Any Snapchat alike SDKs ?

I am looking for a powerful advanced SDK for making visual face effects like SnapSDK (Camerakit where anyone can make lenses). I want to make face effects + masks + beautify features in my webapp. I tried Banuba SDK but it was not so accurate. Does anyone know smth suitable?

// I remember there was a project few years ago, which was bought by snap or insta, maybe someone remembers where to find the source code?

mrbright said:

I am looking for a powerful advanced SDK for making visual face effects like SnapSDK (Camerakit where anyone can make lenses). I want to make face effects + masks + beautify features in my webapp. I tried Banuba SDK but it was not so accurate. Does anyone know smth suitable?

// I remember there was a project few years ago, which was bought by snap or insta, maybe someone remembers where to find the source code?

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There’s a few legit SDKs but most good ones aren’t free + open source anymore cause big players bought them or locked them down.

If you want quality face effects that actually track real time + not janky, you basically go with Banuba, Perfect Corp, or Pico. Banuba is closest to SnapSDK in features, the others just have different tradeoffs in accuracy vs price.

That old project you’re thinking of was probably Lyrebird / Looksery - Snap bought Looksery ages ago + shut it down, there’s no open source repo to pull from anymore.

If webapp support is critical look at WASM versions of these kits or use WebAR SDKs that wrap native libs, otherwise you’re stuck with paid enterprise tiers.

I tried banuba, its ok about its price, less powerful than snap, but I want to own such an SDK as i wanna be independent (Banuba can always shut down access for me, even while Im paying)

You’re probably thinking of two well-known face-filter startups that were acquired by Snapchat or Facebook/Instagram a few years ago. These are the ones most developers remember: Looksery and MSQRD / Masquerade