OpenPose
OpenPose: Real-time multi-person keypoint detection library for body, face, hands, and foot estimation
Our verdict
A notable project that carries real maintenance risk. This assessment is derived from GitHub's own repository metrics on 2026-08-30, not from hands-on testing.
OpenPose: Real-time multi-person keypoint detection library for body, face, hands, and foot estimation. The project is written primarily in C++, published without a recognised SPDX licence, and has 34,419 stars and 8,038 forks on GitHub. 109 contributors have committed to it, and the most recent push was 2024-08-03. The latest tagged release is v1.7.0 (2020-11-17). Figures come from the GitHub API on 2026-08-30 and are refreshed daily; the score below weighs adoption, maintenance, release discipline, contributor breadth, licence clarity and issue hygiene.
Repository
- Licence
- Not declared
- Language
- C++
- Last push
- 2024-08-03
Releases
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v1.7.0OpenPose v1.7.0 -
v1.6.0OpenPose v1.6.0 -
v1.5.1OpenPose v1.5.1 -
v1.5.0OpenPose v1.5.0 -
v1.4.0OpenPose v1.4.0 -
v1.3.0OpenPose v1.3.0
Pros and cons
Cons
Pricing
- Free tierYes
- LicenceNot declared
- Self-hostYes, source is public
- Public price listNot published
OpenPose does not publish a web price list. For consumer apps that usually means pricing appears inside the product; for enterprise tools it means talking to sales. Why we do this
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Price points are recorded when a price moves, not on a schedule, so a flat run means the price held. Release cadence comes from GitHub releases. A series appears only once we have watched it for long enough to have more than one observation.
User reviews
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenPose this page | 3.5 | - | Yes | ||
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Questions
Is openpose free?
Yes. openpose advertises a free tier on its own site.
How much does openpose cost?
openpose does not publish a web price list. For consumer apps that usually means pricing appears inside the product; for enterprise tools it means talking to sales.
Is openpose open source?
Yes. openpose is a public repository released under Not declared. You can self-host or inspect the source directly.
How is openpose scored here?
openpose scores 3.5 out of 10. That comes from a desk review of public evidence, which is capped at 8.5 out of 10: public pricing, documentation, maintenance signals and how much we could actually verify. Affiliate relationships are excluded from scoring entirely. The full rubric is published on our methodology page.