What is OpenCV?

A free, community-maintained toolkit providing algorithms, data structures, and functions for developing computer vision systems, including image analysis, object detection, and machine learning tasks.

Independently observed

OpenCV pricing

We don't have OpenCV's full plan breakdown yet (its pricing page resisted automated reading). Here's what we could confirm. Always check live pricing for exact numbers.

Security & compliance

Known vulnerabilities: 0 (0 in the last 12 months) sourcea count reflects scale & disclosure, not quality

OpenCV alternatives

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Compare OpenCV

Side by side against other computer vision apis, attribute by attribute, with a source on every value.

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The Vioscale score: one lens on the evidence

Not user reviews and not a paid placement: a confidence-weighted blend of the independent signals below (adoption, activity, security posture, and more), which you can sort and re-weight yourself. Vendors can correct their listing but can never move their rank, and stars are weighted low as a vanity metric. It is one way to read the evidence for OpenCV, not the verdict.

Balanced composite 68 / 100
low · 24%updating
Signal contributions to the composite score
SignalScoreWeightContributionEvidence
Pricing transparency800.086.7
Development activity630.095.9
Price level1000.055.2
Dependent projects460.062.9
Stars940.032.4
Release cadence470.052.4
Security score570.042.4
Reliability00.070.0-
Capabilities00.080.0-
Integrations00.090.0-
Security posture00.070.0-
Package downloads00.140.0-
Developer Q&A activity00.060.0-

Computed . Re-weight it by intent, or see the full method.

All data & sourcesshow ↓

Every value we hold, with its source, retrieval date, and confidence. This is the evidence behind the score: don't trust it, verify it.

Activity

AttributeValueEvidence
Commits last 30d100mediumsource · 2026-08-26 · 65%

Adoption

AttributeValueEvidence
Github stars90,611highsource · 2026-08-26 · 90%
Dependent repos543highsource · 2026-08-26 · 85%

Language

AttributeValueEvidence
PrimaryC++highsource · 2026-08-26 · 90%

License

AttributeValueEvidence
SpdxApache-2.0highsource · 2026-08-26 · 95%

Pricing

AttributeValueEvidence
Free tierYesmediumsource · 2026-08-18 · 60%
Price levelfreemediumsource · 2026-08-18 · 60%
TransparentYesmediumsource · 2026-08-18 · 60%
Modelcommerciallowsource · 2026-08-26 · 48%

Release

AttributeValueEvidence
Cadence days96mediumsource · 2026-08-26 · 70%
History20 itemsmediumsource · 2026-08-26 · 70%

Security

AttributeValueEvidence
Scorecard5.7highsource · 2026-08-26 · 90%
VulnerabilitiesCount: 0 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=conda&package_name=opencv&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0highsource · 2026-08-26 · 90%