# fangfufu/Linux-Fake-Background-Webcam

Faking your webcam background under GNU/Linux, now supports background blurring, animated background, colour map effect, hologram effect and on-demand processing.

Repository: https://github.com/fangfufu/Linux-Fake-Background-Webcam
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/linux-fake-background-webcam
Language: Python
License: GPL-3.0
License Family: copyleft
Topics: mediapipe, tensorflow-lite, opencv-python, webcam-background, v4l2loopback, webcam, akvcam
Last push: 2026-02-24T04:04:22+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 63/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 69, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2334, "days_push": 190, "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 1700, forks 173 (observed 2026-08-28T04:05:24.205757+00:00)

## What it is
A Python application that creates a virtual webcam on GNU/Linux with fake backgrounds, including background replacement, blurring, animated backgrounds, hologram and colour map effects. It uses Mediapipe selfie segmentation with OpenCV and feeds output through v4l2loopback or akvcam.

## Use cases
- blur my webcam background on linux
- replace video call background without green screen
- virtual webcam for microsoft teams on linux
- add animated background to webcam feed
- fake webcam background in zoom under linux
- overlay images on my webcam video

## When to choose
- you are on GNU/Linux and your conferencing app lacks background blur or replacement
- you want an open-source, scriptable virtual webcam with effects
- you need on-demand or CPU-friendly segmentation at usable frame rates

## When to avoid
- you are on Windows or macOS with native background effects
- you need a plug-and-play GUI without kernel module setup
- your platform cannot load v4l2loopback or akvcam

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: computer-vision, image-processing, video-processing, machine-learning
- domain: computer-vision, operating-systems, privacy, web-development
- platform: python
- tags: webcam, virtual-camera, background-replacement, background-blur, v4l2loopback, mediapipe, video-conferencing, selfie-segmentation, video, linux

## Member repositories
- fangfufu/Linux-Fake-Background-Webcam (main) score 63

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:24.205757+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 2026-08-30T03:37:45.731201+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/fangfufu/Linux-Fake-Background-Webcam (fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:24.205757+00:00, sha ed483b8ef6c6)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.