# auduno/headtrackr

Javascript library for headtracking via webcam and WebRTC/getUserMedia

Repository: https://github.com/auduno/headtrackr
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/headtrackr
Language: JavaScript
License Family: other
Last push: 2023-06-15T12:07:55+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": 5217, "days_push": 1175, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 3701, forks 500 (observed 2026-08-28T04:08:14.948406+00:00)

## What it is
headtrackr is a JavaScript library for real-time face tracking and head tracking via a webcam using WebRTC/getUserMedia. It estimates the user's head position relative to the screen and emits events that can drive pseudo-3D head-coupled perspective effects, e.g. with three.js.

## Use cases
- track a user's head position via webcam in the browser
- build head-coupled perspective pseudo-3D effects on a website
- detect and track faces in real time from a webcam stream
- create webcam-controlled games or interactive demos
- add parallax or gaze-like interaction to web pages

## When to choose
- you need browser-based head or face tracking without server-side processing
- you want to build head-coupled 3D perspective effects with three.js
- your project relies on WebRTC/getUserMedia webcam access

## When to avoid
- you need modern, actively maintained computer vision features
- you require robust tracking across diverse lighting, angles, or devices
- you need server-side or native (non-browser) face tracking
- you need a library with an explicit license for commercial use

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: maintenance
- function: computer-vision, image-processing, sdk
- domain: computer-vision, web-development, artificial-intelligence
- platform: browser
- tags: head-tracking, face-tracking, webrtc, getusermedia, webcam, real-time, head-coupled-perspective, javascript, web

## Member repositories
- auduno/headtrackr (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:14.948406+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 2026-08-29T18:31:01.782899+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/auduno/headtrackr (fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:14.948406+00:00, sha 760f18fa5bb1)
  - registry_npm: https://registry.npmjs.org/headtrackr (fetched 2026-08-29T09:24:47.416156+00:00, sha 54370168040b)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.