# AravisProject/aravis

A vision library for genicam based cameras

Repository: https://github.com/AravisProject/aravis
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/aravis
Language: C
License: LGPL-2.1
License Family: copyleft
Topics: camera, usb3, video, gige, vision, glib, gobject, genicam, meson, gstreamer, c, gobject-introspection, gtk3
Last push: 2026-07-13T17:10:42+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 81/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 92, release rhythm 57, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3681, "days_push": 51, "days_rel": 129, "gap_med": 122.5, "n_releases_24m": 5}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1268, forks 433 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:11.456623+00:00)

## What it is
Aravis is a C library based on GLib/GObject for video acquisition from Genicam-compliant industrial cameras, implementing GigE Vision and USB3 Vision protocols. It also includes a GStreamer plugin, a simple GTK video viewer, and an ethernet camera simulator.

## Use cases
- acquire video from GigE Vision industrial cameras in C
- capture frames from USB3 Vision cameras on Linux
- integrate Genicam cameras into a GStreamer pipeline
- simulate a Genicam ethernet camera for testing
- build machine vision applications with open-source camera control

## When to choose
- you need a free, cross-platform library for Genicam/GigE/USB3 camera acquisition
- you want GStreamer integration for industrial camera streams
- you're building machine vision software in C or with GObject introspection bindings

## When to avoid
- you need a high-level GUI application rather than a library
- your camera is not Genicam-compliant (e.g. plain webcams via UVC)
- you need official vendor SDK features like proprietary camera tuning tools

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: active
- function: image-processing, video-processing, sdk, developer-tools
- domain: computer-vision, hardware, cross-platform
- platform: windows, cpp, c
- tags: genicam, gige-vision, usb3-vision, industrial-cameras, gstreamer-plugin, glib, video-acquisition, camera-simulator, industrial-automation, linux, macos

## Member repositories
- AravisProject/aravis (main) score 81

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:11.456623+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T05:03:34.916449+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/AravisProject/aravis (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:11.456623+00:00, sha cac26022be74)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.