AI · alternatives · 2026

24 alternatives to Face Mask Detection
Identify people without masks and get instant alerts
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Face Mask Detection launched in 2020; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
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Before the pandemic, my tiny startup was doing quite well selling Edge AI systems, based on our own lightweight AI inference engine, with object detection and face recognition for smart city and smart retail & food service applications. When the real world shut down, there was suddenly nothing to monitor on streets and in restaurants, so I set out to try and evolve our real time face recognition system into a video codec for high quality face-to-face online interactions, as I was not satisfied with the quality of Zoom and friends. I got it to work, and the first release for IOS was just…
2022 · vertigo.ai · its alternatives →
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This runs YOLOv8 + bytetrack with Tinygrad detections (depending on user config) are saved and can be sent to the companion iOS app along with a notification, all video processing is done locally, all footage is encrypted before leaving your computer, and the sending notifications + videos part is optional. This uses tinygrad, so it runs well on my apple silicon macs and should be able to run on a lot of hardware (or will be able to when I remove other deps).
2025 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Megaton Mask▲110Remove or isolate backgrounds and objects, from any video
2025 · megaton.ai · its alternatives →
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Unlock your devices with a mask that looks just like you.
2020 · its alternatives →
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Easily add "face detection" to your existing applications
2022 · its alternatives →
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2022 · microsoft.com · its alternatives →
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2020 · doctormasky.com · its alternatives →
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Redact photos with ease using emojis on iOS
2025 · getcamouflage.be · its alternatives →
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2018 · chirag64.github.io · its alternatives →
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2020 · github.com · its alternatives →
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