ImgL - Image to Layout — convert screenshots into semantic UI models with OCR text and element bounding boxes.

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Installation

pip install -e .              # from repo
pip install -e ".[capture]"   # mss (X11 fallback)
pip install -e ".[diagnose]"   # numpy for img2nl (install img2nl locally)
pip install -e ".[full]"      # capture + diagnose + dev + llm + web

# Local siblings (not on PyPI) — mirror capture on Wayland:
make install-dev              # .[dev,llm,capture] + vdisplay when ~/github/wronai/vdisplay exists
imgl install vdisplay         # pip install -e ~/github/wronai/vdisplay[pillow]
pip install -e ~/github/wronai/vdisplay[pillow]   # same as above
pip install -e ~/github/wronai/img2nl[analyze]
pip install -e ~/github/oqlos/vql
pip install -e ~/github/oqlos/vql/packages/img2vql

For uri2vql adopt-imgl, install imgl in the same venv as uri2vql:

pip install -e ~/github/semcod/imgl
# or: pip install -e ~/github/oqlos/vql/packages/uri2vql[imgl]

System dependency for OCR:

# Debian/Ubuntu
sudo apt install tesseract-ocr tesseract-ocr-pol

# macOS
brew install tesseract tesseract-lang

Development install:

pip install -e ".[dev]"
pip install -e ".[llm]"    # vision LLM catalog (OpenRouter)

Makefile (szybki start)

make help              # lista komend
make install-full      # imgl + capture + llm + control + web
make capture-interactive  # vdisplay mirror → screen.png (portal fallback na Wayland)
make doctor-full FORMAT=markdown
make execute-llm PROMPT='wpisz test w Chat input'
make demo-key          # dsl2imgl KEY ctrl+Return (dry-run)
make demo-chat         # wpisz w Chat input + ctrl+enter (dry-run)
make serve-rest        # rest2imgl :8219
make serve-web         # imgl serve :8008
make test-dsl2imgl     # testy Fazy 4 (Schema/Protobuf/ES)

Integracja z Koru: cd ~/github/semcod/koru && make install-imgl-bridge

Documentation

Temat	Link
Indeks	docs/README.md
Capture (mirror, portal, --analyze)	docs/capture.md
VQL eksport i vdisplay provenance	docs/vql-export.md
Architektura (imgl / vdisplay / vql)	docs/architecture.md
Warstwa kontroli *2imgl	docs/control-layer.md
NL ze shell (chat input, Enter/Ctrl+Enter)	docs/nl-shell-examples.md
Głos + przeglądarka	docs/voice-browser.md
Web UI (port 8008)	docs/web-ui.md
Paczki kontroli	packages/README.md

Examples

Pełna dokumentacja z przykładami dla różnych systemów, aplikacji i konfiguracji:

examples/README.md

Temat	Link
GNOME/Wayland	examples/platforms/gnome-wayland
Wybór okna / wycinki	examples/workflows/window-picker
GitHub w przeglądarce	examples/applications/github-browser
IDE (Windsurf/VS Code)	examples/applications/ide-editor
LLM per okno	examples/configurations/per-window-llm
NL → URI (nlp2uri)	examples/integrations/nlp2uri
Integracja uri2vql	examples/integrations/uri2vql
Pętla agenta	examples/workflows/multi-step-agent
Capture → VQL → akcja	examples/workflows/capture-to-action
Web UI (port 8008)	examples/workflows/web-ui

Szybkie demo:

examples/scripts/demo-windows.sh screen.png
examples/scripts/demo-nlp2uri.py screen.png region-top

Usage

Python API

from imgl import analyze, scene_to_json

scene = analyze("screen.png", lang="eng+pol")
print(scene_to_json(scene))

CLI

# Use an existing screenshot (recommended on GNOME/Wayland):
imgl diagnose /tmp/screen.png
imgl vql /tmp/screen.png -o layout.vql.json

# Capture (vdisplay mirror wbudowany w imgl[capture] — bez dialogu GNOME):
make install-dev                              # vdisplay + mss w extra capture
make capture-interactive                      # mirror capture → screen.png
make capture-analyze                          # + VQL + .capture.json
imgl capture -o screen.png --verify           # to samo bez make
imgl capture -o screen.png --verify --analyze # capture + VQL + provenance w jednym kroku
imgl capture --portal -o screen.png           # fallback: GNOME region picker

imgl diagnose screen.png            # must show worth_analyzing: true

# analyze / export (aborts on blank unless --allow-blank)
imgl analyze /tmp/screen.png --json
imgl analyze screen.png -o screen.imgl.json --lang eng+pol
imgl html screen.png -o screen.html --embed-image
imgl svg screen.png --mode overlay -o screen.svg
imgl svg screen.png --mode wireframe -o screen.svg
imgl vql screen.png -o layout.vql.json --with-grid

Web UI (manual + agent, port 8008)

pip install -e ".[web,llm,capture]"
imgl serve --port 8008
# z wykonaniem na pulpicie i LLM:
imgl serve --port 8008 --execute --llm --capture-on-start

Otwórz http://127.0.0.1:8008 — podgląd zrzutu z numerami, lista akcji z miniaturkami, NL i pętla agenta (capture → act → capture).

Szczegóły: docs/web-ui.md, docs/voice-browser.md.

Control layer (REST / DSL / NL, port 8219)

Sterowanie z zewnątrz (shell, curl, MCP, asystent głosowy):

make install-control   # imgl install control
make capture-analyze                          # zalecane: capture + VQL
make capture-interactive                      # lub: imgl capture -o screen.png --verify
make serve-rest        # http://127.0.0.1:8219

# DSL
dsl2imgl exec 'KEY ctrl+Return EXECUTE 0'
dsl2imgl exec 'TYPE "hello" IN "Chat input" IMAGE screen.png WINDOW region-bottom EXECUTE 0'

# NL
nlp2imgl apply "wpisz opisz projekt w Chat input" --image screen.png --window region-bottom
nlp2imgl apply "naciśnij ctrl+enter" --execute

Z Koru (w koru/.venv, nie imgl/.venv):

cd ~/github/semcod/koru && make install-imgl-bridge
make imgl-capture imgl-chat
koru imgl execute "wpisz test w Chat input" --window region-bottom --dry-run

Pełne przykłady: docs/nl-shell-examples.md, docs/control-layer.md, docs/vql-export.md.

Window discovery (regiony na zrzucie)

Na złożonych zrzutach (przeglądarka + IDE) najpierw wybierz region:

imgl windows screen.png --export-crops --annotate --open
# → screen.region-top.png, screen.region-bottom.png (+ .numbered.png)

imgl interact screen.png --llm --window region-top    # GitHub
imgl interact screen.png --llm --window region-bottom # IDE

Interaktywny wybór okna (gdy jest >1 region):

imgl interact screen.png --llm
# → lista okien → wpisz numer (1, 2) lub "podglad"

Interactive shell (pick action from catalog)

imgl interact /tmp/screen.png -o layout.vql.json
# numer opcji, NL: "kliknij Save", "mapa", "lista", "okna", "quit"
# obraz z numerami:
imgl annotate screen.png --open
imgl interact screen.png --annotate --open
# filtr szumu OCR (domyślnie włączony):
imgl interact screen.png
# vision LLM (OPENROUTER_API_KEY + pip install -e ".[llm]"):
imgl interact screen.png --llm --window region-top --annotate --open
# wykonanie na pulpicie (Linux, xdotool/ydotool):
imgl interact /tmp/screen.png --execute

URI DSL (vql://window/imgl?action=...):

action	opis
analyze	OCR + layout → VQL JSON (domyślne)
list	lista elementów interaktywnych
annotate	PNG ze zrzutu + numerowane ramki
click	text=, element_id=, window=
type	value=, label=, text=

Via uri2vql (when installed):

uri2vql query 'vql://window/imgl?image=/tmp/screen.png&file=layout.vql.json&lang=eng'
uri2vql query 'vql://window/imgl?image=/tmp/screen.png&file=layout.vql.json&action=list'
uri2vql query 'vql://window/imgl?image=/tmp/screen.png&file=layout.vql.json&action=click&text=Save'
# For Polish+English OCR in URI use encoded plus: lang=eng%2Bpol

NL → URI (nlp2uri / imgl built-in):

# w shellu imgl interact: "kliknij Save", "wpisz test w search", "2", "lista"

HTML / SVG export

from imgl import analyze, scene_to_html, scene_to_svg

scene = analyze("screen.png")
html = scene_to_html(scene, embed_image=True)
svg = scene_to_svg(scene, mode="overlay", background="screen.png")

HTML uses absolutely positioned elements with data-type, data-id, data-text attributes for text-based automation (button[data-text="Save"]).

SVG supports wireframe (flat debug view) and overlay (boxes on top of screenshot).

Output format

analyze() returns a Scene with:

• windows — detected UI windows/panels (local heuristics or optional img2vql)
• elements — classified UI elements: button, input, label, text, toolbar
• ocr_boxes — raw OCR word boxes with confidence scores

Example JSON:

{
  "version": "1.0",
  "scene": {"width": 800, "height": 600, "source_image": "screen.png"},
  "windows": [{
    "id": "win-screen",
    "bbox": {"x": 0, "y": 0, "w": 800, "h": 600},
    "title": null,
    "z": 0,
    "elements": [
      {"id": "text-0", "type": "text", "text": "Save", "bbox": {"x": 100, "y": 50, "w": 40, "h": 16}}
    ]
  }],
  "ocr_boxes": [],
  "metadata": {"ocr_backend": "tesseract", "lang": "eng+pol"}
}

Configuration

from imgl import ImglConfig, analyze

scene = analyze("screen.png", config=ImglConfig(
    lang="eng+pol",
    use_img2vql=True,      # use img2vql when installed, else local detect
    detect_inputs=True,
    label_proximity_px=40,
))

VQL export

from imgl import analyze, scene_to_vql, write_vql_program

scene = analyze("screen.png")  # metadata.capture + window_os gdy vdisplay + sidecar
program = scene_to_vql(scene, include_grid=True, grid=12)
write_vql_program(scene, "layout.vql.json")

Layers: windows, ui_elements (OCR text + optional app_label from vdisplay), text_regions, optional screen_regions.

Sidecar files: screen.capture.json (provenance), cache layout.vql.imgl.json. See docs/vql-export.md.

Text-based actions

from imgl import analyze, actions

scene = analyze("screen.png")
ui = actions(scene)

ui.click("button", text="Save")
# {"action": "click", "x": 310, "y": 206, ...}

ui.type_into("alice", label="Username")
# {"action": "type", "x": 245, "y": 99, "text": "alice", ...}

CLI:

imgl find screen.png --type button --text Save --click
imgl find screen.png --label Username --type-into alice
imgl find screen.png --list

Roadmap

Zobacz TODO.md.

• uri2vql: window_scope w handlerze vql://window/imgl
• dsl2imgl Faza 4: JSON Schema + Protobuf + EventStore
• Web UI: mikrofon (Web Speech API), akcja KEY w panelu
• koru desktop bridge for action execution

License

Licensed under Apache-2.0.