Libcamera
libcamera is an open-source software library for image signal processors and embedded cameras on Linux distributions such as Android, ChromeOS and Ubuntu. The developers describe libcamera as a continuation of V4L2.
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| Developer | Laurent Pinchart as lead architect[1] |
| Stable release | 0.7.0[2]  (29 January 2026)
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| Written in | C and C++ |
| Operating system | Linux |
| Website | libcamera.org |
| Repository | git.libcamera.org/libcamera/libcamera.git/ |
libcamera is an open-source software library for image signal processors and embedded cameras on Linux distributions such as Android, ChromeOS and Ubuntu.[3][4][5][6] The developers describe libcamera as a continuation of V4L2.
Background
[edit]Nokia originally wanted to create a plugin-based software project for camera support, but this was cancelled because they stopped development of Linux-based smartphones.[7]
References
[edit]- ^ "Work to begin on camera API standard". 2022-01-19.
- ^ Kieran Bingham (29 January 2026). "libcamera v0.7.0". Retrieved 29 January 2026.
- ^ Larabel, Michael. "libcamera Celebrates Its First Release As Camera Support Library For Linux". Phoronix. Archived from the original on 2022-12-07. Retrieved 2023-02-05.
- ^ Cheng, Roger (2020-05-11). "A More Open Raspberry Pi Camera Stack With Libcamera". Hackaday. Archived from the original on 2022-12-03. Retrieved 2023-02-06.
- ^ Pounder, Les (2021-11-14). "How To Use Raspberry Pi Cameras with Bullseye". Tom's Hardware. Archived from the original on 2023-02-06. Retrieved 2023-02-06.
- ^ Brown, Eric (2018-12-04). "Libcamera Aims to Make Embedded Cameras Easier". Linux.com. Archived from the original on 2022-12-05. Retrieved 2023-02-06.
- ^ Corbet, Jonathan (25 July 2019). "Access to complex video devices with libcamera". LWN.net. Archived from the original on 2022-12-06. Retrieved 2023-02-06.
Further reading
[edit]- Folkesson, Marcus (2022-11-25). "What is libcamera and why should you use it".
External links
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