Dev tools · alternatives · 2026

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Building an open-source and high-quality webcam with a Raspberry Pi 0 W launched in 2020; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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   Hacking an ultrasound probe with a Raspberry Pi and low-cost hardware▲227

   2017 · kelu124.gitbooks.io · its alternatives →

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   Modular Pi Cam▲72

   This is the third camera I've designed/made around the raspberry pi parts/ecosystem. The repo has all the STL files, parts list, most wiring diagrams. The first one was the custom Pi Zero HQ cam which was featured on a Hackaday article/podcast. The modular version (aside from being able to swap cameras) mostly has the latest software. Recently I added the ability to process videos in the background (ffmpeg merges wav/mp4 files together). The camera uses crop-zoom-panning for dialing in shots with manual lenses. The menu is created by layering images/text with PIL.…

   2024 · github.com · its alternatives →

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   Atlas by World Labs▲233

   Turn text, pics, video, + 3D into camera-controlled HD video

   Sep 2026 · worldlabs.ai · its alternatives →

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   Swiss Panorama▲62

   Live Webcam Memory

   2014 · its alternatives →

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   Raspberry Pi High Quality Camera▲139

   A $50 DIY camera with interchangeable lenses

   2020 · raspberrypi.com · its alternatives →

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   OTTO▲83

   A GIF Camera!

   2014 · kickstarter.com · its alternatives →

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   WebCamMesh▲74

   Webcam browser experiment for Chrome

   2014 · airtightinteractive.com · its alternatives →

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   Shootsolo 2.0▲72

   Voice-controlled camera + teleprompter for solo creators

   Sep 2026 · shootsolo.com · its alternatives →

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   Wipster▲96

   A workflow and collaboration tool for video creatives

   2015 · wipster.io · its alternatives →

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    Offline Object Detection and Tracking on a Raspberry Pi▲106

    2018 · medium.com · its alternatives →

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    Framefields▲100

    Open-source code-first video for AGI era

    7d ago · framefields.dev · its alternatives →

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    Streaming video from a webcam over RTMP using a Raspberry Pi and Nginx▲11

    Streaming live video from a webcam over RTMP using a Raspberry Pi and Nginx - Tomtomgo/raspberry_livestream

    2015 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Hellocecil – Simple Video Application Platform▲8

    2018 · hellocecil.com · its alternatives →

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    Build your own Rodak – portable camera powered by Raspberry Pi▲44

    Build your own Rodak - portable Kodak Brownie powered by Raspberry Pi - alexellis/rodak

    2018 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Generative wall art, running on a Raspberry Pi▲6

    2023 · twitter.com · its alternatives →

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    Hosting Web Apps on Raspberry Pi Pico W▲7

    2022 · visualgdb.com · its alternatives →

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    Google Coder▲5

    A simple way to make web stuff on Raspberry Pi

    2015 · googlecreativelab.github.io · its alternatives →

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    ASCII webcam viewer (Chrome only)▲6

    2015 · ascii.odchazel.com · its alternatives →

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    Open-source full camera pipeline replacement for Android▲6

    2021 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Airypi – a simple way to control your Raspberry Pi from a browser▲8

    2014 · airypi.com · its alternatives →

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    A Raspberry Pi Video Streaming Robot▲19

    Build a video streaming robot with the Raspberry Pi and the GoPiGo3. This project will show you how to turn your GoPiGo3 into a video streaming robot.

    2017 · dexterindustries.com · its alternatives →

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    I built a Raspberry Pi webcam to train my dog (using Claude)▲6

    Hey HN! I’m a Product Manager and made a DIY doggy cam (using Claude and a Raspberry Pi) to help train my dog with separation anxiety. I wrote up a blog post sharing my experience building this project with AI.

    Nov 2025 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Portable Computer Vision – TensorFlow 2.0 on a Raspberry Pi▲6

    2019 · medium.com · its alternatives →

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    Sociagram▲11

    Webcam Recording as a Service

    2014 · sociagram.com · its alternatives →

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