CNN Explainer

Interactive diagram of a small convolutional network classifying images, running in the page.

Artifact by Georgia Tech Polo Club of Data Science

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You provide: Chosen image and hovered layers
You get: Layer-by-layer activations
Account: No sign-up needed
AI: No AI: a plain tool
Your input: Not stated: check the tool's privacy notes before using private data
Price: Free to use
Made with: Open-source web app
Source: Open source
Link check: Answered on Oct 31, 2026

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CNN Explainer is an open-source web app in the education category (deep learning). It opens in your browser, so there is nothing to install. You provide chosen image and hovered layers and get layer-by-layer activations. It needs no account. It is a plain tool: no AI model is involved. The source code is public on GitHub (poloclub/cnn-explainer).

Category: Education · deep learning

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Auth: No auth
License: MIT
Repository: github.com/poloclub/cnn-explainer
Website: poloclub.github.io/cnn-explainer/
First seen: Oct 31, 2026
Last checked: Oct 31, 2026
Source: GitHub