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I have a toolbox (several different parameters) that I created using a python script. The tool is meant to be run in ArcMap.

In short, how do I share this tool with other people?

I tried to read online how to do this and not really getting anywhere.

Does it need to be shared via ArcGIS Online?

Is there a way to simply zip up the tool and email it to folks or put it on a shared web-space like Box?

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  • You need pure text version of toolbox, or it might not work for different arcgis versions gis.stackexchange.com/questions/62839/…
    – FelixIP
    Commented Oct 14, 2021 at 18:41
  • Otherwise you can just import the Python script into the toolbox then pass around the .tbx like any other file.
    – mikewatt
    Commented Oct 14, 2021 at 22:30
  • is a .tbx file the little red toolbox files that say "Arc GIS Toolbox" as file type? Thanks.
    – DiamondJoe12
    Commented Oct 15, 2021 at 13:11
  • And when you say 'pass around' - can it simply be zipped and shared via email? I have imported the python script into the toolbox, I think (by "adding python script"). Are these self contained tools and can simply be emailed, sharepoint, etc?
    – DiamondJoe12
    Commented Oct 15, 2021 at 13:13

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To do this see A quick tour of sharing custom tools in the Online Help for ArcMap:

You can share geoprocessing results as a package or as a service. When you share a result, ArcGIS makes a copy of your model and script tools, examines their contents, and makes changes to the copy to ensure that the tool will execute on another computer. In addition, the data that was used to create the result is also shared.

But what if you want to share your custom tools and not share any data? That is, you want to give someone your toolbox and have them use the tools within, just as they would with a system toolbox? You can do this, but it requires some skill on your part ...

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