Facedetect is a simple face detector for batch processing. It answers the basic question: "Is there a face in this image?" and gives back either an exit code or the coordinates of each detected face in the standard output. The aim is to provide a basic command-line interface consistent and easy to use with software such as ImageMagick. Facedetect is currently used in pkgsrc efgallery to improve the thumbnail cutting region so faces are always centered.