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Banuba

Banuba is an AR and AI technology company providing the Face AR SDK for augmented reality face effects, beauty filters, and virtual try-on experiences. The SDK supports iOS, Android, Web (HTML5), Windows, macOS, Unity, Flutter, and React Native. Use cases include live streaming beauty filters, video conferencing face effects, selfie editing, virtual makeup try-on, and face tracking for interactive applications.

Banuba publishes 3 APIs on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include AR, Augmented Reality, Beauty, Face Recognition, and Facial.

The Banuba catalog on APIs.io includes 1 JSON-LD context and 2 Spectral governance rulesets.

Banuba’s developer surface includes documentation, GitHub presence, engineering blog, and 10 more developer resources.

34.9/100 thin ▼ -5.0 Agent 8/100 agent aware Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6
AccessFreemium
3 APIs 13 Agent Skills 8 Features 6 Use Cases
ARAugmented RealityBeautyFace RecognitionFacialSDKVideo

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Composite quality — 34.9/100 · thin
Contract Quality 3.2 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 2.2 / 20
Commercial Clarity 10.0 / 20
Operational Transparency 4.8 / 13
Governance 8.3 / 12
Discoverability 6.5 / 10
Agent readiness — 8/100 · agent aware
Machine-Readable Contract 0 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 0 / 10
MCP Server 0 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth 0 / 10
Idempotency 0 / 9
Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8
Request/Response Examples 0 / 7
Rate-Limit Signaling 7 / 7
Typed Event Surface 0 / 6
Agent Skills 5 / 5
Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4
Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3
A2A Agent Card 0 / 8
Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4
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APIs 3

Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.

Banuba Face AR SDK

The Banuba Face AR SDK provides AR face effects, beauty filters, and face tracking for mobile (iOS/Android), web, and desktop applications. The SDK includes real-time face detec...

Banuba Video Editor SDK

Banuba Video Editor SDK is a complete white-label video and photo editing solution for iOS and Android with AI features including auto-clipping, captions, beauty filters, AR eff...

Banuba Face Liveness SDK

Banuba Face Liveness SDK provides anti-spoofing technology that verifies a face is real and present in real time, used for identity verification and access control.

Agent Skills 13

Packaged agent skills for driving this provider's APIs from an AI assistant.

build-photo-editor

AGENT SKILL

build-photo-editor

AGENT SKILL

build-photo-editor

AGENT SKILL

build-photo-editor

AGENT SKILL

build-video-editor

AGENT SKILL

build-video-editor

AGENT SKILL

build-video-editor

AGENT SKILL

build-video-editor

AGENT SKILL

far-general

AGENT SKILL

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Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Banuba Plans Pricing

3 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Banuba Rate Limits

5 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

Cost, billing, and metering signals for API financial operations.

Features 8

Notable capabilities this provider offers.

Face AR Effects

Real-time AR face masks, filters, and accessories for live and recorded video.

Beauty Filters

Skin smoothing, face reshaping, eye enlargement, and makeup filters.

3D Face Tracking

Precise 3D face landmark tracking for accurate AR effect placement.

Background Segmentation

Real-time background removal and replacement for video calls.

Virtual Try-On

Virtual makeup, glasses, hair color, and accessory try-on experiences.

AI Face Detection

ML-powered face detection with age, gender, and emotion analysis.

Cross-Platform SDK

Native SDKs for iOS, Android, Web, Windows, macOS, Unity, Flutter, and React Native.

Custom Effects Builder

Banuba Effect Player for creating custom AR effects without coding.

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Semantic Vocabularies 1

JSON-LD contexts and semantic vocabularies used across these APIs.

Banuba Context

3 classes · 14 properties

JSON-LD

Spectral Rules 2

Spectral governance rulesets for linting and validating these APIs.

Banuba API Rules

5 rules · 3 warnings 2 info

SPECTRAL

Banuba API Rules

7 rules · 6 errors 1 warnings

SPECTRAL

JSON Schema 2

Standalone JSON Schema definitions for this provider's data models.

AREffect

7 properties

JSON SCHEMA

BeautyFilter

7 properties

JSON SCHEMA

JSON Structure 1

JSON Structure definitions describing this provider's data shapes.

Banuba Json Structure

0 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Examples 2

Example request and response payloads for these APIs.

Areffect Example

7 fields

EXAMPLE

Beautyfilter Example

7 fields

EXAMPLE

Security Posture 1

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.

Banuba Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

SECURITY

Use Cases 6

What developers build with this provider.

Live Streaming Beauty Filters

Real-time beauty and AR filters for live streaming platforms.

Video Conferencing

Face effects and background segmentation for video call applications.

Selfie and Photo Editing

Beauty retouching and AR effects for mobile photo editing apps.

Virtual Makeup Try-On

AI-powered virtual makeup try-on for beauty e-commerce.

Face Authentication

Face-based liveness detection and verification for security applications.

Gaming and Entertainment

Face-tracked AR avatars and character animation for games.

Resources

Documentation 2

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Agent Surfaces 2

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

Design & Contract 3

Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events

Build 1

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

Access & Security 1

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

Commercial 1

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Company 3

The organization behind the API

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑
aid: banuba
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/banuba/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
name: Banuba
tags:
- AR
- Augmented Reality
- Beauty
- Face Recognition
- Facial
- SDK
- Video
kind: contract
accessModel:
  pricing: freemium
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Freemium
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - plans
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/banuba.png
access: 3rd-Party
created: '2024-12-16'
modified: '2026-04-21'
position: Consuming
description: Banuba is an AR and AI technology company providing the Face AR SDK for augmented reality face effects, beauty
  filters, and virtual try-on experiences. The SDK supports iOS, Android, Web (HTML5), Windows, macOS, Unity, Flutter, and
  React Native. Use cases include live streaming beauty filters, video conferencing face effects, selfie editing, virtual
  makeup try-on, and face tracking for interactive applications.
apis:
- aid: banuba:face-ar-sdk
  name: Banuba Face AR SDK
  tags:
  - AR
  - Augmented Reality
  - Beauty Filters
  - Face Effects
  - Face Tracking
  - Virtual Try-On
  humanURL: https://docs.banuba.com/far-sdk/
  properties:
  - url: https://docs.banuba.com/far-sdk/
    type: Documentation
  - url: https://www.banuba.com/augmented-reality-sdk
    type: Website
  - url: https://github.com/Banuba
    type: GitHub
  description: The Banuba Face AR SDK provides AR face effects, beauty filters, and face tracking for mobile (iOS/Android),
    web, and desktop applications. The SDK includes real-time face detection, 3D face tracking, background segmentation, and
    a library of customizable AR effects and beauty filters. Integration is via native SDK rather than REST API. Tracks up
    to 9 faces simultaneously.
- aid: banuba:video-editor-sdk
  name: Banuba Video Editor SDK
  tags:
  - Video Editing
  - AI
  - White-Label
  - SDK
  humanURL: https://www.banuba.com/video-editor-sdk
  properties:
  - url: https://docs.banuba.com/ve-sdk/
    type: Documentation
  - url: https://www.banuba.com/video-editor-sdk
    type: Website
  description: Banuba Video Editor SDK is a complete white-label video and photo editing solution for iOS and Android with
    AI features including auto-clipping, captions, beauty filters, AR effects, and music integration.
- aid: banuba:face-liveness-sdk
  name: Banuba Face Liveness SDK
  tags:
  - Liveness Detection
  - Biometrics
  - Security
  - Identity Verification
  humanURL: https://www.banuba.com/face-liveness
  properties:
  - url: https://docs.banuba.com/face-liveness/
    type: Documentation
  - url: https://www.banuba.com/face-liveness
    type: Website
  description: Banuba Face Liveness SDK provides anti-spoofing technology that verifies a face is real and present in real
    time, used for identity verification and access control.
common:
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/banuba-domain-security.yml
- name: Agent Skills
  url: https://github.com/Banuba/ai-skills
  type: AgentSkills
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/banuba
- type: Website
  url: https://www.banuba.com/
  name: Banuba
- type: Documentation
  url: https://docs.banuba.com/
  name: Banuba SDK Documentation
- type: Documentation
  url: https://docs.banuba.com/far-sdk/
  name: Face AR SDK Docs
- type: GitHub
  url: https://github.com/Banuba
  name: Banuba GitHub
- type: Blog
  url: https://www.banuba.com/blog
  name: Banuba Blog
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://www.banuba.com/privacy-policy
  name: Privacy Policy
- type: SpectralRules
  url: rules/banuba-spectral-rules.yml
- type: Vocabulary
  url: vocabulary/banuba-vocabulary.yaml
- type: JSONLD
  url: json-ld/banuba-context.jsonld
- name: Features
  type: Features
  data:
  - name: Face AR Effects
    description: Real-time AR face masks, filters, and accessories for live and recorded video.
  - name: Beauty Filters
    description: Skin smoothing, face reshaping, eye enlargement, and makeup filters.
  - name: 3D Face Tracking
    description: Precise 3D face landmark tracking for accurate AR effect placement.
  - name: Background Segmentation
    description: Real-time background removal and replacement for video calls.
  - name: Virtual Try-On
    description: Virtual makeup, glasses, hair color, and accessory try-on experiences.
  - name: AI Face Detection
    description: ML-powered face detection with age, gender, and emotion analysis.
  - name: Cross-Platform SDK
    description: Native SDKs for iOS, Android, Web, Windows, macOS, Unity, Flutter, and React Native.
  - name: Custom Effects Builder
    description: Banuba Effect Player for creating custom AR effects without coding.
- name: Use Cases
  type: UseCases
  data:
  - name: Live Streaming Beauty Filters
    description: Real-time beauty and AR filters for live streaming platforms.
  - name: Video Conferencing
    description: Face effects and background segmentation for video call applications.
  - name: Selfie and Photo Editing
    description: Beauty retouching and AR effects for mobile photo editing apps.
  - name: Virtual Makeup Try-On
    description: AI-powered virtual makeup try-on for beauty e-commerce.
  - name: Face Authentication
    description: Face-based liveness detection and verification for security applications.
  - name: Gaming and Entertainment
    description: Face-tracked AR avatars and character animation for games.
- type: LlmsText
  url: https://docs.banuba.com/llms.txt
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
specificationVersion: '0.19'