Kenneth Estanislao, known online as hacksider, maintains Deep-Live-Cam, an open-source application for replacing a face in images, video, or a live camera feed. The project packages face-swapping models and video processing into an application aimed at interactive avatar use.[1][2]
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The official project website publishes release notes and offers Lite and Ultimate editions alongside the public repository. Its2026 posts describe changes to face selection, libraries, hardware performance, and installation. This is an ongoing application-maintenance effort with different editions and platform-specific paths.[3]
Contributions
Deep-Live-Cam uses a source face image and a target image, video, or webcam feed to generate a replacement face. Its interface and command-line options expose the processing workflow. The repository credits upstream Roop code by s0md3v, InsightFace, webcam contributions, and other developers. Estanislao maintains the application rather than claiming sole invention of the underlying models.[2]
Ideas
The output is a transformed image or video frame that can be checked for alignment and continuity. The project’s credits distinguish application engineering from incorporated models. Official documentation identifies the maintained distribution.[2]
Tools, writing & talks
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Deep-Live-Camgithub.comAn application for source-image face replacement in still images, video, and webcam streams.
Read setup and credits before testing a short clip with images you control. Basic Python and video-processing knowledge helps.
Maintainer and application developer; builds on credited upstream work[1][2]Original source