webcam-mods for Linux background blur & swap

webcam-mods is the best method I have found for webcam background blur/swap on Linux. I use this for my meetings on Google Meet and Webex.

Repo: https://github.com/hamidzr/webcam-mods

Install globally:

pip install git+https://github.com/hamidzr/webcam-mods@master

Original

Cropped: webcam_mods crop-cam. I was impressed with the interactive cropping mode which allowed me to crop to my profile pretty easily. The crop settings are saved to disk for future runs.

Cropped and blurred: webcam_mods bg-blur

Cropped with bg: webcam_mods bg-swap

Video feed was displayed with ffplay.

Runner-ups that I tried:

• Linux-Fake-Background-Webcam. I found its blur didn’t work quite as well (background and limbs pop in/out), so it was distracting in meetings.
• fakecam. It was a bit difficult to install (see issue here).