ageitgey/face_recognition

What this repository does

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

Repository facts

Owner

ageitgey

Primary language

Python

Stars

56,744

Forks

13,689

Open issues + pull requests

832

License

MIT

Archived

No

Default branch

master

Created

2017-03-03T21:52:39.000Z

Last push

2026-06-25T11:12:50.000Z

Topics and intended use

Owner-supplied topics: face-detection, face-recognition, machine-learning, python

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