ageitgey/face_recognition

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The world's simplest facial recognition api for Python and the command line

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Dominant language: Python
License: MIT
Last GitHub push: Jun 25, 2026
Latest indexed: Sep 20, 2026
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CLI image-folder regex missing end-anchor picks up non-image files (foo.jpg.bak, notes.jpegdoc) Open

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ageitgey/face_recognition#1678 · Opened Jul 4, 2026
Honest-Feedback Open

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ageitgey/face_recognition#1669 · 3 comments · Opened Feb 7, 2026
AiSoul Open

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ageitgey/face_recognition#1668 · 1 comment · Opened Jan 28, 2026
Logical Error: Image display (.show()) placed inside loop, causing multiple windows for multi-face images Open

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ageitgey/face_recognition#1666 · Opened Nov 25, 2025
Multiprocessing output can be interleaved/jumbled due to direct print calls in worker process Open

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ageitgey/face_recognition#1665 · 2 comments · Opened Nov 25, 2025
Misuse of quit() in api.py; Use of SystemExit(1) + narrow exception handling Open

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ageitgey/face_recognition#1663 · Opened Nov 15, 2025
The pkg_resources package is slated for removal as early as 2025-11-30 Open

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ageitgey/face_recognition#1653 · 1 comment · 5 reactions · Opened Aug 12, 2025
Embedding normalisation Open

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ageitgey/face_recognition#1651 · 1 comment · Opened Jul 11, 2025
DeprecationWarning: pkg_resources is deprecated - Migration to importlib.resources needed Open

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ageitgey/face_recognition#1645 · Opened Jun 8, 2025
SHA hash mismatch (altered files?) when installing from pip3 from piwheels Open

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ageitgey/face_recognition#1644 · Opened May 27, 2025
please help me out Open

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ageitgey/face_recognition#1642 · 1 comment · Opened May 15, 2025
RuntimeError: Error while calling cudaOccupancyMaxPotentialBlockSize(&num_blocks,&num_threads,K) Open

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ageitgey/face_recognition#1641 · 2 comments · Opened May 13, 2025
I want to solve this problem Open

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ageitgey/face_recognition#1640 · 2 comments · Opened Apr 29, 2025
Why I'm getting this error? Open

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ageitgey/face_recognition#1639 · 2 comments · Opened Apr 28, 2025
Installation error Open

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ageitgey/face_recognition#1638 · 3 comments · Opened Apr 14, 2025
errors Open

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ageitgey/face_recognition#1636 · 1 comment · Opened Apr 11, 2025
Error showing Please install `face_recognition_models` with this command before using `face_recognition . Open

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ageitgey/face_recognition#1634 · 5 comments · 1 reaction · Opened Mar 26, 2025
Looking to contribute Open

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ageitgey/face_recognition#1633 · Opened Mar 18, 2025
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'pydantic_settings' Open

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ageitgey/face_recognition#1632 · Opened Mar 15, 2025
Spanish Translate Open

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ageitgey/face_recognition#1631 · Opened Mar 13, 2025
Dlib installation Error Open

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ageitgey/face_recognition#1630 · Opened Mar 12, 2025
issue on colab, was working fine 50 days ago, today when I run the same notebook again, I get this error. Open

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ageitgey/face_recognition#1628 · 3 comments · Opened Feb 21, 2025
C++ version pls Open

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ageitgey/face_recognition#1623 · Opened Dec 24, 2024
Getting accuracy of 94% while doing cosine simmilarity on face encodings Open

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ageitgey/face_recognition#1621 · Opened Dec 16, 2024
RuntimeError: Unsupported image type, must be 8bit gray or RGB image. Open

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ageitgey/face_recognition#1618 · 2 comments · Opened Nov 25, 2024
Closes Program Open

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ageitgey/face_recognition#1614 · 2 comments · Opened Oct 31, 2024
How I can create a separate encoding for each face in an image Open

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ageitgey/face_recognition#1613 · 2 comments · Opened Oct 5, 2024
Error loading images or encoding faces: Unsupported image type, must be 8bit gray or RGB image. Open

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ageitgey/face_recognition#1612 · 8 comments · Opened Sep 26, 2024
import face_recognition ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'face_recognition' Open

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ageitgey/face_recognition#1611 · 5 comments · Opened Sep 14, 2024
error: (-215:Assertion failed) !_src.empty() in function 'cv::cvtColor' Open

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ageitgey/face_recognition#1609 · Opened Sep 9, 2024
Openface 128d embedding not match with same trained image Open

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ageitgey/face_recognition#1607 · Opened Sep 5, 2024
Issue with Identifying Partial Faces Using face_recognition Library Open

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ageitgey/face_recognition#1585 · 1 reaction · Opened Sep 2, 2024
compute_face_descriptor(): incompatible function arguments Open

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ageitgey/face_recognition#1582 · 8 comments · Opened Aug 16, 2024
How to recall the miss detected face? Open

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ageitgey/face_recognition#1581 · 1 comment · Opened Aug 7, 2024
Package installed and verified but ModuleNotFoundError when running app - M2 Open

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ageitgey/face_recognition#1580 · Opened Aug 6, 2024
Does locating the face first then encoding the face have higher accuracy than just encoding the face? Open

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ageitgey/face_recognition#1579 · Opened Aug 2, 2024
File "C:\Users\hp\PycharmProjects\face-reco-attendence\.venv\Lib\site-packages\face_recognition\api.py", line 105, in _raw_face_locations return face_detector(img, number_of_times_to_upsample) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ RuntimeError: Unsupported image type, must be 8bit gray or RGB image. Open

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ageitgey/face_recognition#1578 · 1 comment · Opened Jul 30, 2024
reconnaissance faciale Open

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ageitgey/face_recognition#1577 · Opened Jul 23, 2024
Error: libcublasLt.so.11: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory Open

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ageitgey/face_recognition#1576 · Opened Jul 19, 2024
Error during face recognition: Unsupported image type, must be 8bit gray or RGB image. Open

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ageitgey/face_recognition#1574 · 3 comments · Opened Jun 27, 2024
RuntimeError: Unsupported image type, must be 8bit gray or RGB image. Open

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ageitgey/face_recognition#1573 · 45 comments · 9 reactions · Opened Jun 22, 2024
Why This Project Not Updated Open

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ageitgey/face_recognition#1571 · 5 comments · 1 reaction · Opened Jun 6, 2024
facerec_from_webcam.py spelling mistake of "Encoding" line 40 Open

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ageitgey/face_recognition#1569 · 2 comments · Opened May 29, 2024
when I ran facerec_from_video_file.py，I can not find output.avi anywhere Open

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ageitgey/face_recognition#1568 · Opened May 29, 2024
Dockerfile python version Open

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ageitgey/face_recognition#1567 · Opened May 28, 2024
Face recognition Open

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ageitgey/face_recognition#1565 · 1 comment · Opened May 26, 2024
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'face_recognition' Open

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ageitgey/face_recognition#1564 · 4 comments · Opened May 10, 2024
Face Recognition not installing on raspberry pi 3 Open

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ageitgey/face_recognition#1563 · 1 comment · Opened Apr 27, 2024
Face recorgon Open

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ageitgey/face_recognition#1562 · Opened Apr 21, 2024
Will your face_recognition application allow me to store pictures with names tide to them and just later down the line submit a new photo of someone who i dont remember i actually stored, and then the application when i send the photo identifies the person in the photo because its the exact person i stored of their name in a different photo i have saved? Open

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ageitgey/face_recognition#1561 · 1 comment · Opened Apr 18, 2024

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