Human Pose Estimation ML Frameworks

Tools and methods for estimating 2D/3D human body poses, hand poses, and pose tracking from images, videos, or sensor data. Does NOT include general object pose estimation, hand-object interaction datasets, or volumetric human capture/reconstruction.

There are 62 human pose estimation frameworks tracked. 1 score above 70 (verified tier). The highest-rated is talmolab/sleap at 88/100 with 566 stars and 3,121 monthly downloads. 1 of the top 10 are actively maintained.

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#	Framework	Score	Tier	Stars	Language
1	talmolab/sleap A deep learning framework for multi-animal pose tracking.	88	Verified	566	Python
2	open-mmlab/mmaction2 OpenMMLab's Next Generation Video Understanding Toolbox and Benchmark	68	Established	4,951	Python
3	jgraving/DeepPoseKit a toolkit for pose estimation using deep learning	63	Established	405	Python
4	kennymckormick/pyskl A toolbox for skeleton-based action recognition.	60	Established	1,213	Python
5	CMU-Perceptual-Computing-Lab/openpose_train Training repository for OpenPose	51	Established	612	Python
6	leoxiaobin/deep-high-resolution-net.pytorch The project is an official implementation of our CVPR2019 paper "Deep...	51	Established	4,466	Cuda
7	eldar/pose-tensorflow Human Pose estimation with TensorFlow framework	51	Established	1,144	C++
8	open-mmlab/mmskeleton A OpenMMLAB toolbox for human pose estimation, skeleton-based action...	51	Established	3,096	Python
9	kenshohara/3D-ResNets-PyTorch 3D ResNets for Action Recognition (CVPR 2018)	51	Established	4,043	Python
10	DenisTome/Lifting-from-the-Deep-release Implementation of "Lifting from the Deep: Convolutional 3D Pose Estimation...	51	Established	450	Python
11	natanielruiz/deep-head-pose :fire::fire: Deep Learning Head Pose Estimation using PyTorch.	51	Established	1,660	Python
12	cleardusk/3DDFA The PyTorch improved version of TPAMI 2017 paper: Face Alignment in Full...	50	Established	3,681	Python
13	fire717/movenet.pytorch A Pytorch implementation of MoveNet from Google. Include training code and...	50	Established	413	Python
14	ibaiGorordo/Sapiens-Pytorch-Inference Minimal code and examnples for inferencing Sapiens foundation human models in Pytorch	49	Emerging	155	Jupyter Notebook
15	EricGuo5513/HumanML3D HumanML3D: A large and diverse 3d human motion-language dataset.	46	Emerging	1,408	Python
16	jimmyyhwu/pose-interpreter-networks Real-time robotic object pose estimation with deep learning	46	Emerging	127	Jupyter Notebook
17	Naman-ntc/Pytorch-Human-Pose-Estimation Implementation of various human pose estimation models in pytorch on...	46	Emerging	486	Python
18	kenshohara/3D-ResNets 3D ResNets for Action Recognition	44	Emerging	122	Lua
19	shlizee/Predict-Cluster Repository for PREDICT & CLUSTER: Unsupervised Skeleton Based Action Recognition	44	Emerging	110	Jupyter Notebook
20	octiapp/KerasPersonLab Keras-tensorflow implementation of PersonLab (https://arxiv.org/abs/1803.08225)	43	Emerging	161	Jupyter Notebook
21	mrezaei92/TriHorn-Net Official PyTorch implementation of TriHorn-Net	43	Emerging	83	Python
22	sithu31296/pose-estimation Easy to use SOTA Top-Down Multi-person Pose Estimation Models in PyTorch	42	Emerging	54	Python
23	robertklee/COCO-Human-Pose Train a stacked hourglass deep neural network for human pose estimation on...	42	Emerging	49	Python
24	UT-Austin-RPL/Ditto Code for Ditto: Building Digital Twins of Articulated Objects from Interaction	42	Emerging	125	Jupyter Notebook
25	hbilen/dynamic-image-nets Dynamic Image Networks for Action Recognition	41	Emerging	186	Matlab
26	cbsudux/awesome-human-pose-estimation A collection of awesome resources in Human Pose estimation.	41	Emerging	2,481	—
27	esemeniuc/openpose-docker A docker build file for CMU openpose with Python API support	38	Emerging	88	Dockerfile
28	sbelharbi/bah-dataset Pytorch code for "BAH Dataset for Ambivalence/Hesitancy Recognition in...	37	Emerging	10	Python
29	akashsengupta1997/HierarchicalProbabilistic3DHuman Code repository for the paper: Hierarchical Kinematic Probability...	37	Emerging	204	Python
30	negarhdr/skeleton-based-action-recognition This repository provides implementation of a baseline method and our...	37	Emerging	40	Python
31	sydsim/personlab-tf implementation of PersonLab(https://arxiv.org/abs/1803.08225) using TF-slim	35	Emerging	103	Jupyter Notebook
32	possoj/Spacecraft-Pose-Estimation-Framework A framework for spacecraft pose estimation with deep learning on embedded platforms	34	Emerging	3	Python
33	ZiyiZhang27/Dite-HRNet [IJCAI 2022] Code for the paper "Dite-HRNet: Dynamic Lightweight...	33	Emerging	78	Python
34	rludlow/3d-pose-2d-keypoints 3d Human Pose Estimation from 2d Keypoints	33	Emerging	77	Jupyter Notebook
35	Shaw-git/Lightweight-Head-Pose-Estimation Code for TMM 2022 "Accurate Head Pose Estimation Using Image Rectification...	33	Emerging	48	Python
36	robot-perception-group/AirPose This repository contains the code of AirPose, our multi-view fusion network...	33	Emerging	56	Python
37	nefeliandreou/PoseRepresentation Official implementation of dual quaternion transformations as described in...	31	Emerging	35	Python
38	kristinbranson/FlyDiscoAnalysis Modular analysis pipeline for videos of freely walking and socializing fly...	31	Emerging	4	MATLAB
39	Mostafa-Nafie/Head-Pose-Estimation This project utilizes machine learning algorithms to find the direction in...	28	Experimental	62	Jupyter Notebook
40	BenjaminFiltjens/MS-GCN Skeleton-based action segmentation with multi-stage spatial-temporal graph...	27	Experimental	37	Python
41	robot-learning-freiburg/bask PyTorch code for Bayesian Scene Keypoints.	25	Experimental	4	Python
42	UPC-ViRVIG/DragPoser Official Code for Eurographics 2025 paper "DragPoser: Motion Reconstruction...	25	Experimental	13	Python
43	OscarSantosMu/TF_pose_estimation_and_Blender Blender animations by saved human pose estimation points.	24	Experimental	4	PureBasic
44	iamramzan/Real-Time-Pose-Detection This project showcases real-time human pose detection using the MoveNet...	22	Experimental	1	Python
45	BonoGiorgio02/6DPose_Estimation Deep learning pipeline for 6D pose estimation (translation and rotation) of...	22	Experimental	3	Python
46	uyoung-jeong/PoseBH PoseBH: Prototypical Multi-Dataset Training Beyond Human Pose Estimation	21	Experimental	22	Python
47	McDo/arcsim-smpl SMPL model obstacle support for Arcsim-0.2.1	21	Experimental	11	Mathematica
48	bvsam/sim2real-6dof Sim to Real 6 degrees of freedom (6DOF) category level pose estimation.	19	Experimental	—	Python
49	umitkacar/awesome-human-pose-estimation 🏃 Curated list of awesome human pose estimation papers, datasets, frameworks...	19	Experimental	7	—
50	thetuantrinh/UWB-Radar-Hand-Pose-Estimation Real-Time Hand Pose Estimation Using FMCW Radar on Resource-Limited Edge Devices	18	Experimental	4	Python
51	OSHMOS/BPPC Official Pytorch Implementation of "Accurate baseball player pose refinement...	17	Experimental	4	Python
52	ViTAE-Transformer/APTv2 The official repo for the extension of [NeurIPS'22] "APT-36K: A Large-scale...	16	Experimental	28	Python
53	MSD-IRIMAS/DeepRehabPile Deep Learning for Skeleton Based Human Motion Rehabilitation Assessment: A Benchmark	16	Experimental	10	Python
54	bonsai-rx/movenet A Bonsai interface for MoveNet, a fast and accurate human pose detection model	15	Experimental	—	C#
55	mehdikd/object-pose-estimation-opencv 🧭 Learn to estimate the 3D pose of objects using ArUco markers and OpenCV,...	15	Experimental	1	—
56	manncodes/Quick3D-Source end-to-end human 3D digitization using single view	15	Experimental	6	JavaScript
57	Visual-Pose-Lab/awesome-pose-estimation resources on human pose estimation and related topics	14	Experimental	9	—
58	talmolab/movenet-dance-demo A real-time demo running on webcam feed that guides subject to move to match...	13	Experimental	2	PureBasic
59	Entscheider/depthhead Head pose estimation using depth data and a hough forest	13	Experimental	6	Rust
60	TIFX04-22-10/runningpose We introduce a new 3D pose estimator and model designed for runners.	13	Experimental	8	Jupyter Notebook
61	Amanchander/Towards-an-RGB-camera-based-rehabilitation-exercise-assessment-enhanced-spatio-temporal-transformer This contains code and dataset for the an enhanced spatio-temporal...	11	Experimental	—	Jupyter Notebook
62	starceees/Deep-Learning-pose-estimation-using-SIFT to detect approximate state and pose of stationary objects with multiview...	10	Experimental	1	—

Comparisons in this category

mmaction2 and mmskeleton (68 vs 51) 3D-ResNets-PyTorch and 3D-ResNets (51 vs 44)