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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 2.8x the daily downloads of google_mlkit_face_detection (8,609 vs 3,051 per day).
flutter-ml.dev · v0.14.0
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 · v0.16.0
A Flutter plugin to use Google's ML Kit Text Recognition to recognize text in any Chinese, Devanagari, Japanese, Korean and Latin character set.
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| Metric | google_mlkit_face_detection | google_mlkit_text_recognition |
|---|---|---|
| Downloads / day | 3,051 | 8,609 |
| Rank in AI & Machine Learning | #5 | #2 |
| GitHub stars | 1,270 | 1,270 |
| Likes | 325 | 406 |
| Pub points | 150 / 160 | 150 / 160 |
| Issue response (median) | 3 days | 3 days |
| Contributors | 54 | 54 |
| Last commit | 25 days ago | 25 days 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.