waveform80/picamera
A pure Python interface to the Raspberry Pi camera module observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
32/100
- Activity 0
- Release rhythm 35
- Longevity 100
Flags: no_releases
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: n/a
- age_days: 4726
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 1348
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
1575 stars · 345 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
A pure Python interface to the Raspberry Pi camera module, supporting Python 2.7+ and 3.2+. It provides APIs for capturing still images and recording video from the Pi's camera hardware.
Use cases
- capture still images from a Raspberry Pi camera in Python
- record video with the Raspberry Pi camera module
- build a time-lapse photography script on a Pi
- stream camera previews from a Raspberry Pi
- control camera settings like exposure and resolution programmatically
When to choose
- you are using the legacy Raspberry Pi camera module (OV5647) with Python
- you want a pure Python API without writing C or using command-line tools
- you need fine-grained programmatic control over camera capture on a Pi
When to avoid
- you are using the newer libcamera-based camera stack on Bullseye and later (use picamera2 instead)
- you need camera support on non-Raspberry-Pi hardware
- you require active development and new features, as the project is in maintenance mode
Facets
library · maturity maintenance
image-processing video-processing sdk hardware image-processing iot python raspberry-pi camera-module picamera hardware-interface video linux
1 source
- readme: https://github.com/waveform80/picamera · fetched 2026-08-28 · 8e787d32eb3b
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| waveform80/picamera | main | 32 |
For agents
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