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face_recognition

The world's simplest facial recognition api for Python and the command line

by ageitgey · GitHub
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Recognize and manipulate faces in images using a simple command line tool or Python library.

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The world's simplest facial recognition api for Python and the command line

face_recognition has 56.6k stars on GitHub. It has been forked 13.7k times. face_recognition is written mainly in Python. It has been in active development since 2017. face_recognition is available under the MIT license. Its main topics are face-detection, face-recognition, machine-learning, python.

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What is face_recognition?

The world's simplest facial recognition api for Python and the command line

Is face_recognition open source?

face_recognition is an open-source project. It is released under the MIT license.

Is face_recognition free?

Yes. face_recognition is free and open source — you can use, modify and self-host it.

What license does face_recognition use?

face_recognition is available under the MIT license.

What language is face_recognition written in?

face_recognition is written mainly in Python.

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