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Why I started building RustCV: A pure Rust vision library to ditch the C++ bindings

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Hey Rustaceans! 🦀

We all know how painful it can be to debug C++ linker errors when using OpenCV bindings. I decided to start RustCV to see how far we can get with a 100% Rust-based computer vision stack.

Current state:

  • 📸 V4L2 Linux camera support
  • 🖼️ Basic image processing crates integration
  • 🖥️ GUI windowing via minifb

It's definitely not "OpenCV-killer" yet, but it's a start. Would love to hear what features you'd prioritize for a v0.2!