# Computer Vision Library for Crystal?

**URL:** <https://forum.crystal-lang.org/t/computer-vision-library-for-crystal/2923>\
**Category:** Help & Support\
**Created:** [February 2, 2021, 8:42am UTC](https://forum.crystal-lang.org/t/computer-vision-library-for-crystal/2923 "2021-02-02T08:42:27Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![alexbottoni](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/forum.crystal-lang.org/alexbottoni/32/1057_2.png) [@alexbottoni](https://forum.crystal-lang.org/u/alexbottoni)\
**Post date:** [February 2, 2021, 8:42am UTC](https://forum.crystal-lang.org/t/computer-vision-library-for-crystal/2923/1 "2021-02-02T08:42:27Z")

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I know OpenCV is a huge and wild beast but… did anybody tried to bind it to Crystal, either using its official C++ interface or its older/smaller C one?

As an alternative, did anybody tried to bind any other CV library, like liuliu’s CCV ([GitHub - liuliu/ccv: C-based/Cached/Core Computer Vision Library, A Modern Computer Vision Library](https://github.com/liuliu/ccv))?

Thanks

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**Author:** ![naqvis](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/forum.crystal-lang.org/naqvis/32/906_2.png) [@naqvis](https://forum.crystal-lang.org/u/naqvis)\
**Post date:** [February 2, 2021, 4:14pm UTC](https://forum.crystal-lang.org/t/computer-vision-library-for-crystal/2923/2 "2021-02-02T16:14:20Z")

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Not aware of any OpenCV bindings shard, but have you looked into [https://github.com/crystal-data/spyglass](https://github.com/crystal-data/spyglass) ? Bindings against [SOD](https://sod.pixlab.io/)

HIH

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**Author:** ![alexbottoni](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/forum.crystal-lang.org/alexbottoni/32/1057_2.png) [@alexbottoni](https://forum.crystal-lang.org/u/alexbottoni)\
**Post date:** [February 2, 2021, 4:26pm UTC](https://forum.crystal-lang.org/t/computer-vision-library-for-crystal/2923/3 "2021-02-02T16:26:39Z")

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Thanks! It looks like what I hoped to find. I’m going to try it. Thanks again.
