OpenReco

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What OpenReco is

OpenReco turns drone and camera imagery into point clouds, textured meshes, orthomosaics, and elevation models. Its node-based workspace can run a complete reconstruction graph or individual stages, with cached and reproducible results. The software uses COLMAP CUDA for GPU multi-view stereo and describes an automatic CPU fallback. Models can be georeferenced from EXIF GPS data or ground control points. Analysis tools cover volume, profile, area, and distance measurements, as well as vegetation maps using NDVI, ExG, and VARI. Listed export formats include LAS, LAZ, PLY, OBJ, GeoTIFF, GeoJSON, DXF, CSV, 3D Tiles, and contour SHP. OpenReco is MIT-licensed and open source, with desktop downloads for Windows, macOS, and Linux. The site says it can be downloaded without an account or subscription. Named target areas include surveying and mapping, agriculture and forestry, VFX and heritage, construction and earthworks, and robotics and research.

Who it suits

OpenReco suits people working with drone or camera imagery in surveying, agriculture, forestry, construction, heritage, VFX, robotics, or research. Its measurements, vegetation maps, and GIS-oriented export formats support varied analysis and mapping workflows.

What it does well

Free, open source, and MIT licensed.
Can use GPU processing with an automatic CPU fallback.
Supports EXIF GPS and ground control point georeferencing.
Exports point clouds and GIS formats.

What to know first

No account or subscription is required, but platform is desktop only.
GPU multi-view stereo uses COLMAP CUDA.
No listed mobile or web version.

Plans

Plan	Billed and limits	Price
Free	No account · no subscription · Windows, macOS and Linux downloads	Free

As abhibagul.github.io lists them, read 15 Oct 2026. The maker's own page has the final word.

Getting started

Visit the OpenReco website.
Choose the download for Windows, macOS or Linux.
Download OpenReco without creating an account or starting a subscription.
Use drone or camera imagery as reconstruction input.

Verdict

OpenReco covers image reconstruction, georeferencing, measurement, vegetation mapping, and a broad set of exports. It is available free for Windows, macOS, and Linux without an account or subscription.

Questions

How much does OpenReco cost?

The listed Free plan costs nothing. The site says no subscription is needed.

Which operating systems does it support?

OpenReco lists desktop downloads for Windows, macOS and Linux.

Is OpenReco open source?

Yes. The site describes it as open source and MIT licensed.

Can it use ground control points?

Yes. Models can be georeferenced using ground control points or EXIF GPS.

What can it export?

Listed formats include LAS, LAZ, PLY, OBJ, GeoTIFF, GeoJSON, DXF, CSV, 3D Tiles and contour SHP.

Facts from OpenReco's own pages

Account and subscription: The site says users can download OpenReco with no account and no subscription. · abhibagul.github.io, 4 Oct 2026
Analysis: Features include volume, profile, area, and distance measurements, plus NDVI, ExG, and VARI vegetation maps. · abhibagul.github.io, 4 Oct 2026
CLI: The command line includes run, resume, diff, report, stages, batch, export, ui, volume and profile commands. · github.com, 15 Oct 2026
Dense reconstruction: Dense multi-view stereo depth maps are fused into a high-density point cloud, using COLMAP CUDA with CPU fallback. · abhibagul.github.io, 15 Oct 2026
Desktop UI: The UI provides a layer tree, schema-driven parameter panels, live run progress and a three.js 3D viewport. · github.com, 15 Oct 2026
Documentation depth: The repository contains documentation covering discovery, product planning, architecture, pipeline specification and roadmap, plus a detailed README. · github.com, 15 Oct 2026
Download platforms: The site lists Windows, macOS, and Linux downloads. · abhibagul.github.io, 4 Oct 2026
Elevation products: The product can rasterize digital surface models and generate contours from elevation data. · abhibagul.github.io, 15 Oct 2026
Export formats: Listed outputs include LAS, LAZ, PLY, OBJ, GeoTIFF, GeoJSON, DXF, CSV, 3D Tiles and contour shapefiles. · abhibagul.github.io, 15 Oct 2026
Exports: Listed output formats include LAS, LAZ, PLY, OBJ, GeoTIFF, GeoJSON, DXF, CSV, 3D Tiles, and contour SHP. · abhibagul.github.io, 4 Oct 2026
Georeferencing: Models can be positioned using EXIF GPS or ground-control points in an EPSG coordinate reference system. · abhibagul.github.io, 15 Oct 2026
GPU requirements: NVIDIA dense processing requires the machine's NVIDIA driver and CUDA COLMAP; macOS uses CPU because it has no CUDA. · github.com, 15 Oct 2026
Install options: The README describes standalone PyInstaller binaries plus installation from Python with pip and an optional bootstrap command. · github.com, 15 Oct 2026
Licence: OpenReco is released under the MIT licence and its stated dependencies are restricted to permissive BSD, MIT, Apache or similar licences. · github.com, 15 Oct 2026
License: The site describes OpenReco as MIT licensed and open source. · abhibagul.github.io, 4 Oct 2026
Limit: approximate outputs: Orthophoto processing is described as approximate and the DTM is based on morphological DSM processing. · github.com, 15 Oct 2026
Limit: Gaussian splatting: The Gaussian Splatting branch requires torch, gsplat, CUDA, nvcc, CUDA headers and a host C++ compiler, and is not validated on the developer's Windows machine. · github.com, 15 Oct 2026
Limit: maturity: The README labels the project an incomplete v0.1.1 release and describes it as early even though the UAV pipeline is functional. · github.com, 15 Oct 2026
Limit: missing capabilities: Multi-image texture blending, PBR, cloud collaboration, learned matching, USD/COPC/3D-Tiles streaming and full GUI collaboration are listed as not yet built or roadmap work. · github.com, 15 Oct 2026
Maker: The GitHub account identifies the maker as Abhishek Bagul, a full-stack web developer based in India. · github.com, 15 Oct 2026
Maker background: The maker's profile says he previously worked as an aerial surveyor for three years. · github.com, 15 Oct 2026
Measurements: Users can calculate cut/fill volume, elevation profiles, areas and distances directly on the model. · abhibagul.github.io, 15 Oct 2026
Mesh generation: OpenReco reconstructs polygonal surfaces with Poisson meshing and can produce models with millions of vertices. · abhibagul.github.io, 15 Oct 2026
Neural extension: An experimental 3D Gaussian Splatting stage trains from the SfM camera solution and exports a 3DGS PLY file. · github.com, 15 Oct 2026

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