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Why we included this project

SORT is a stripped-down multiple object tracker that gives you consistent IDs for moving objects using only past and current frames. It pairs a Kalman filter with Hungarian data association, which keeps latency low because it never waits for the whole video. That makes it a natural fit for real-time systems, but the README is upfront that it doesn't handle occlusion or objects that leave and re-enter. So it is less a finished product than a reference implementation, and its tiny codebase is exactly why researchers still use it as a baseline when testing new ideas.