# openmv/openmv

OpenMV Camera Module

Repository: https://github.com/openmv/openmv
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/openmv
Language: C
License Family: other
Last push: 2026-08-26T15:46:05+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 91/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 75, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4676, "days_push": 7, "days_rel": 8, "gap_med": 112, "n_releases_24m": 8}
- flags: no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2850, forks 1273 (observed 2026-08-28T04:07:25.607677+00:00)

## What it is
OpenMV is an open-source machine vision platform consisting of camera hardware firmware programmable in Python 3 (MicroPython). The firmware includes an image processing library with feature detection, color tracking, QR/barcode decoding, AprilTag recognition, and TensorFlow/edge AI support with NPU acceleration.

## Use cases
- build a color tracking camera for a robot
- detect QR codes and AprilTags with a microcontroller camera
- run YOLO object detection on a low-power embedded camera
- stream MJPEG video from a small camera module
- prototype computer vision projects in Python on embedded hardware
- add machine vision to Arduino or robotics projects

## When to choose
- you need programmable machine vision on microcontroller hardware
- you want Python-based computer vision with edge AI acceleration
- you're building battery-powered AI vision applications

## When to avoid
- you need high-resolution desktop GPU-accelerated vision processing
- you want a general-purpose SBC Linux environment rather than microcontroller firmware

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: machine-learning, computer-vision, image-processing, embedded
- domain: computer-vision, machine-learning, embedded-systems, robotics
- platform: embedded, python, cpp, c
- tags: machine-vision, microcontroller-firmware, tensorflow-lite-micro, camera, micropython, edge-ai, npu

## Member repositories
- openmv/openmv (main) score 91

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:25.607677+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 2026-08-30T07:36:59.956992+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/openmv/openmv (fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:25.607677+00:00, sha b5bbad579a8e)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.