face_recognition license, foundation and stars
ML frameworks · MIT (open source) · 56,776 stars
The world's simplest facial recognition api for Python and the command line
License history
LICENSE fileMIT No license change recorded since the repository was created in 2017.
Latest release
No GitHub releases published; the project releases elsewhere (tags or its own site).
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About and history
- Repository
- ageitgey/face_recognition · created Mar 3, 2017
- Language
- Python
- Foundation
- None; run by its maintainers
- GitHub detects
- MIT
- Stars per week
- From the second weekly snapshot
Weekly snapshots
| Week of | Stars | |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 21, 2026 | 56,776 |
Changes
| What changed | |
|---|---|
| Sep 25, 2026 | TrackedAdded: ageitgey/face_recognition |