linux hardware webcam

• CPiA webcam driver for Linux - A Video4Linux interface to many of the early cheap webcams that used the CPiA chip, and to the Intel QX3/QX3+ USB microscopes; parallel port and USB webcams are supported. N.B.: the CPiA chip is no longer in production, and these webcams are no longer sold in stores, but can still be found on sites like eBay.
• CamStream - Webcam and video applications for Linux.
• Coriander Homepage - A full-featured GUI for IEEE1394, IIDC-compliant (aka DCAM) digital cameras. It includes camera control, video display, saving, FTP and V4L export. A GNOME desktop application. Latest release is 2.0.0, 2008-01-17.
• Digikam - An advanced digital photo management application for KDE. Latest stable release is 1.4.0, 2010-08-25.
• Digital Photography and Linux - A collection of resources for Linux digital photography; a TWkiki site.
• Elphel, Inc. | Imaging Solutions with Free Software and Open Hardware - This U.S.-based company manufactures high-performance cameras based on free software and hardware designs. The GNU General Public License (GPL) covers all the Elphel software and hardware designs. Website also available in Chinese, French, and Russian.
• HomeConnect USB Driver for Linux - 3Com HomeConnect Digital / ViCam USB Driver for Linux.
• Improv - Image Processing for Robot Vision - A tool for basic real-time image processing at low resolution, e.g. suitable for mobile robots. Also works with a number of inexpensive low-resolution digital cameras (no framegrabber required). Latest release is 5.0.0, 2002-09-16.
• Linux Kernel Webcam Driver SPCA5xx - A table of webcams known to work with the SPCA5xx drivers.
• Linux UVC Driver and Tools - Linux driver and user-space tools for USB Video Class devices. Development is concentrated on video input devices, especially webcams.
• Logitech Webcams -- QuickCam Team - Linux hardware compatibility list for Logitech webcams.
• Poor Man's Cam - A small perl script to take pictures generated from a quickcam and put them up on a server. Latest release is 1.4, 2007-01-04.
• QuickCam Express Driver - Linux drivers for the Logitech Quickam Express (now Dexxa) and support for developers of other Quickcam drivers and compatible USB webcams.
• SANE - Scanner Access Now Easy - An application programming interface (API) that provides standardized access to any raster image scanner hardware (flatbed scanner, hand-held scanner, video- and still-cameras, frame-grabbers, etc.). Check the supported devices link to find out if your scanner is supported by SANE.
• The IEEE1394/Firewire Digital Camera List: Scientific, Industrial and Other Machine Vision Cameras - This list summarizes the uncompressed video cameras available with (currently 1191) IEEE1394 interfaces (also known as Firewire, IEEE-1394, i-Link, etc). Last updated 2009-02-06.
• The gPhoto Page - A free, redistributable, ready-to-use set of digital camera software applications for Linux; supports 700+ cameras.
• UFRaw (Unidentified Flying Raw) - A utility to read and manipulate raw images from digital cameras. It can be used on its own or as a Gimp plug-in.