OpenALPR
Automatic license plate recognition library
OpenALPR is an open-source automatic license plate recognition library that analyzes images and camera feeds to detect and read vehicle plates. It can be self-hosted to add plate recognition to surveillance systems.
Key features
- License plate detection
- Works on images and video
- Self-hosted recognition
- Programmatic API
Strengths
- Released under the AGPL-3.0 license
- First-class Docker support for quick deployment
- Mature project with 11.5k GitHub stars
- Written in C++
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