# doug/depthjs

DepthJS allows any web page to interact with the Microsoft Kinect using Javascript.

Repository: https://github.com/doug/depthjs
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/depthjs
Language: C++
License: AGPL-3.0
License Family: copyleft
Last push: 2013-04-15T20:28:20+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 5766, "days_push": 4888, "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 1001, forks 105 (observed 2026-09-03T02:15:11.367175+00:00)

## What it is
DepthJS is a browser extension and native plugin (primarily for Chrome) that lets any web page interact with the Microsoft Kinect via JavaScript. It exposes raw Kinect depth/RGB data plus high-level hand gesture events like wave, push, and circle.

## Use cases
- control web pages with Kinect hand gestures
- access Kinect depth map from JavaScript
- build gesture-driven web demos
- track hands in the browser using a Kinect
- add motion-based interaction to websites

## When to choose
- you have an old Kinect and want browser-based gesture interaction
- you're researching legacy Kinect-to-browser integration approaches

## When to avoid
- you need modern browser support (NPAPI is deprecated)
- you're starting a new gesture project - use WebXR, MediaPipe, or modern depth cameras instead
- you need maintained software - the last release was April 2013

## Facets
- artifact type: plugin
- maturity: abandoned
- function: computer-vision, browser-extension, plugin-system
- domain: computer-vision, browser-extensions, web-development, hardware
- platform: browser, windows, cpp
- tags: kinect, gesture-recognition, openni, nite, npapi, depth-camera, javascript-events, event-handling, macos, linux

## Member repositories
- doug/depthjs (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-09-03T02:15:11.367175+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 2026-08-30T07:16:05.849060+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/doug/depthjs (fetched 2026-09-03T02:15:11.367175+00:00, sha f8ad8a84676b)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.