openface

Why we included this project

OpenFace is a good starting point for teams that want face recognition in an application without building the network from scratch. It turns face images into compact numeric embeddings, which is what lets you compare two photos or train a classifier on your own people, and you can also run recognition live from a webcam. The repo ships working demos for image comparison, batch representation generation, and webcam classification, plus scripts to train new models if the pretrained ones don't fit your data. Because it's built on Torch and Python with a documented API, developers can follow the pipeline rather than treat it as a black box. It's a reasonable fit for prototyping identity verification or attendance features, and the Apache 2.0 license makes it safe to build on commercially.