ageitgey/face_recognition

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What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded

A Python library and command-line tool providing a simple API for face detection, facial landmark extraction, and face recognition, built on dlib's deep learning models. It achieves 99.38% accuracy on the Labeled Faces in the Wild benchmark.

Use cases

• find faces in photos
• identify who is in a picture
• detect facial landmarks like eyes and nose
• compare faces across images
• recognize people in a folder of images from the command line
• apply digital makeup to faces in photos

When to choose

• you need a simple, well-documented face recognition API in Python
• you want a CLI tool for batch face recognition on image folders
• you need facial landmark detection for image manipulation
• you want high accuracy without building your own model

When to avoid

• you need real-time video face recognition at scale
• you need GPU-accelerated performance for large workloads
• you need actively developed features or modern model architectures
• you need face recognition on mobile or embedded devices

Facets

library · maturity maintenance

computer-vision image-processing machine-learning cli computer-vision image-processing machine-learning developer-tools python cli cross-platform face-recognition face-detection facial-landmarks dlib deep-learning

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