Show HN: Open-source private home security camera system (end-to-end encryption)

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Frigate NVR

Cameras could be built using a single board computer (like the Raspberry Pi Zero, but there are better and cheaper options) plus a USB camera module, and the necessary firmware that could well be just a simple script invoking ffmpeg or similar streaming software; all Open Source. For example: https://www.friendlyelec.com/index.php?route=product/product&path=69&product_id=244 https://www.friendlyelec.com/index.php?route=product/product&path=78&product_id=245 https://www.armbian.com/nanopi-duo-2/ Then all video can be collected by applications like Shinobi, Zoneminder, Frigate, etc. https://zoneminder.com/ https://moeiscool.github.io/Shinobi/ https://frigate.video/ The hardest part would probably be making an enclosure that is solid enough to withstand being exposed to sun, rain, temperature deltas etc. And remain sealed to protect the electronics.

#3D #WebCamera Apps #Group Chat & Notifications 81 social mentions

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Pushover

#Push Notifications #Web Push Notifications #API 102 social mentions

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Shinobi.video

There is also https://shinobi.video/, as another alternative.

#Surveillance #Security Monitoring #Security Cameras 42 social mentions

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Motion Project

I appreciate this and will look into it eventually. Years ago, I used Motion[0] on a pi, laptop and desktop, configured to sftp the motion-activated images to a remote server. I could check the files upon alert and view them in rapid succession as 'video'. It was a clunky setup but worked, aside from the vulnerability of the computers being physically accessible to unwanted visitors - but for this I'd use nohup & physlock to at least prevent quick access. This relatively free setup had limitations, mostly due my lack of skills and resources, but it provided significant consolation and I'd bring it with me while traveling, eg using the laptop setup for hotel rooms, etc. The fact that the great Bezosauron et al wasn't involved, did please me. 0. https://motion-project.github.io/.

#Video Tools #Video #Mobile Video Monitoring 44 social mentions

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Ntfy

The open source/degoogled alternative to that is UnifiedPush, did you take a look at this? https://unifiedpush.org/ https://ntfy.sh/.

#Cron Monitoring #Cron #Website Monitoring 68 social mentions

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Matrix.org

Sure, just wanted to tell you about it, as this seems to be defacto standard for foss android apps, for example most if not all https://matrix.org clients use it for push notifications (when you use their de googled build, or don't have play services) available. I also use a Signal fork with UnifiedPush and have some server alert scripts which post to my self-hosted ntfy instance, and the ntfy app itself will display them (otherwise for the Messengers, the Notifications will be from the messenger app itself, as these apps get "notified" aboout a notification and then do their own thing).

#Communication #Group Chat & Notifications #Messaging 592 social mentions

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ZoneMinder

Cameras could be built using a single board computer (like the Raspberry Pi Zero, but there are better and cheaper options) plus a USB camera module, and the necessary firmware that could well be just a simple script invoking ffmpeg or similar streaming software; all Open Source. For example: https://www.friendlyelec.com/index.php?route=product/product&path=69&product_id=244 https://www.friendlyelec.com/index.php?route=product/product&path=78&product_id=245 https://www.armbian.com/nanopi-duo-2/ Then all video can be collected by applications like Shinobi, Zoneminder, Frigate, etc. https://zoneminder.com/ https://moeiscool.github.io/Shinobi/ https://frigate.video/ The hardest part would probably be making an enclosure that is solid enough to withstand being exposed to sun, rain, temperature deltas etc. And remain sealed to protect the electronics.

#Security #Surveillance #Video Surveillance 58 social mentions