Low-Light Image Restoration ML Frameworks

Tools and methods for enhancing, denoising, and restoring images captured in low-light conditions using deep learning techniques. Includes image decomposition, deblurring, and RAW processing. Does NOT include shadow removal, general image enhancement without low-light focus, or video processing frameworks.

There are 53 low-light image restoration frameworks tracked. 2 score above 50 (established tier). The highest-rated is cszn/KAIR at 51/100 with 3,444 stars.

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#	Framework	Score	Tier	Stars	Language
1	cszn/KAIR Image Restoration Toolbox (PyTorch). Training and testing codes for DPIR,...	51	Established	3,444	Python
2	gabrieleilertsen/hdrcnn HDR image reconstruction from a single exposure using deep CNNs	50	Established	541	Python
3	INVOKERer/DeepRFT The code for 'Intriguing Findings of Frequency Selection for Image...	49	Emerging	277	Python
4	emidan19/deep-tempest Restoration for TEMPEST images using deep-learning	49	Emerging	669	Python
5	VinAIResearch/blur-kernel-space-exploring Exploring Image Deblurring via Blur Kernel Space (CVPR'21)	47	Emerging	162	Python
6	soumik12345/MIRNet Tensorflow implementation of MIRNet for Low-light image enhancement	47	Emerging	118	Jupyter Notebook
7	zhihongz/awesome-low-light-image-enhancement This is a resouce list for low light image enhancement	46	Emerging	1,780	MATLAB
8	rebeccaeexu/Awesome-High-Dynamic-Range-Imaging A collection of HDR imaging papers.	45	Emerging	224	—
9	pksvision/Deep-WaveNet-Underwater-Image-Restoration Wavelength-based Attributed Deep Neural Network for Underwater Image Restoration	45	Emerging	114	Jupyter Notebook
10	aiff22/DPED Software and pre-trained models for automatic photo quality enhancement...	45	Emerging	1,712	Python
11	oneTaken/Awesome-Denoise One-paper-one-short-contribution-summary of all latest image/burst/video...	44	Emerging	499	—
12	Rishit-dagli/MIRNet-TFJS TensorFlow JS models for MIRNet for low-light💡 image enhancement	43	Emerging	356	Jupyter Notebook
13	subeeshvasu/Awesome-Deblurring A curated list of resources for Image and Video Deblurring	42	Emerging	2,839	—
14	dronefreak/clearview Fast and practical image deraining with PyTorch. Removes rain streaks using...	41	Emerging	6	Python
15	tranleanh/edn-gtm EDN-GTM for Single Image Dehazing	40	Emerging	46	Python
16	IDKiro/StarEnhancer StarEnhancer: Learning Real-Time and Style-Aware Image Enhancement	39	Emerging	154	Python
17	tnwei/waternet Modern replication of WaterNet from "An Underwater Image Enhancement...	39	Emerging	67	Jupyter Notebook
18	Thehunk1206/Zero-DCE Implementation of Research Paper "Learning to Enhance Low-Light Image via...	38	Emerging	43	Python
19	sandeepraju/ihradis-cnn-deblur Image deblurring with Convolutional Neural Networks. Scripts & Neural...	37	Emerging	71	Python
20	weblineindia/AIML-Image-Enhancement AI ML based Image enhancement module built in Python. It is used for...	37	Emerging	15	Python
21	beingdhruvv/ImageSharpening-KD-Restormer-UNet This repository features an image sharpening pipeline using Knowledge...	36	Emerging	2	Jupyter Notebook
22	lingyanruan/DRBNet [CVPR Oral 2022] PyTorch Implementation for "Learning to Deblur using Light...	35	Emerging	124	Python
23	VisionVerse/Blind-Motion-Deblurring-Survey Deep learning in motion deblurring: current status, benchmarks and future...	34	Emerging	227	Python
24	xw-hu/Unveiling-Deep-Shadows A Survey and Benchmark on Image and Video Shadow Detection, Removal, and...	33	Emerging	100	Python
25	GuoLanqing/Awesome-Shadow-Removal Collection of recent shadow removal works, including papers, codes,...	33	Emerging	389	—
26	GeeveGeorge/GFPGAN-for-Video-SR A colab notebook for video super resolution using GFPGAN	33	Emerging	38	Jupyter Notebook
27	ymmshi/dark_infer_collections 👉👉 [UPDATING] Low-light image enhancement inference code collections,...	33	Emerging	92	Python
28	ajithvcoder/DeblurGANv2_Customdataset Using deblur GAN on custom dataset	32	Emerging	4	Jupyter Notebook
29	fabio-sim/DocShadow-ONNX-TensorRT ONNX-compatible DocShadow: High-Resolution Document Shadow Removal. Supports...	29	Experimental	24	Python
30	jinnovation/derain-net A (WIP) TensorFlow reproduction of Fu, Huang, Ding, Liao, and Paisley's...	29	Experimental	16	Python
31	abdullahahsann/VideoEnhancementForSurviellance Video Enhancement For Surveillance	27	Experimental	15	—
32	kawchar85/Awesome-Deblurring-Resources A curated list of research papers and datasets related to image and video deblurring.	27	Experimental	13	—
33	JihyongOh/DeMFI [ECCV 2022] Official repository of DeMFI.	27	Experimental	84	Python
34	rajiv2004-cloud/Dehazing-model AI-ML Based Dehazing / De-smoking Algorithm	26	Experimental	22	Python
35	prafful-kumar/Blurred-Image-Recognition Implementation of U-net architecture for image deblurring (Image restoration).	25	Experimental	8	Jupyter Notebook
36	logic-OT/Deblur-AI This project uses AI to fix blur images of faces. This uses a 5-layered...	25	Experimental	23	Python
37	hpc203/low-light-image-enhancement-opencv-dnn 使用OpenCV部署低光照图像增强，包含C++和Python两个版本的程序	25	Experimental	26	C++
38	nafis71041/pixelation_correction This is an image de-pixelation project done under Intel Unnati Industrial...	24	Experimental	3	Jupyter Notebook
39	TaoWangzj/Awesome-Image-Restoration The repository of survey paper "Deep Image Restoration: A Survey"	24	Experimental	9	—
40	sagarbhavsar1/Single-Image-Dehazing-using-feature-extraction-techniques-in-Deep-Learning This is a novel methodology to perform dehazing process on a single outdoor...	23	Experimental	3	Jupyter Notebook
41	fourson/Learning-to-dehaze-with-polarization NeurIPS 2021 paper: Learning to Dehaze with Polarization	23	Experimental	41	Python
42	BhanuPrakashPebbeti/UnderWater-Image-Enhancement-using-DAE-UNet Underwater image enhancement has been attracting much attention due to its...	22	Experimental	1	Jupyter Notebook
43	fourson/Polarization-Aware-Low-Light-Image-Enhancement AAAI 2023 paper (Oral): Polarization-Aware Low-Light Image Enhancement	21	Experimental	32	Python
44	chi-kaichen/Trinity-Net K. Chi, Y. Yuan, and Q. Wang*, “Trinity-Net: Gradient-Guided Swin...	20	Experimental	11	—
45	happycode123/ULDB-Dataset ULDB dataset proposed in our paper "Deep Learning-based Cascaded Light...	19	Experimental	3	—
46	hamzafer/image-deblurring This repository presents advancements in motion deblurring built on the...	19	Experimental	3	Jupyter Notebook
47	claudiom4sir/VideoRestoration [AIR 2023] Video restoration based on deep learning: a comprehensive survey	19	Experimental	25	—
48	kdhRick2222/UCMNet [CVPR'26] Official implementation of "UCMNet: Uncertainty-Aware Context...	16	Experimental	3	Python
49	xiaomomy/Shadow Reproduction of ICCV 2015 paper on shadow detection using Leave-One-Out...	16	Experimental	—	Python
50	StephenChou-0621/image-deblurring-survey Technical survey on image deblurring: traditional optimization-based and...	13	Experimental	—	—
51	MohitLamba94/darkstereo The project is the official implementation of our WACV 2023 paper,...	13	Experimental	—	—
52	JayanthSrinivas06/Image-Enhancing-Using-Deep-Learning This project demonstrates a deep learning approach to enhance low-quality or...	12	Experimental	3	Jupyter Notebook
53	fix8developer/Retinex-Net Deep Retinex-Net Decomposition for Low-Light Enhancement	11	Experimental	3	Jupyter Notebook

Comparisons in this category

MIRNet and MIRNet-TFJS (47 vs 43)