# react-native-vision-camera

> VisionCamera is the fastest and most powerful Camera for react-native.

Latest version **5.2.3** (published 2026-08-20) · MIT license · 0 weekly downloads

## Install

```sh
npm install react-native-vision-camera
pnpm add react-native-vision-camera
yarn add react-native-vision-camera
bun add react-native-vision-camera
```

## Health

**Score 65/100 (B)** — status: active.

Positive: has types; esm support; no vulnerabilities; recently updated; high maintenance score.

Warnings: low downloads.

## Facts

| | |
|---|---|
| Version | 5.2.3 |
| Published | 2026-08-20 |
| First published | 2021-02-25 |
| Weekly downloads | 0 |
| License | MIT |
| TypeScript types | bundled |
| Module format | ESM + CommonJS |
| Dependencies | 0 |
| Unpacked size | 3.4 MB |
| Known vulnerabilities | 0 |
| Install scripts | no |
| GitHub stars | 9625 |
| Author | Marc Rousavy |
| Maintainers | mrousavy |
| Keywords | react-native, camera, react-native-camera, vision-camera, photo, video, frame-processor, frame-processing, barcode, qr-code, scanner, jsi, worklet, ios, android, realtime, high-performance |

## Links

- npm: https://www.npmjs.com/package/react-native-vision-camera
- Repository: https://github.com/mrousavy/react-native-vision-camera
- Homepage: https://visioncamera.margelo.com
- Issues: https://github.com/mrousavy/react-native-vision-camera/issues
- npm.io page: https://npm.io/package/react-native-vision-camera

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## Recent versions

- 5.2.3 (latest) — 2026-08-20
- 5.0.0-beta.12 (beta) — 2026-04-16
- 2.16.8 (vc2) — 2024-02-08
- 3.0.0-rc.10 (rc) — 2023-09-01
- 2.9.4-expo.11 (expo) — 2021-11-12
- 1.0.0-alpha.6 (alpha) — 2021-02-25
- 5.2.2 — 2026-08-05
- 5.2.1 — 2026-07-31
- 5.2.0 — 2026-07-27
- 5.1.1 — 2026-07-17
- 5.1.0 — 2026-07-01
- 5.0.11 — 2026-05-27
- 5.0.10 — 2026-05-19
- 5.0.9 — 2026-05-05
- 5.0.8 — 2026-04-28
- … 215 more at https://npm.io/package/react-native-vision-camera/versions

## README

# react-native-vision-camera

This is VisionCamera Core. Install it through npm:

```sh
npm install react-native-vision-camera
```

VisionCamera Core depends on [react-native-nitro-modules](https://github.com/mrousavy/nitro) and [react-native-nitro-image](https://github.com/mrousavy/react-native-nitro-image) - install those dependencies:

```sh
npm install react-native-nitro-modules react-native-nitro-image
```

Then, update your native project:

```sh
npx pod-install
```

And rebuild your app.

## Add permissions

To use the Camera, you must add the required permissions to your app's manifests.
Use the official getting started guide to finish the installation.

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