Libcamera

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libcamera is an open-source software library for image signal processors and embedded cameras on Linux distributions such as Android, ChromeOS and Ubuntu.[3][4][5][6] The developers describe libcamera as a continuation of V4L2.

DeveloperLaurent Pinchart as lead architect[1]
Stable release
0.7.0[2] Edit this on Wikidata (29 January 2026; 41 days ago (29 January 2026))
Written inC and C++
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libcamera
DeveloperLaurent Pinchart as lead architect[1]
Stable release
0.7.0[2] Edit this on Wikidata (29 January 2026; 41 days ago (29 January 2026))
Written inC and C++
Operating systemLinux
Websitelibcamera.org
Repositorygit.libcamera.org/libcamera/libcamera.git/
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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]

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