face_recognition
The premium Open Source alternative to Amazon Rekognition
🎯 Best for:Developers needing simple, offline facial recognition capabilities.
What is face_recognition?
An alternative to Amazon Rekognition for face detection and identification. It uses deep learning to identify faces with 99.38% accuracy on standard benchmarks via a simple Python API.
Tech Stack
PythonAI, ML & Data
Why face_recognition?
- • High accuracy
- • Minimal code required
- • No cloud dependency
Limitations
- • Slow on CPU
- • Difficult dlib installation
- • Limited to 2D images
3/5/2026
Last Update
13,710
Forks
833
Issues
MIT
License
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Competitor Cost
-$1,440
/ year (est. based on Amazon Rekognition)
Self-Hosted
$0
/ year
Team Size10 Users
150+
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