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Flutter-powered AI app builder A head-to-head of two AI & Machine Learning packages on pub.dev, by daily downloads, GitHub activity, and maintenance.
google_mlkit_text_recognition leads on usage with about 2.7x the daily downloads of google_mlkit_face_detection (11,057 vs 4,022 per day).
flutter-ml.dev · v0.15.1
A Flutter plugin to use Google's ML Kit Face Detection to detect faces in an image, identify key facial features, and get the contours of detected faces.
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flutter-ml.dev · v0.17.1
A Flutter plugin to use Google's ML Kit Text Recognition to recognize text in any Chinese, Devanagari, Japanese, Korean and Latin character set.
Replies within ~2 days
| Metric | google_mlkit_face_detection | google_mlkit_text_recognition |
|---|---|---|
| Downloads / day | 4,022 | 11,057 |
| Rank in AI & Machine Learning | #5 | #2 |
| GitHub stars | 1,287 | 1,287 |
| Likes | 327 | 413 |
| Pub points | 150 / 160 | 150 / 160 |
| Issue response (median) | 2 days | 2 days |
| Contributors | 56 | 56 |
| Last commit | 1 month ago | 1 month ago |
| CI | Yes | Yes |
| License | MIT | MIT |
| First published | 4 years ago | 4 years ago |
| Platforms | android, ios | android, ios |
Highlighted cell wins each comparable metric. For rank, issue response, and last commit, lower is better.