# cvzone/cvzone

This is a Computer vision package that makes its easy to run Image processing and AI functions. At the core it uses OpenCV and Mediapipe libraries.

Repository: https://github.com/cvzone/cvzone
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/cvzone
Language: Python
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: computervision, opencv-python, opencv, mediapipe
Last push: 2024-05-10T12:42:26+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 1943, "days_push": 845, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1325, forks 282 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:22.640548+00:00)

## What it is
CVZone is a Python computer vision helper library that wraps OpenCV and MediaPipe to simplify image processing and AI functions like hand tracking, face detection, and pose estimation. It provides easy-to-use modules and drawing utilities on top of these core libraries.

## Use cases
- track hands from a webcam in python
- detect faces and face landmarks in video
- run pose estimation on camera frames
- segment a person from the background (selfie segmentation)
- draw styled rectangles and text overlays on images
- stack, rotate, and overlay images with opencv
- classify images with a simple module

## When to choose
- you want simple, beginner-friendly wrappers around OpenCV and MediaPipe
- you need quick prototypes for hand, face, or pose tracking
- you want ready-made drawing and image utility helpers

## When to avoid
- you need fine-grained control or the latest MediaPipe features
- you need high performance with minimal overhead
- you need a library with frequent updates or long-term commercial support

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: active
- function: computer-vision, image-processing, machine-learning
- domain: computer-vision, image-processing, artificial-intelligence
- platform: python, cross-platform
- tags: opencv, mediapipe, hand-tracking, face-detection, pose-estimation, selfie-segmentation

## Member repositories
- cvzone/cvzone (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:22.640548+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 2026-08-30T04:46:33.732826+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/cvzone/cvzone (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:22.640548+00:00, sha e05c4a453ee9)
  - registry_pypi: https://pypi.org/pypi/cvzone/json (fetched 2026-08-29T12:05:24.740480+00:00, sha de1d34bbf591)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.