', config='resnet101_b16x8_cifar10.py',
checkpoint='tmp/epoch_3.pth', gpus=1, other_args='--out tmp.pkl')
test(repo='mmcls', config='resnet101_b16x8_cifar10.py',
checkpoint='tmp/epoch_3.pth', gpus=4, launcher='pytorch',
other_args='--metrics accuracy')
test(repo='mmcls', config='resnet101_b16x8_cifar10.py',
checkpoint='tmp/epoch_3.pth', gpus=8, partition='partition_name',
launcher='slurm', gpus_per_node=8, other_args='--metrics accuracy')
```
8. run
[](https://asciinema.org/a/416956)
+ command
```bash
# Get the Flops of a model
> mim run mmcls get_flops resnet101_b16x8_cifar10.py
# Publish a model
> mim run mmcls publish_model input.pth output.pth
# Train models on a slurm HPC with one GPU
> srun -p partition --gres=gpu:1 mim run mmcls train \
resnet101_b16x8_cifar10.py --work-dir tmp
# Test models on a slurm HPC with one GPU, report accuracy
> srun -p partition --gres=gpu:1 mim run mmcls test \
resnet101_b16x8_cifar10.py tmp/epoch_3.pth --metrics accuracy
# Print help messages of sub-command run
> mim run -h
# Print help messages of sub-command run, list all available scripts in
# codebase mmcls
> mim run mmcls -h
# Print help messages of sub-command run, print the help message of
# training script in mmcls
> mim run mmcls train -h
```
+ api
``` python
from mim import run
run(repo='mmcls', command='get_flops',
other_args='resnet101_b16x8_cifar10.py')
run(repo='mmcls', command='publish_model',
other_args='input.pth output.pth')
run(repo='mmcls', command='train',
other_args='resnet101_b16x8_cifar10.py --work-dir tmp')
run(repo='mmcls', command='test',
other_args='resnet101_b16x8_cifar10.py tmp/epoch_3.pth --metrics accuracy')
```
9. gridsearch
[](https://asciinema.org/a/416958)
+ command
```bash
# Parameter search on a single server with CPU by setting `gpus` to 0 and
# 'launcher' to 'none' (if applicable). The training script of the
# corresponding codebase will fail if it doesn't support CPU training.
> mim gridsearch mmcls resnet101_b16x8_cifar10.py --work-dir tmp --gpus 0 \
--search-args '--optimizer.lr 1e-2 1e-3'
# Parameter search with on a single server with one GPU, search learning
# rate
> mim gridsearch mmcls resnet101_b16x8_cifar10.py --work-dir tmp --gpus 1 \
--search-args '--optimizer.lr 1e-2 1e-3'
# Parameter search with on a single server with one GPU, search
# weight_decay
> mim gridsearch mmcls resnet101_b16x8_cifar10.py --work-dir tmp --gpus 1 \
--search-args '--optimizer.weight_decay 1e-3 1e-4'
# Parameter search with on a single server with one GPU, search learning
# rate and weight_decay
> mim gridsearch mmcls resnet101_b16x8_cifar10.py --work-dir tmp --gpus 1 \
--search-args '--optimizer.lr 1e-2 1e-3 --optimizer.weight_decay 1e-3 \
1e-4'
# Parameter search on a slurm HPC with one 8-GPU node, search learning
# rate and weight_decay
> mim gridsearch mmcls resnet101_b16x8_cifar10.py --work-dir tmp --gpus 8 \
--partition partition_name --gpus-per-node 8 --launcher slurm \
--search-args '--optimizer.lr 1e-2 1e-3 --optimizer.weight_decay 1e-3 \
1e-4'
# Parameter search on a slurm HPC with one 8-GPU node, search learning
# rate and weight_decay, max parallel jobs is 2
> mim gridsearch mmcls resnet101_b16x8_cifar10.py --work-dir tmp --gpus 8 \
--partition partition_name --gpus-per-node 8 --launcher slurm \
--max-workers 2 --search-args '--optimizer.lr 1e-2 1e-3 \
--optimizer.weight_decay 1e-3 1e-4'
# Print the help message of sub-command search
> mim gridsearch -h
# Print the help message of sub-command search and the help message of the
# training script of codebase mmcls
> mim gridsearch mmcls -h
```
+ api
```python
from mim import gridsearch
gridsearch(repo='mmcls', config='resnet101_b16x8_cifar10.py', gpus=0,
search_args='--optimizer.lr 1e-2 1e-3',
other_args='--work-dir tmp')
gridsearch(repo='mmcls', config='resnet101_b16x8_cifar10.py', gpus=1,
search_args='--optimizer.lr 1e-2 1e-3',
other_args='--work-dir tmp')
gridsearch(repo='mmcls', config='resnet101_b16x8_cifar10.py', gpus=1,
search_args='--optimizer.weight_decay 1e-3 1e-4',
other_args='--work-dir tmp')
gridsearch(repo='mmcls', config='resnet101_b16x8_cifar10.py', gpus=1,
search_args='--optimizer.lr 1e-2 1e-3 --optimizer.weight_decay'
'1e-3 1e-4',
other_args='--work-dir tmp')
gridsearch(repo='mmcls', config='resnet101_b16x8_cifar10.py', gpus=8,
partition='partition_name', gpus_per_node=8, launcher='slurm',
search_args='--optimizer.lr 1e-2 1e-3 --optimizer.weight_decay'
' 1e-3 1e-4',
other_args='--work-dir tmp')
gridsearch(repo='mmcls', config='resnet101_b16x8_cifar10.py', gpus=8,
partition='partition_name', gpus_per_node=8, launcher='slurm',
max_workers=2,
search_args='--optimizer.lr 1e-2 1e-3 --optimizer.weight_decay'
' 1e-3 1e-4',
other_args='--work-dir tmp')
```
## Build custom projects with MIM
We provide some examples about how to build custom projects based on OpenMMLAB codebases and MIM in [MIM-Example](https://github.com/open-mmlab/mim-example). In [mmcls_custom_backbone](https://github.com/open-mmlab/mim-example/tree/master/mmcls_custom_backbone), we define a custom backbone and a classification config file that uses the backbone. To train this model, you can use the command:
```python
# The working directory is `mim-example/mmcls_custom_backbone`
PYTHONPATH=$PWD:$PYTHONPATH mim train mmcls custom_net_config.py --work-dir tmp --gpus 1
```
## Contributing
We appreciate all contributions to improve mim. Please refer to [CONTRIBUTING.md](https://github.com/open-mmlab/mmcv/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md) for the contributing guideline.
## License
This project is released under the [Apache 2.0 license](LICENSE).