Visual Place Recognition ML Frameworks

Methods and systems for identifying and matching locations across images using visual features, descriptors, and retrieval techniques. Includes geo-localization, loop closure detection, and cross-modal localization. Does NOT include general image retrieval, object detection, semantic segmentation, or map construction/rendering.

There are 59 visual place recognition frameworks tracked. 1 score above 50 (established tier). The highest-rated is magicleap/SuperGluePretrainedNetwork at 51/100 with 3,967 stars. 1 of the top 10 are actively maintained.

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#	Framework	Score	Tier	Stars	Language
1	magicleap/SuperGluePretrainedNetwork SuperGlue: Learning Feature Matching with Graph Neural Networks (CVPR 2020, Oral)	51	Established	3,967	Python
2	patrick-llgc/Learning-Deep-Learning Paper reading notes on Deep Learning and Machine Learning	46	Emerging	1,253	Jupyter Notebook
3	eric-yyjau/pytorch-superpoint Superpoint Implemented in PyTorch: https://arxiv.org/abs/1712.07629	44	Emerging	924	Jupyter Notebook
4	changhao-chen/deep-learning-localization-mapping A collection of deep learning based localization models	44	Emerging	675	—
5	lucasb-eyer/pydensecrf Python wrapper to Philipp Krähenbühl's dense (fully connected) CRFs with...	44	Emerging	2,013	C++
6	zhou13/lcnn LCNN: End-to-End Wireframe Parsing	42	Emerging	559	Python
7	aayushbansal/PixelNet The repository contains source code and models to use PixelNet architecture...	41	Emerging	197	Matlab
8	anuragranj/spynet Spatial Pyramid Network for Optical Flow	41	Emerging	252	Lua
9	aqibsaeed/Place-Recognition-using-Autoencoders-and-NN Place recognition with WiFi fingerprints using Autoencoders and Neural Networks	41	Emerging	265	Jupyter Notebook
10	bertjiazheng/awesome-scene-understanding 😎 A list of awesome scene understanding papers.	39	Emerging	815	—
11	PFCCLab/Open3D Open3D: A Modern Library for 3D Data Processing	38	Emerging	5	C++
12	Mrmoore98/VectorMapNet_code This is the official code base of VectorMapNet (ICML 2023)	38	Emerging	446	Python
13	Arlo0o/HTCL [ECCV 2024, IEEE TPAMI] Official PyTorch Implementation of HTCL :...	37	Emerging	51	Python
14	bertjiazheng/Awesome-CAD 😎 A list of awesome Computer-Aided Design (CAD) papers	37	Emerging	303	—
15	Pilhyeon/Learning-Action-Completeness-from-Points Official Pytorch Implementation of 'Learning Action Completeness from Points...	37	Emerging	88	Python
16	jac99/MinkLoc3Dv2 MinkLoc3Dv2: Improving Point Cloud Based Place Recognition with...	36	Emerging	94	Python
17	hli1221/imagefusion_deeplearning VggML (ICPR 2018, Beijing)	34	Emerging	217	MATLAB
18	xyzforever/BEVT PyTorch implementation of BEVT (CVPR 2022) https://arxiv.org/abs/2112.01529	34	Emerging	161	Python
19	csiro-robotics/Wild-Places 🏞️ [IEEE ICRA2023] The official repository for paper "Wild-Places: A...	34	Emerging	95	Python
20	LeonHLJ/RSKP The official implementation of 'Weakly Supervised Temporal Action...	34	Emerging	46	Python
21	rayguan97/GANav-offroad This is the code base for GANav: Group-wise Attention Network for...	34	Emerging	145	Python
22	tejakattenborn/AngleCAM A deep learning-based method to infer leaf angle variation from photographs.	33	Emerging	14	R
23	csiro-robotics/InCloud [IROS2022] Official repository of InCloud: Incremental Learning for Point...	31	Emerging	42	Python
24	lmy98129/VLPD Official Code of CVPR'23 Paper "VLPD: Context-Aware Pedestrian Detection via...	30	Emerging	22	Python
25	vvincenttttt/Awesome-3D-Object-Detection Papers, code and datasets about deep learning for 3D Object Detection.	29	Experimental	684	—
26	cyran-kyle/c-3dr 🚀 Enhance 3D printing with C-3DR, a tool that simplifies design and...	28	Experimental	2	—
27	princeton-computational-imaging/MaskToF Official code repository for the paper: "Mask-ToF: Learning Microlens Masks...	28	Experimental	16	Jupyter Notebook
28	vlfom/RNCDL [NeurIPS 2022] The official implementation of "Learning to Discover and...	27	Experimental	111	Python
29	sar-gupta/weakly-supervised-localization-survey Survey of various algorithms for weakly supervised object localization using...	27	Experimental	6	Jupyter Notebook
30	engelnico/point-transformer This is the official repository of the original Point Transformer architecture.	26	Experimental	42	Python
31	CEA-LIST/tri3d A unified interface to various 3D driving datasets	26	Experimental	15	Python
32	Rishit-dagli/3d-transforms 3D Transforms is a library to easily work with 3D data and make 3D...	26	Experimental	25	Python
33	RenHuan1999/CVPR2023_P-MIL The official implementation of 'Proposal-based Multiple Instance Learning...	25	Experimental	42	Python
34	MaxChanger/awesome-point-cloud-scene-flow A list of point cloud scene flow papers, codes and datasets.	25	Experimental	253	—
35	hzwer/Awesome-Optical-Flow This is a list of awesome paper about optical flow and related work.	25	Experimental	631	—
36	amirhossein-razlighi/mlx3D A library for working with 3D data using mlx	24	Experimental	6	Python
37	LengSicong/Tell2Design [ACL2023 Area Chair Award] Official repo for the paper "Tell2Design: A...	23	Experimental	80	Python
38	TOPO-EPFL/CrossLoc-Benchmark-Datasets [CVPR'22] CrossLoc benchmark datasets setup and helper scripts.	23	Experimental	22	Jupyter Notebook
39	JackSnowWolf/video-object-segmentation video object segmentation	22	Experimental	1	JavaScript
40	Raessan/optical_flow_dinov3 Lightweight head for optical flow using DINOv3 as backbone	22	Experimental	4	Python
41	arplaboratory/QAA [ICRA 2026] Official repository for "Query-Based Adaptive Aggregation for...	22	Experimental	3	Jupyter Notebook
42	entvistastudio/metrixel-3d-dataset-tools Tools for visualizing PyTorch 3D mesh datasets generated from FBX, GLTF, and...	22	Experimental	—	Python
43	pipixin321/HR-Pro [AAAI 2024] Official implementation of "Point-supervised Temporal Action...	22	Experimental	42	Python
44	lambert-x/video-semisup Learning from Temporal Gradient for Semi-supervised Action Recognition (CVPR 2022)	22	Experimental	30	Python
45	lmy98129/UMPD Official Code of ACM MM'24 Paper "Unsupervised Multi-view Pedestrian Detection"	21	Experimental	8	Python
46	wendashi/awesome-3D-base-models Similar to the 2D Base Model, 3D Base Model is a bridge between images and 3D data.	21	Experimental	26	HTML
47	line/Skeleton-Temporal-Action-Localization Official implementation of AAAI 2023 Oral Paper "Frame-Level Label...	20	Experimental	14	Python
48	Raessan/semantic_segmentation_dinov3 Lightweight head for semantic segmentation using DINOv3 as backbone	19	Experimental	7	Python
49	gaomingqi/VOS-Review Datasets and Papers (with codes) discussed in "Deep Learning for Video...	18	Experimental	54	—
50	sakshikakde/AutoPano Panoramic Image stitching using traditional and supervised and unsupervised...	17	Experimental	15	Jupyter Notebook
51	K-bNd/DINOv1_implem DINOv1 implementation in Pytorch	16	Experimental	—	Python
52	Mobiwn/vggt_presentation Interactive Streamlit simulations and presentation materials exploring VGGT...	16	Experimental	1	Shell
53	Amirreza81/Fundamental-3D-Computer-Vision Implementing some topics in 3D Computer Vision from scratch	15	Experimental	7	Jupyter Notebook
54	UsmanMaqbool/why-so-deep Why-So-Deep: Towards Boosting Previously Trained Models for Visual Place...	14	Experimental	9	MATLAB
55	XpiderService/mvggt 🔍 Capture and segment multiview 3D expressions using our Multimodal Visual...	14	Experimental	—	Python
56	Simon123123/MSMVF_VVC_TIP2023 Code implementation and dataset of <	14	Experimental	14	C++
57	Factral/image-stitching-supeglue image stitching using superglue	13	Experimental	10	Python
58	barwojcik/dense_direction A framework for weakly-supervised dense direction estimation of linear...	11	Experimental	—	Python
59	christofel04/Advanced-Fast-and-Accurate-3D-Object-Detection-using-ResNet-and-Feature-Pyramid-Network Advanced Fast and Accurate 3D Object Detection using ResNet Architecture and...	10	Experimental	1	Python