Alternatives to face.com API

Question

Sadly, the face.com API is being shut down due acquisition by Facebook.

Are there any decent alternatives out there?

I\'m looking to check for a given i

Answer 1

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Answer 2

There is a Open Source Project called "openbr" which is built over opencv and Qt, that’s has got few good api's to be used. Pretty Easy to use from shell and has got adapters for IIRC python and java too

example from website for face recognition:

$ br -algorithm FaceRecognition -compare me.jpg you.jpg

Github:https://github.com/biometrics/openbr Website: http://openbiometrics.org/

Answer 3

There is also HP Lab's Multimedia Analytics Platform, also in beta.

Answer 4

Another option is Kairos.com's API.

We have a RESTful API available that is under active development and provides the same functionality as the old face.com API.

You can sign up at developer.kairos.com.

Full disclosure I am CTO at Kairos.