Package Health Score

86 / 100

security
No known security issues
popularity
Popular
maintenance
Sustainable
community
Sustainable

Popularity

Popular

Imported By: 104
GitHub Stars: 404
Forks: 89
Contributors: 20

Usage Popularity

Based on project statistics from the GitHub repository for the Golang package webcam, we found that it has been 404 times.

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Security

No known security issues

Security risks

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Release Date

Nov 5, 2023

License

MIT

Security Policy

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Maintenance

Sustainable

Commit Frequency

Open Issues: 13
Open PR: 14
Last Release: 6 months ago
Last Commit: 23 days ago

Further analysis of the maintenance status of github.com/blackjack/webcam based on released golang versions cadence, the repository activity, and other data points determined that its maintenance is Sustainable.

We found that github.com/blackjack/webcam demonstrates a positive version release cadence with at least one new version released in the past 12 months.

As a healthy sign for on-going project maintenance, we found that the GitHub repository had at least 1 pull request or issue interacted with by the community.

Community

Sustainable

Readme.md: Yes
Contributing.md: No
Code of Conduct: No
Contributors: 20
Funding: No

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Readme

go-webcam

This is a go library for working with webcams and other video capturing devices. It depends entirely on V4L2 framework, thus will compile and work only on Linux machine.

Installation

$ go get github.com/blackjack/webcam

Usage

import "github.com/blackjack/webcam"
// ...
cam, err := webcam.Open("/dev/video0") // Open webcam
if err != nil { panic(err.Error()) }
defer cam.Close()
// ...
// Setup webcam image format and frame size here (see examples or documentation)
// ...
err = cam.StartStreaming()
if err != nil { panic(err.Error()) }
for {
  err = cam.WaitForFrame(timeout)

  switch err.(type) {
  case nil:
  case *webcam.Timeout:
    fmt.Fprint(os.Stderr, err.Error())
    continue
  default:
    panic(err.Error())
  }

  frame, err := cam.ReadFrame()
  if len(frame) != 0 {
   // Process frame
  } else if err != nil {
    panic(err.Error())
  }
}

For more detailed example see examples folder The number of frame buffers used may be set as:

// If already streaming, stop streaming.
if streaming_on {
  cam.StopStreaming()
}
err = cam.SetBufferCount(64)

Roadmap

The library is still under development so API changes can happen. Currently library supports streaming using only MMAP method, which should be sufficient for most of devices available on the market. Other streaming methods can be added in future (please create issue if you need this).

Also currently image format is defined by 4-byte code received from V4L2, which is good in terms of compatibility with different versions of Linux kernel, but not very handy if you want to do some image manipulations. Plans are to aligh V4L2 image format codes with Image package from Go library.

License

See LICENSE file

FAQs

What is webcam?

Golang webcam library for Linux. Visit Snyk Advisor to see a full health score report for webcam, including popularity, security, maintenance & community analysis.

Is webcam popular?

The golang package webcam receives a total of ? weekly downloads. As such, webcam popularity was classified as a popular. Visit the popularity section on Snyk Advisor to see the full health analysis.

Is webcam well maintained?

We found indications that webcam maintenance is sustainable demonstrating some project activity. We saw a total of 20 open source contributors collaborating on the project. See the full package health analysis to learn more about the package maintenance status.

Is webcam safe to use?

The golang package webcam was scanned for known vulnerabilities and missing license, and no issues were found. Thus the package was deemed as safe to use. See the full health analysis review.

Last updated on 23 April-2024, at 06:29 (UTC).

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