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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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libcamera
DeveloperLaurent Pinchart as lead architect1
Stable release
0.7.12 Edit this on Wikidata (28 April 2026 (28 April 2026))
Written inC and C++
Operating systemLinux
Websitelibcamera.org
Repositorygit.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.3456 The developers describe libcamera as a continuation of V4L2.

Background

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

References

  1. "Work to begin on camera API standard". 2022-01-19.
  2. "libcamera v0.7.1". 28 April 2026. Retrieved 29 April 2026.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. 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.
  6. 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.
  7. 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.
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