# torinmb/mediapipe-touchdesigner

GPU Accelerated MediaPipe Plugin for TouchDesigner

Repository: https://github.com/torinmb/mediapipe-touchdesigner
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/mediapipe-touchdesigner
Language: JavaScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: mediapipe, touchdesigner, td-olib-project
Last push: 2026-08-19T22:11:17+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 86/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 98, release rhythm 73, longevity 80
- inputs: {"age_days": 1127, "days_push": 14, "days_rel": 23, "gap_med": 144, "n_releases_24m": 4}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2686, forks 134 (observed 2026-08-28T04:07:10.767386+00:00)

## What it is
A GPU-accelerated, self-contained MediaPipe plugin for TouchDesigner that runs MediaPipe vision models (face detection, face/hand/pose tracking, segmentation) via an embedded Chromium browser. It provides DAT and TOP outputs in TouchDesigner with no installation required on Mac and PC.

## Use cases
- track hand landmarks in TouchDesigner for interactive installations
- do face tracking and facial landmark detection for visuals
- estimate body pose from a webcam in TouchDesigner
- run image segmentation on live video feeds
- build webcam-driven generative art projects
- detect faces in real time for projection mapping

## When to choose
- you use TouchDesigner and want MediaPipe vision models without manual setup
- you need GPU-accelerated real-time face, hand, or pose tracking on Mac or Windows
- you want a self-contained plugin with no installation

## When to avoid
- you need MediaPipe outside of TouchDesigner
- you need input resolution above 720p
- you need Interactive Segmentation or Image Embedding models, which are unsupported

## Facets
- artifact type: plugin
- maturity: active
- function: computer-vision, machine-learning, plugin-system, image-processing
- domain: computer-vision, media, graphics, artificial-intelligence
- platform: windows, cross-platform
- tags: mediapipe, touchdesigner, gpu-accelerated, face-tracking, hand-tracking, pose-estimation, webcam, real-time, visual-programming, creative-coding, macos

## Member repositories
- torinmb/mediapipe-touchdesigner (main) score 86

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:10.767386+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 2026-08-30T02:17:48.265720+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/torinmb/mediapipe-touchdesigner (fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:10.767386+00:00, sha 2b4a08d1a76a)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.