# cgtinker/BlendArMocap

realtime motion tracking in blender using mediapipe and rigify

Repository: https://github.com/cgtinker/BlendArMocap
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/blendarmocap
Language: Python
License: GPL-3.0
License Family: copyleft
Topics: blender, blender-addon, motion-tracking, mediapipe
Last push: 2025-12-01T20:47:03+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 48/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 55, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 1737, "days_push": 275, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1078, forks 140 (observed 2026-08-28T04:03:29.777744+00:00)

## What it is
A Blender add-on that performs markerless motion capture using Google's Mediapipe, detecting pose, hand, and face features from webcam streams or videos. It computes rotation data from detections and transfers it onto rigs, officially supporting Rigify humanoid rigs, and can also import Freemocap session data.

## Use cases
- capture body motion from a webcam and apply it to a Blender character rig
- track hand and finger movements for animation without mocap suits
- do facial motion capture for Blender characters
- import Freemocap mediapipe session data into Blender
- retarget mediapipe tracking data onto Rigify rigs
- animate humanoid characters from video footage

## When to choose
- you need free markerless motion capture directly inside Blender
- you animate humanoid Rigify characters from webcam or video input
- you want to import Freemocap session recordings into Blender

## When to avoid
- you need actively maintained software - the project is discontinued
- you need production-grade mocap precision or suit-based capture
- you use rigs other than Rigify without creating custom transfer configurations

## Facets
- artifact type: plugin
- maturity: abandoned
- function: computer-vision, animation, image-processing, video-processing
- domain: graphics, computer-vision, media
- platform: cross-platform, python
- tags: blender-addon, motion-capture, mediapipe, rigify, markerless-tracking, facemocap, hand-tracking, pose-estimation, game-development

## Member repositories
- cgtinker/BlendArMocap (main) score 48

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:29.777744+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 2026-08-30T06:53:08.358271+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/cgtinker/BlendArMocap (fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:29.777744+00:00, sha e755d096e803)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.