✨ Feature Suggestion | Security camera NVR/CCTV software #1749

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2020-03-02T06:00:37Z

dngray commented

2020-03-02 06:00:37 +00:00

(Migrated from github.com)

We should have a section recommending some open source camera software.

One that comes to mind is ZoneMinder, Motion, Shinobi, Kerberos.io etc.

Related thread: Linux Surveillance Camera Software Evaluation (2018)
would have some things we should consider.

I think the only requirement should be that it is open source and can be self-hosted.

For the hardware section we could have a recommendation about Ubiquti's UniFi cameras. These can often be used with open source hosting solutions in addition to Ubiquti's proprietary software (which can be self hosted too).

Cameras are a bit like phones and firmware is going to likely be closed source due to patent licensing.

We should have a section recommending some open source camera software. One that comes to mind is [ZoneMinder](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ZoneMinder), [Motion](https://motion-project.github.io/), [Shinobi](https://www.shinobi.video/), [Kerberos.io](https://kerberos.io/) etc. Related thread: [Linux Surveillance Camera Software Evaluation (2018)](https://blog.jasonantman.com/2018/05/linux-surveillance-camera-software-evaluation/) would have some things we should consider. I think the only requirement should be that it is open source and can be self-hosted. For the hardware section we could have a recommendation about Ubiquti's UniFi cameras. These can often be used with open source hosting solutions in addition to Ubiquti's proprietary software (which can be self hosted too). Cameras are a bit like phones and firmware is going to likely be closed source due to patent licensing.