vcam

Professional webcam enhancement for Linux. Real-time processing, virtual camera output, and AI-powered features — all open source.

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16 Processing Engines

Noise reduction, HDR, auto white balance, background blur, AI enhancement, and more.

Virtual Camera

Output enhanced video to Zoom, Teams, Meet, or any app via v4l2loopback.

AI Background

Remove, blur, or replace your background using AI segmentation.

DroidCam Ready

Use your Android phone as a webcam. DroidCam is automatically detected.

How it works

vcam sits between your webcam and video apps, enhancing every frame in real time.

1

Your webcam captures video

Any USB webcam, built-in camera, or DroidCam (Android phone). vcam detects it automatically.

2

vcam enhances every frame

16 processing engines run in real time: noise reduction, HDR, color correction, background blur, AI enhancement, and more. Choose presets or fine-tune each engine.

3

Enhanced video goes to your apps

The processed feed is output through a virtual camera device. Zoom, Teams, Meet, OBS, and any other app see it as a normal webcam.

Processing engines

Professional-grade image processing, inspired by smartphone computational photography.

Free

Studio Look

One-slider professional correction. Auto white balance, shadow lift, and highlight rolloff in a single control.

Free

Noise Reduction

Multi-frame temporal denoising with chroma-aware blending. Dramatically cleaner video in low light.

Premium

Background Blur

AI-powered person segmentation with smooth, natural background blur. No green screen needed.

Premium

AI Enhance+

Neural network enhancement using SCUNet-GAN for maximum quality. GPU accelerated.

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One-click presets

Don't want to tweak 16 sliders? Choose a preset and you're done.

Video Call

Optimized for conference calls. Clean image, subtle enhancement, balanced processing.

Studio

Professional look with stronger color correction, sharpening, and virtual key light.

Low Light

Maximum noise reduction and shadow lift for dark environments.

Clean

Minimal processing. Just noise reduction and auto white balance for a natural look.

Interested in vcam?

vcam is currently in development. Check back for public release announcements.

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