# sightmachine/SimpleCV

The Open Source Framework for Machine Vision

Repository: https://github.com/sightmachine/SimpleCV
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/simplecv
Homepage: http://simplecv.org
Language: Python
License: BSD-3-Clause
License Family: permissive
Topics: computer-vision, python, cv, vision, visionprocessing, image-processing
Last push: 2024-12-20T19:39:00+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 5496, "days_push": 621, "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 2730, forks 787 (observed 2026-08-28T04:07:16.043687+00:00)

## What it is
SimpleCV is an open-source Python framework that wraps OpenCV and other vision libraries behind a simple, readable API for cameras, image manipulation, feature extraction, and format conversion. It is aimed at making machine vision accessible to beginners, but the project is no longer actively maintained.

## Use cases
- capture images from a webcam in python
- binarize and threshold images easily
- find keypoints and features in images
- learn computer vision without learning opencv internals
- convert between image and video formats
- prototype simple machine vision applications

## When to choose
- maintaining a legacy project already built on SimpleCV
- teaching or learning basic computer vision concepts with minimal setup
- quick prototypes where the old dependencies still work

## When to avoid
- starting any new computer vision project
- needing active maintenance, updates, or community support
- requiring modern deep-learning-based vision models
- working with recent Python versions where compatibility may break

## Facets
- artifact type: framework
- maturity: abandoned
- function: computer-vision, image-processing, machine-learning
- domain: computer-vision, image-processing, machine-learning
- platform: python, windows, cross-platform
- tags: opencv-wrapper, machine-vision, camera-capture, legacy, beginner-friendly, linux, macos

## Member repositories
- sightmachine/SimpleCV (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:16.043687+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 2026-08-30T02:14:41.312320+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/sightmachine/SimpleCV (fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:16.043687+00:00, sha 2ed5cf826c89)
  - homepage: http://simplecv.org (fetched 2026-08-29T09:57:46.788049+00:00, sha 1901bf0b07c9)
  - site_page: http://simplecv.org/download (fetched 2026-08-29T09:57:46.790593+00:00, sha b8ddb7f14300)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.