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computer vision software and models

Recent window: last 5.4 months (2026-05-01 → 2026-10-11), compared with the prior 5.4 months.

horizontal · 131 members · Data as of 2026-10-14

Products in this niche process, analyze, and extract actionable insights from images, live video streams, and spatial sensor feeds. They are typically adopted by machine learning engineers, robotics teams, and enterprise developers automating visual workflows across industries like manufacturing, aerospace, and healthcare. Unlike generic analytics platforms or broad multimodal tools, these offerings focus specifically on specialized visual perception, object detection, and automated spatial reasoning.

Metrics

Stage
crowded
Recent count
108
Prior count
16
Total count
131
Momentum
300.00
Momentum (normalized)
1.00
Attention
0.51
Crowding
0.90
Low crowding
0.10
Concentration
0.81
Low concentration
0.19
Opportunity
0.45

Source split

github
81 (0.75)
hn
10 (0.09)
ph
12 (0.11)
yc
5 (0.05)

Dominant source: github · Divergence: 0.70

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Members

Name Source Upvotes ▲ Launched
VISTAlabs PH 1 2026-09-18
BarqScan PH 1 2026-09-23
Artificial Intelligence PH 1 2026-09-27
Complisight PH 1 2026-10-11
ClarityRadar PH 1 2026-09-13
BikeFit/LAB PH 1 2026-09-22
FaceGPT PH 1 2026-09-14
StopSlouching PH 2 2026-09-08
Score Studio PH 3 2026-09-17
Mecha Wayfinder: locating any finding, anywhere, in any medical image. YC 3 2026-10-01
Synthetic Webcam Scene Dataset PH 4 2026-09-30
Rebuilding ARKit 3D Reconstruction HN 5 2026-07-29
Understand the picture of the day HN 5 2026-01-10
Self Hosted System One Decision API for Images HN 6 2026-10-11
SAM3-CPU HN 6 2026-04-01
I generated a "stress test" of 200 rare defects from 7 real photos HN 6 2026-02-12
Yolov11n by C on Raspberry Pi 5 HN 6 2026-09-12
depth-video-converter GITHUB 6 2026-09-11
autovision-vehicle-intelligence GITHUB 7 2026-09-11
genpark-visual-grounding-spec-comparison-skill GITHUB 7 2026-09-14
DeepFace Cloud HN 7 2026-05-29
30min video analysis for $0.003 via frame-tiling and Vision API HN 7 2026-01-18
genpark-spatial-relationship-grounding-evaluator-skill GITHUB 7 2026-09-26
genpark-bounding-box-iou-coordinate-normalizer-skill GITHUB 7 2026-09-29
av-rig-4d-demo GITHUB 7 2026-09-15
genpark-gui-screen-som-coordinate-mapper-skill GITHUB 7 2026-09-26
I made a computer vision tool for evaluating deadlift form HN 8 2026-10-01
OpenCode Senses, An insanely fast and highly accurate vision plugin HN 8 2026-08-13
transload – we measure freight with security cameras YC 8 2026-05-18
We built an OCR server that can process 270 dense images/s on a 5090 HN 8 2026-04-23
Can an AI model fit on a single pixel? HN 8 2026-04-08
Global-LVBA GITHUB 9 2026-09-10
PoseAtlas GITHUB 9 2026-09-17
UGO GITHUB 9 2026-09-26
AI-POWERED-DUAL-LAYER-CAMPUS-BUS-AUTHENTICATION-AND-AUTOMATIC-NUMBER-PLATE-RECOGNITION-SYSTEM GITHUB 9 2026-09-24
VideoPhysEdit GITHUB 9 2026-09-26
SoftCorr GITHUB 10 2026-09-13
CogniBlock GITHUB 10 2026-10-03
TRACE GITHUB 10 2026-10-03
sar-colorization-gan GITHUB 10 2026-09-13
PVD GITHUB 10 2026-10-07
AI Facial Attractiveness Model Aligned with Human Preferences HN 11 2026-09-20
Dragoneye: Production video detection models in <5 minutes YC 11 2025-11-25
panorama_grounding GITHUB 11 2026-09-14
CLoSeR GITHUB 11 2026-10-02
Interp-n GITHUB 11 2026-10-10
ZIL GITHUB 12 2026-09-22
chessnut-vision-tracker GITHUB 12 2026-10-04
vh-toolbox GITHUB 13 2026-10-12
scan2mesh GITHUB 14 2026-09-15