generated: '2026-06-20'
method: searched
source: >-
  https://docs.aws.amazon.com/rekognition/latest/dg/service_code_examples.html and
  the AWS SDK landing pages. Amazon Rekognition is accessed through the multi-service
  AWS SDKs (there is no Rekognition-only client library except the generated
  service module inside each SDK). Package names/urls verified against the public
  registries at fetch time; registry front-ends may return 403 to automated clients.
packages:
  - language: python
    registry: pypi
    name: boto3
    url: https://pypi.org/project/boto3/
    source: https://github.com/boto/boto3
    install: pip install boto3
    official: true
    note: AWS SDK for Python; Rekognition client via boto3.client('rekognition').
  - language: javascript
    registry: npm
    name: "@aws-sdk/client-rekognition"
    url: https://www.npmjs.com/package/@aws-sdk/client-rekognition
    source: https://github.com/aws/aws-sdk-js-v3
    install: npm install @aws-sdk/client-rekognition
    official: true
    note: AWS SDK for JavaScript v3, modular Rekognition client.
  - language: javascript
    registry: npm
    name: aws-sdk
    url: https://www.npmjs.com/package/aws-sdk
    source: https://github.com/aws/aws-sdk-js
    install: npm install aws-sdk
    official: true
    note: AWS SDK for JavaScript v2 (maintenance mode); new(AWS.Rekognition).
  - language: java
    registry: maven
    name: software.amazon.awssdk:rekognition
    url: https://central.sonatype.com/artifact/software.amazon.awssdk/rekognition
    source: https://github.com/aws/aws-sdk-java-v2
    install: "implementation 'software.amazon.awssdk:rekognition'"
    official: true
    note: AWS SDK for Java 2.x Rekognition module.
  - language: csharp
    registry: nuget
    name: AWSSDK.Rekognition
    url: https://www.nuget.org/packages/AWSSDK.Rekognition
    source: https://github.com/aws/aws-sdk-net
    install: dotnet add package AWSSDK.Rekognition
    official: true
    note: AWS SDK for .NET Rekognition assembly.
  - language: go
    registry: pkg.go.dev
    name: github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/service/rekognition
    url: https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/service/rekognition
    source: https://github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2
    install: go get github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/service/rekognition
    official: true
    note: AWS SDK for Go v2 Rekognition service package.
  - language: ruby
    registry: rubygems
    name: aws-sdk-rekognition
    url: https://rubygems.org/gems/aws-sdk-rekognition
    source: https://github.com/aws/aws-sdk-ruby
    install: gem install aws-sdk-rekognition
    official: true
    note: AWS SDK for Ruby Rekognition gem.
  - language: php
    registry: packagist
    name: aws/aws-sdk-php
    url: https://packagist.org/packages/aws/aws-sdk-php
    source: https://github.com/aws/aws-sdk-php
    install: composer require aws/aws-sdk-php
    official: true
    note: AWS SDK for PHP; RekognitionClient.
  - language: rust
    registry: crates.io
    name: aws-sdk-rekognition
    url: https://crates.io/crates/aws-sdk-rekognition
    source: https://github.com/awslabs/aws-sdk-rust
    install: cargo add aws-sdk-rekognition
    official: true
    note: AWS SDK for Rust Rekognition crate.
  - language: javascript
    registry: npm
    name: "@aws-amplify/ui-react-liveness"
    url: https://www.npmjs.com/package/@aws-amplify/ui-react-liveness
    source: https://github.com/aws-amplify/amplify-ui
    install: npm install @aws-amplify/ui-react-liveness @aws-amplify/ui-react aws-amplify
    official: true
    note: >-
      Amplify UI FaceLivenessDetector React component for Rekognition Face
      Liveness. See components/amazon-rekognition-components.yml.
  - language: python
    registry: pypi
    name: awscli
    url: https://pypi.org/project/awscli/
    source: https://github.com/aws/aws-cli
    install: pip install awscli
    official: true
    note: >-
      AWS CLI; `aws rekognition <command>`. Command surface in
      cli/amazon-rekognition-cli.yml.
  - language: python
    registry: pypi
    name: awslabs.amazon-rekognition-mcp-server
    url: https://pypi.org/project/awslabs.amazon-rekognition-mcp-server/
    source: https://github.com/awslabs/mcp
    install: uvx awslabs.amazon-rekognition-mcp-server@latest
    official: true
    note: >-
      AWS Labs MCP server for Rekognition (ARCHIVED/deprecated; AWS directs users
      to the AWS API MCP Server). See mcp/amazon-rekognition-mcp.yml.