Motara

Spec sheet

Purpose

Motara is an open-source desktop application for facial-tracking data, virtual-avatar control, and scene composition.Read 9 Oct 2026 · motara.org

Privacy

Tracking frames, models, scenes, and screenshots are not automatically uploaded; collaboration actions can create peer or service network connections.Read 9 Oct 2026 · motara.org

Support

Bug reports and narrowly scoped proposals are welcomed through GitHub Issues, and general or private organization enquiries can be sent to [email protected].Read 9 Oct 2026 · github.com

License

Motara-authored source code is licensed under MPL-2.0 unless a file states otherwise.Read 9 Oct 2026 · motara.org

Availability

Motara has no official binary release or installer, and the repository has no official redistributable bundle for required optional runtimes and model data.Read 9 Oct 2026 · motara.org

Collaboration

The source includes installation identity storage, invitation formats, encrypted peer frames, local friend records, and model-package transfer primitives.Read 9 Oct 2026 · motara.org

Data handling

Tracking frames, models, scenes, and screenshots are not automatically uploaded; data are processed locally unless the user starts a collaboration action.Read 4 Oct 2026 · motara.org

Development status

Motara is independent software under active development, and its APIs, persisted formats, collaboration protocols, and network behavior have no compatibility guarantee.Read 4 Oct 2026 · motara.org

Local data

The privacy policy says data are processed locally unless the user starts a collaboration action, and local application data can be deleted through the operating system.Read 9 Oct 2026 · motara.org

Not implemented

VTube Studio output and a public plugin SDK, plugin host, and stable third-party extension contracts are not implemented.Read 9 Oct 2026 · github.com

Output integration

Motara includes a configurable external-API adapter for Live2D Cubism Editor.Read 9 Oct 2026 · motara.org

Platform status

The current desktop target is Windows; supported platforms have no compatibility guarantee.Read 4 Oct 2026 · motara.org

Platform support

Supported-platform scope has no compatibility guarantee; the source status page says macOS Keychain and Linux Secret Service implementations for collaboration identity storage are not provided.Read 9 Oct 2026 · motara.org

Privacy controls

Users can stop tracking and collaboration, remove local friends and scenes, and delete local application data through their operating system.Read 4 Oct 2026 · motara.org

Rendering

Motara includes MOC3 parsing and Skia rendering through the separately maintained MIT-licensed PurismCore component.Read 9 Oct 2026 · motara.org

Runtime limits

The repository has no official redistributable bundle for several optional components, including FFmpeg, Spout2, NDI, MediaPipe, and OpenSeeFace.Read 4 Oct 2026 · motara.org

Scenes and models

Workspaces support local scenes, Cubism model imports, image or video backgrounds, effects, and screenshots.Read 9 Oct 2026 · motara.org

Tracking

Tracking adapters include iFacialMocap UDP, local-camera MediaPipe, and a local OpenSeeFace process, with mapping, formulas, calibration, and filtering.Read 4 Oct 2026 · motara.org

Tracking controls

Tracking features include parameter mappings, formulas, calibration, filtering, and bounded frame processing.Read 9 Oct 2026 · motara.org

Tracking inputs

The source tree includes iFacialMocap UDP, local-camera MediaPipe, and local OpenSeeFace tracking adapters.Read 9 Oct 2026 · motara.org

Where Specifiction places it

• VTuber Software#16 of 257.4