The world's simplest facial recognition api for Python and the command line
ageitgey/face_recognition has 56,586 GitHub stars. It gained +12 stars in the last 7 days and +52 over 21 recorded days in the last 30 days (snapshots through Jul 16, 2026).
Its biggest recent day was Jul 3, 2026, with +6 stars.
It currently ranks #14297 daily, #15268 weekly, #18458 monthly by momentum on Trending Repos; its best-ever rank is #2129.
Trending Repos first recorded it on Jun 25, 2026.
| Date | Stars gained | Total stars |
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| Forks gained |
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| +1 | 56,581 | +2 | |
| +3 | 56,580 | 0 | |
| 0 | 56,577 | -9 | |
| +3 | 56,577 | +1 | |
| +2 | 56,574 | 0 | |
| +5 | 56,572 | 0 | |
| -2 | 56,567 | -1 | |
| 0 | 56,569 | 0 | |
| -2 | 56,569 | 0 | |
| +3 | 56,571 | -1 | |
| +6 | 56,568 | -1 | |
| 0 | 56,562 | +2 | |
| +4 | 56,562 | 0 | |
| +6 | 56,558 | +1 |