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Faceplugin Face Recognition Server SDK and Face Recognition API. On-premise HTTP for Windows, Linux Docker, and .NET. detect, match, similarity on port 8083. Offline after license activation.

Face Recognition as an HTTP API (or .NET bindings) on your machine. Still-image detect, quality, template extract, 1:1 match, and template similarity. There is no server-side 1:N gallery (POST /api/identify does not exist).

Typical call order: GET /api/machinecode → send machine code → POST /api/activate → POST /api/detect / match / similarity. Default port 8083.

For recognition and liveness in one process, see Recognition + Liveness. For on-device apps, use Mobile SDK. Open-source Python samples: Open Source.

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Linux SDK

Docker Hub image faceplugin/face-recognition. Same HTTP API as Windows.

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Windows SDK

Commercial HTTP API on port 8083. CPU only. No Docker.

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.NET SDK

.NET MAUI and C# bindings. Follow the public GitHub README.

FAQ

Is this a Face Recognition API? Yes. HTTP on port 8083: POST /api/detect, /api/match, /api/similarity.

Is there server-side 1:N? No. There is no POST /api/identify gallery. Store templates in your database.

Docker vs Windows? Same routes. Windows has no Docker; Linux uses faceplugin/face-recognition.

Recognition + liveness in one process? See Recognition + Liveness. Or keep Face Liveness on 8084 as a separate product.

Related documentation

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