---
id: streamlit-camera-input-live
version: "0.2.0"
license: unclear
license_treatment: unclear
maintenance: aging
---

# streamlit-camera-input-live — Alternative version of st.camera_input which returns the webcam images live, without any button press needed

License: unclear · Maintenance: aging · Downloads: 262.8K/mo

## What it is and what it does

streamlit-camera-input-live is a Streamlit component that extends the built-in st.camera_input with continuous, buttonless webcam capture. Instead of requiring users to click a button to submit each frame, it streams live images directly from the user's webcam to your Streamlit app as they arrive. The component depends on streamlit and jinja2, and is designed to integrate into Streamlit applications that need real-time video input.

The package is lightweight with low install friction and contains no known vulnerabilities. However, it shows signs of age: the only release was 2022-09-27, with no updates since then. While the repository remains active and not archived, the lack of maintenance means it may not be compatible with recent Streamlit versions or modern browser APIs without testing.

Use it for:

- Build a live video preview interface in a Streamlit app without requiring users to click a capture button for each frame.
- Create a real-time computer vision or image processing pipeline that processes webcam frames as they stream in.
- Develop interactive demos or prototypes that need continuous camera input for live feedback or annotation.
- Monitor or surveillance dashboards that display live webcam feeds within a Streamlit application.

## Worth the install?

AI-flagged interpretation of the facts above — verify before relying.

Provides a Streamlit component that captures live webcam frames without requiring a button press, streaming images directly to your app as they're captured.

Yes, with conditions. The package solves a specific Streamlit limitation and has low install friction with no known vulnerabilities. However, install only if you can verify compatibility with your current Streamlit version and confirm the license terms by checking the repository directly—the package metadata provides neither. Given the aging maintenance status (no updates since 2022), test thoroughly before using in production.

## Install

pip install streamlit-camera-input-live
uv add streamlit-camera-input-live
poetry add streamlit-camera-input-live

## Installing streamlit-camera-input-live

Before you install: Low friction install with only two runtime dependencies (streamlit and jinja2). Maintenance is aging—latest release was 2022-09-27 with no updates since, though the repository remains active and not archived.

License in practice: License treatment is unclear; the package metadata contains no SPDX identifier or raw license text. You should verify the actual license terms in the repository before adopting this in production code.

Quickstart:

pip install streamlit-camera-input-live

import streamlit as st
from streamlit_camera_input_live import camera_input_live

image = camera_input_live()
st.image(image)

Requires a browser environment with webcam access permissions; will not work in headless or server-only deployments.

Verify before relying:

- Actual license terms and conditions (metadata lists no SPDX or raw license text).
- Whether the package works with current versions of Streamlit (last release predates many recent Streamlit API changes).
- Performance and compatibility with modern browsers and webcam APIs.
- Exact import path and module structure for the camera_input_live function.

## Package facts

- License: not declared (unclear)
- Python support: supports_current
- Install friction: low
- Maintenance: aging
- Downloads: 262.8K/month (top 15,000 on PyPI)
- Known vulnerabilities: none known

## Tags

streamlit webcam live capture, continuous camera input, real-time video streaming, streamlit camera component, live image feed without button, streamlit-component, webcam-capture, real-time-video

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