# \[ANN\] Whitebox.jl: A Julia frontend for WhiteboxTools

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/ann-whitebox-jl-a-julia-frontend-for-whiteboxtools/85879>\
**Category:** Package Announcements\
**Tags:** package, announcement, geo\
**Created:** [August 17, 2022, 3:58pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/ann-whitebox-jl-a-julia-frontend-for-whiteboxtools/85879 "2022-08-17T15:58:24Z")\
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**Author:** ![acgold](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/acgold/32/38539_2.png) [@acgold](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/acgold)\
**Post date:** [August 17, 2022, 3:58pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/ann-whitebox-jl-a-julia-frontend-for-whiteboxtools/85879/1 "2022-08-17T15:58:25Z")

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Hi everyone!

I would like to announce a new package called **[Whitebox.jl](https://github.com/acgold/Whitebox.jl)**.

This package provides a Julia frontend for [WhiteboxTools](https://github.com/jblindsay/whitebox-tools), which is an open-source command-line program for geospatial analysis created by [Dr. John Lindsay](https://jblindsay.github.io/ghrg/index.html).

WhiteboxTools contains about [500 tools](https://www.whiteboxgeo.com/manual/wbt_book/available_tools/index.html) that span the topics of Image analysis, hydrologic analysis, LiDAR analysis and more.

**Whitebox.jl** installs WhiteboxTools (v2.1.0) and allows users to run any WhiteboxTools function from Julia.

There are already a few ways to use WhiteboxTools ([R, Python, command line](https://www.whiteboxgeo.com/manual/wbt_book/using_whiteboxtools.html)), but my hope is that Whitebox.jl will simplify workflows for people that want to do more of their geospatial analysis with Julia.