# showmewebcam/showmewebcam

Raspberry Pi + High Quality Camera = High-quality USB Webcam!

Repository: https://github.com/showmewebcam/showmewebcam
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/showmewebcam
Language: Shell
License: GPL-3.0
License Family: copyleft
Topics: raspberry-pi, camera, webcam, dslr, mirrorless
Last push: 2024-08-14T16:42:44+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 23/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2230, "days_push": 749, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1449, forks 134 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:45.675492+00:00)

## What it is
A firmware image that turns a Raspberry Pi Zero (or Pi 4) with a Raspberry Pi camera module into a high-quality USB webcam using UVC gadget support. It boots quickly and presents the Pi as a standard UVC webcam to Linux, Windows, and macOS.

## Use cases
- turn a raspberry pi into a usb webcam
- use a dslr-quality camera for video calls
- build a high quality webcam for zoom and teams
- replace a cheap webcam with a raspberry pi hq camera
- make a mirrorless-style webcam from a pi zero

## When to choose
- you own a Raspberry Pi Zero and a Pi camera module and want better video quality than a typical webcam
- you want a plug-and-play UVC webcam that works across Linux, Windows, and macOS
- you want an open-source, trustable webcam firmware

## When to avoid
- you need a software webcam without dedicated hardware
- you don't have a compatible Raspberry Pi and camera module
- you need wireless streaming rather than USB webcam output

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: embedded, video-processing, image-processing
- domain: hardware, embedded-systems, media, self-hosted
- platform: embedded, iot
- tags: raspberry-pi, webcam, firmware, uvc-gadget, camera, usb-gadget, diy-hardware, linux

## Member repositories
- showmewebcam/showmewebcam (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:45.675492+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 2026-08-30T04:36:01.643334+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/showmewebcam/showmewebcam (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:45.675492+00:00, sha de4b159e1ca4)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.