# justadudewhohacks/face-recognition.js

Simple Node.js package for robust face detection and face recognition. JavaScript and TypeScript API.

Repository: https://github.com/justadudewhohacks/face-recognition.js
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/face-recognitionjs
Language: JavaScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: face-detection, face-recognition, face, nodejs, node, face-landmark, javascript, typescript
Last push: 2021-02-02T14:23:40+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": 3168, "days_push": 2038, "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 1923, forks 279 (observed 2026-08-28T04:05:55.301205+00:00)

## What it is
A Node.js wrapper around dlib providing face detection, face recognition, and face landmark detection with JavaScript and TypeScript APIs. The README explicitly states the package is obsolete in favor of face-api.js.

## Use cases
- detect faces in images from nodejs
- recognize and identify faces in photos
- extract face landmarks like 5-point and 68-point models
- build a node script that matches faces against known people
- run dlib face tools without writing C++

## When to choose
- you are locked into a legacy Node.js pipeline already using this package
- you specifically need the dlib-based face tooling via a native Node addon

## When to avoid
- starting a new project - use face-api.js instead
- you need browser support
- you want an actively maintained library

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: abandoned
- function: machine-learning, image-processing, computer-vision, sdk
- domain: computer-vision, image-processing, machine-learning, developer-tools
- platform: windows
- tags: face-detection, face-recognition, face-landmarks, dlib, obsolete, typescript, nodejs, linux, macos

## Member repositories
- justadudewhohacks/face-recognition.js (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:55.301205+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 2026-08-30T03:09:38.272264+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/justadudewhohacks/face-recognition.js (fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:55.301205+00:00, sha 49f3d2507635)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.