# simonfuhrmann/mve

The Multi-View Environment: End-to-end image-based reconstruction (SfM, MVS, surface reconstruction)

Repository: https://github.com/simonfuhrmann/mve
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/mve
Language: C++
License: NOASSERTION
License Family: other
Topics: multi-view-stereo, mvs, sfm, structure-from-motion, surface-reconstruction, image-based-reconstruction
Last push: 2026-05-31T15:40:22+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 70/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 85, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 5241, "days_push": 94, "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 1059, forks 424 (observed 2026-08-28T04:03:25.617593+00:00)

## What it is
MVE (The Multi-View Environment) is a C++ library and toolset implementing a complete end-to-end pipeline for image-based 3D geometry reconstruction, covering Structure-from-Motion, Multi-View Stereo, and Surface Reconstruction. It includes command-line applications for each pipeline step and a Qt-based viewer (UMVE) for inspecting multi-view datasets.

## Use cases
- reconstruct 3d geometry from a set of photos
- estimate camera parameters from images with structure from motion
- compute dense depth maps with multi-view stereo
- generate a surface mesh from depth maps
- inspect and visualize multi-view datasets
- build photogrammetry pipelines from scratch

## When to choose
- you need a self-contained open-source SfM/MVS/surface reconstruction pipeline in C++
- you want command-line tools you can script into a custom reconstruction workflow
- you are doing research on multi-view algorithms and need a library foundation
- you need a viewer to inspect multi-view scenes and depth maps

## When to avoid
- you want a polished photogrammetry tool with a full GUI for reconstruction
- you need actively developed features or commercial support (project is in maintenance mode)
- you need GPU-accelerated state-of-the-art MVS performance
- you want a Python or cloud-based reconstruction service

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: maintenance
- function: image-processing, computer-vision, graphics, cli
- domain: computer-vision, graphics
- platform: windows, cpp, cross-platform
- tags: structure-from-motion, multi-view-stereo, surface-reconstruction, photogrammetry, 3d-reconstruction, depth-maps, algorithms, linux, macos

## Member repositories
- simonfuhrmann/mve (main) score 70

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:25.617593+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 2026-08-30T06:57:22.467123+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/simonfuhrmann/mve (fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:25.617593+00:00, sha 9b803580b2f7)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.