A field guide to the face-CV research jungle
Because face-CV research is scattered across a dozen subfields, this repo catalogs the key papers, datasets, and benchmarks in one place.

What it does
awesome-face is a curated reading list for face-related computer vision. It sorts papers, datasets, and benchmarks into taxonomies like detection, recognition, 3D reconstruction, GAN manipulation, and anti-spoofing. The maintainers also publish a companion GitHub Pages site so you can browse the index without parsing Markdown.
The interesting bit The scope is almost comically exhaustive: there are dedicated sections for face deblurring, de-occlusion, caricature generation, and cross-modal voice-face association. It also embeds live Papers With Code badges for leaderboards like WiderFace and MegaFace, so you can see which methods topped the charts without opening another tab.
Key highlights
- Covers 15+ face-CV tasks, from landmark detection to adversarial attacks
- Links to datasets and benchmarks for each major category
- Surfaces SOTA results via Papers With Code badges (WiderFace, WFLW, MegaFace)
- Maintains a chronological update log (last noted batch: CVPR 2021)
- Publishes a static website at
becauseofAI.github.io/HelloFace
Caveats
- The update log trails current research; the last recorded batch is CVPR 2021 (April 2022)
- It is an index of links and references, not a framework—expect no code or training scripts
Verdict Keep this bookmarked if you need a map of the face-CV landscape and quick access to seminal papers. Skip it if you are looking for a drop-in library or ready-to-run training pipeline.
Frequently asked
- What is becauseofAI/awesome-face?
- Because face-CV research is scattered across a dozen subfields, this repo catalogs the key papers, datasets, and benchmarks in one place.
- Is awesome-face open source?
- Yes — becauseofAI/awesome-face is open source, released under the Apache-2.0 license.
- What language is awesome-face written in?
- becauseofAI/awesome-face is primarily written in HTML.
- How popular is awesome-face?
- becauseofAI/awesome-face has 1.3k stars on GitHub.
- Where can I find awesome-face?
- becauseofAI/awesome-face is on GitHub at https://github.com/becauseofAI/awesome-face.