bytedeco/javacv
Java interface to OpenCV, FFmpeg, and more observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
86/100
- Activity 97
- Release rhythm 65
- Longevity 100
Flags: no_license
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: 226
- age_days: 4517
- days_rel: 23
- days_push: 22
- n_releases_24m: 4
Adoption not part of the score
8335 stars · 1619 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded
JavaCV is a Java library that wraps OpenCV, FFmpeg, and other computer vision and multimedia libraries via JavaCPP Presets, with utility classes for camera calibration, feature detection, and image alignment. It works on the JVM including Android and ships hardware-accelerated display and parallel processing helpers.
Use cases
- process video frames in Java with OpenCV and FFmpeg
- build an Android app that does face or object detection
- calibrate cameras and projectors from Java
- run OCR on images using Tesseract from the JVM
- capture and display live camera feeds in Java
- match feature points to find objects in images
When to choose
- you need OpenCV or FFmpeg functionality from Java or Kotlin without writing JNI bindings
- you want a single Maven dependency bundling many vision and multimedia native libraries
- you target Android or desktop JVM for computer vision work
When to avoid
- you work in Python or C++ and can use OpenCV natively
- you need only lightweight image operations where a pure-Java library suffices
- you dislike large native binary dependencies in your build
Facets
library · maturity active
computer-vision image-processing video-processing ocr sdk computer-vision image-processing cross-platform jvm cross-platform opencv ffmpeg javacpp multimedia camera-calibration maven video android
1 source
- readme: https://github.com/bytedeco/javacv · fetched 2026-08-28 · 9b82ba640f65
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| bytedeco/javacv | main | 86 |
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