# datitran/object_detector_app

Real-Time Object Recognition App with Tensorflow and OpenCV

Repository: https://github.com/datitran/object_detector_app
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/object_detector_app
Homepage: https://medium.com/towards-data-science/building-a-real-time-object-recognition-app-with-tensorflow-and-opencv-b7a2b4ebdc32
Language: Python
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: tensorflow, opencv
Last push: 2019-03-05T06:52:31+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": 3362, "days_push": 2738, "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 1305, forks 733 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:18.568038+00:00)

## What it is
A Python application that performs real-time object recognition from a webcam or HLS video stream using TensorFlow's Object Detection API and OpenCV. It includes single-threaded and multithreaded variants and was built as a demo accompanying a Medium tutorial.

## Use cases
- run real-time object detection on a webcam feed
- detect objects in an HLS video stream
- learn how to build an object recognition app with TensorFlow
- demo pre-trained TensorFlow object detection models
- process live video with OpenCV and deep learning

## When to choose
- you want a simple, working demo of TensorFlow's Object Detection API with a webcam
- you are following the accompanying tutorial and want reference code
- you need a starting point for real-time video object detection in Python

## When to avoid
- you need a maintained, production-ready detection pipeline
- you use modern TensorFlow 2.x or recent OpenCV versions, since this targets TensorFlow 1.2 and OpenCV 3.0
- you need training or fine-tuning workflows rather than inference demo

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: abandoned
- function: computer-vision, image-processing, machine-learning, video-processing
- domain: computer-vision, machine-learning, deep-learning
- platform: python, cross-platform
- tags: object-detection, real-time, webcam, tensorflow-object-detection-api, opencv, demo-app

## Member repositories
- datitran/object_detector_app (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:18.568038+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 2026-08-30T04:51:01.732845+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/datitran/object_detector_app (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:18.568038+00:00, sha 5131e377b720)
  - homepage: https://medium.com/towards-data-science/building-a-real-time-object-recognition-app-with-tensorflow-and-opencv-b7a2b4ebdc32 (fetched 2026-08-29T12:08:55.148638+00:00, sha f01a54074205)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.