Detect and blur faces, heads, and bodies in photos, videos, and live camera feeds โ entirely on your machine. Outputs a virtual camera for Zoom, Teams, and OBS. No cloud. No GPU required. No subscription.


Privacy-first face and body blurring for teams and individuals who can't afford to get it wrong.
Sharing photos, videos, or going live on camera? Faces of bystanders, colleagues, patients, and children get exposed. Manual blurring is slow and error-prone โ one missed face is a privacy violation.
SmartBlur outputs a virtual camera that works with Zoom, Microsoft Teams, OBS, Google Meet, Slack, and any app that accepts a webcam. Your video calls show a privacy-blurred feed in real-time โ nobody sees what you don't want them to.
Cloud-based tools upload your sensitive footage to unknown servers. SmartBlur processes everything locally โ no internet required, no data leaves your device. Perfect for air-gapped environments and strict corporate firewalls.
GDPR, CCPA, HIPAA โ by keeping processing on-device with zero data retention, you automatically meet the strictest privacy regulations. No audits, no third-party risk.
From live camera feeds to video batches, SmartBlur handles it all locally.
SmartBlur outputs a virtual camera that works with Zoom, Teams, OBS, Google Meet, Slack, and any app that accepts a webcam. Auto-starts when it detects a streaming app running.
Catches faces, heads, and bodies from any angle โ even backs of heads and profiles. Works in crowds, low light, and complex backgrounds.
Face recognition via ArcFace AI. Load a staff gallery and SmartBlur auto-excludes known people. Right-click any face to mark "Never Blur" or "Always Blur".
USB webcam, RTSP stream from an IP camera (Hikvision, Dahua), or local files โ SmartBlur handles all of them. Drag-and-drop images and videos, or go live.
Soft blur, mosaic/pixelated, solid fill, or custom overlay image โ fine-tune intensity and padding for pixel-perfect results with instant preview.
Consistent blur across every frame. BoT-SORT tracking follows people through movement, occlusion, and scene changes without jitter.
GPU acceleration crunches hours of footage in minutes. No discrete GPU? SmartBlur runs on CPU too โ just a bit slower. No hardware lock-in.
Queue hundreds of files and walk away. Built-in auto-updates keep your AI models cutting-edge. Native app for Windows.
Draw rectangles, circles, or polygons to blur anything the AI misses โ documents, screens, name tags, or partially hidden faces. Works alongside AI detection.
Automatically detect and blur vehicle license plates in photos and videos. Runs alongside face and body blur to protect both people and vehicles.
Every design decision in SmartBlur prioritizes your privacy โ from encrypted AI models to zero telemetry.
All processing is 100% local. No internet required, no uploads, no cloud processing. Works in air-gapped environments.
Zero usage analytics, no data collection, no phone-home. SmartBlur doesn't know you exist.
Neural network files are encrypted on disk and can't be extracted or reverse-engineered.
Face recognition data is never saved to disk. Everything is held in memory and cleared when you close the app.
Every update is checksum-verified before installation. No silent patches, no supply-chain surprises.
From live broadcasts to medical records, SmartBlur adapts to your industry's privacy requirements โ on photos, videos, and live feeds.
Protect sources, minors, and bystanders in published photos and video footage โ maintain editorial integrity while respecting privacy.
Blur faces in real-time โ protect cohabitants, viewers, and passersby appearing on stream without interrupting your broadcast.
Keep colleagues' or clients' faces private in recorded meetings, screenshots, and shared screen captures automatically.
GDPR-compliant anonymization of surveillance footage before sharing with third parties, publishing, or submitting compliance reports.
Redact bodycam and evidence footage for FOIA requests, court proceedings, or public release โ frame-accurate bulk processing.
Patient and participant privacy in clinical studies, therapy recordings, and medical imaging while preserving diagnostic detail.
Blur faces in property photos, virtual tours, and street-level imagery before publishing to listing portals and maps.
Protect student identities in classroom recordings, online lessons, presentations, and published educational materials.
File processing or live camera โ pick your workflow.
Choose a USB webcam or enter an RTSP stream from an IP camera. SmartBlur connects instantly and starts processing your live feed.
Toggle on the virtual camera output. SmartBlur appears as "SmartBlur Camera" in Zoom, Teams, OBS, Meet, Slack, Discord โ any app that accepts a webcam.
SmartBlur auto-detects when a streaming app starts and begins blurring in real-time. Faces stay blurred throughout your call or stream. No manual steps needed.
Upload an image and watch faces get detected and blurred instantly.
Drop an image here or click to browse
JPG, PNG, WebP โ max 10 MB
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