ORB-HD/deface
Video anonymization by face detection observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
23/100
- Activity 0
- Release rhythm 8
- Longevity 100
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: n/a
- age_days: 2386
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 689
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
1558 stars · 173 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
deface is a Python command-line tool that automatically anonymizes human faces in videos and photos. It detects faces in each frame and applies blurring or black-box filters, discarding audio tracks by default.
Use cases
- blur faces in a video before publishing it online
- anonymize people in street interview footage
- redact faces from photos for GDPR compliance
- anonymize webcam feed in real time
- batch-process video files to remove identifiable faces
- replace faces with black boxes instead of blur
When to choose
- you need a simple, automated CLI tool for face anonymization in videos or images
- you want cross-platform, pip-installable software with no GUI overhead
- you need live camera anonymization or batch processing of video files
- you prefer an MIT-licensed open-source tool over manual video editing
When to avoid
- you need to anonymize other identifying features like license plates, tattoos, or voices
- you require a graphical interface for frame-by-frame manual redaction
- you need guaranteed perfect detection of every face in challenging footage
- you need to preserve audio tracks (they are discarded by default)
Facets
cli-tool · maturity stable
video-processing computer-vision privacy cli privacy computer-vision windows python cli cross-platform face-detection face-blurring anonymization gdpr video-redaction video command-line linux macos
2 sources
- readme: https://github.com/ORB-HD/deface · fetched 2026-08-28 · 1e8b1a5b3382
- registry_pypi: https://pypi.org/pypi/deface/json · fetched 2026-08-29 · d2fea97c9d90
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| ORB-HD/deface | main | 23 |
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