OpenCV
- Software
- Perception
- Library
OpenCV is an open source computer vision library. It provides tools for image and video processing and analysis, with documentation, a Q&A forum and an issue tracker for users and contributors.
Source on GitHub: github.com/opencv/opencv (opens in a new tab). Facts read at commit 6ddc454 (opens in a new tab).
Licenses
- Code
- Apache-2.0 (opens in a new tab)
Read by Robotheca from LICENSE (opens in a new tab) (Apache-2.0) at commit 6ddc454 (opens in a new tab), on 16 Oct 2026.
- Commercial use
- Yes
What it does
- Extra functionality is available in a separate opencv_contrib repository.
- Community resources include a Q&A forum, courses and a YouTube channel.
- Contributors are asked to follow contribution guidelines, including one pull request per issue and tests with documentation.
Written by Robotheca from the project's README (opens in a new tab) at commit 6ddc454.
Getting started
- Difficulty
- Intermediate
- How to start
- The project's website (opens in a new tab)
Maintenance
- Status
- Active: a commit in the last 90 days
- Newest commit
- 16 Oct 2026 on 5.x
- Latest release
- OpenCV 5.0.0 (6 Jun 2026)
Checked on GitHub on 16 Oct 2026.
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