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Tool suggestion: Facial Recognition (facialrecognition.app)
- Dominant language
- JavaScript
- Stars
- 646
- Forks
- 114
- Avg merge
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- Merged PRs (30d)
- 8
Description
**Tool name:** Facial Recognition
**URL:** https://facialrecognition.app
**Category:** Facial recognition / face search (alongside PimEyes, FaceCheck.ID, Search4Faces)
**What it does:** Face search from an uploaded photo. iOS and Android apps; credit-based pricing. The apps are currently the only interface, which I am noting upfront since most toolkit entries are web tools.
**Data handling:** per the privacy policy, uploaded photos are not retained beyond 24 hours (https://facialrecognition.app/en/privacy-policy).
**Limitations, honestly:** accuracy degrades on low-quality or partial photos, and false positives occur.
**Disclosure:** I am the developer. Submitting because the category already covers this tool class and investigators may want a mobile option; happy to provide test credits to any toolkit reviewer.
Contributor guide
Research direction
Start by locating the toolkit's existing entries for PimEyes, FaceCheck.ID, and Search4Faces and follow their contribution format. Done means adding Facial Recognition with the supplied URL, category, mobile-only interface note, privacy detail, limitations, and disclosure, then checking that the entry renders consistently.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- android, ios
- Domain
- content, documentation
- Issue type
- Documentation
- Difficulty
- 2/5
- Estimated time
- 1-3 hours
- Activity status
- Quiet
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 65/100