The FreeMoCap Project

A free-and-open-source, hardware-and-software-agnostic, minimal-cost, research-grade, motion capture system and platform for decentralized scientific research, education, and training

https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/15314521/192062522-2a8d9305-f181-4869-a4b9-1aa068e094c9.mp4 -- ## QUICKSTART > [!NOTE] > For detailed installation instructions, see our [official documentation's Installation page](https://freemocap.github.io/documentation/installation.html#detailed-pip-installation-instructions) #### 0. Create a a Python 3.10 through 3.12 environment (python3.12 recommended) #### 1. Install software via [pip](https://pypi.org/project/freemocap/#description): ``` pip install freemocap ``` #### 2. Launch the GUI by entering the command: ``` freemocap ``` #### 3. A GUI should pop up that looks like this: #### 4. Have fun! See the [Beginner Tutorials](https://freemocap.github.io/documentation/your-first-recording.html) on our official docs for detailed instructions. #### 5. [Join the Discord and let us know how it went!](https://discord.gg/nxv5dNTfKT) ___ ## Install/run from source code (i.e. the code in this repo) Open an [Anaconda-enabled command prompt](https://www.anaconda.org) (or your preferred method of environment management) and enter the following commands: 1) Create a `Python` environment (Recommended version is `python3.11`) ```bash conda create -n freemocap-env python=3.11 ``` 2) Activate that newly created environment ```bash conda activate freemocap-env ``` 3) Clone the repository ```bash git clone https://github.com/freemocap/freemocap ``` 4) Navigate into the newly cloned/downloaded `freemocap` folder ```bash cd freemocap ``` 5) Install the package via the `pyproject.toml` file ```bash pip install -e . ``` 6) Launch the GUI (via the `freemocap.__main__.py` entry point) ```bash python -m freemocap ``` A GUI should pop up! ___ ## Documentation Our documentation is hosted at: https://freemocap.github.io/documentation That site is built using `writerside` from this repository: https://github.com/freemocap/documentation ___ ### Contribution Guidelines Please read our contribution doc: [CONTRIBUTING.md](CONTRIBUTING.md) ## Related [//]: # (* [project-name](#) - Project description) ## Maintainers * [Jon Matthis](https://github.com/jonmatthis) * [Endurance Idehen](https://github.com/endurance) ## License This project is licensed under the APGL License - see the [LICENSE](LICENSE) file for details. If the AGPL does not work for your needs, we are happy to discuss terms to license this software to you with a different agreement at a price point that increases exponentially as you move [spiritually](https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/open-source-misses-the-point.en.html) away from the `AGPL` # freemocap # freemocap