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24 alternatives to Update: Open-source private home security camera(end-to-end encryption)
Several months ago, I posted in Show HN (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42284412) about this project (previously named Privastead, now changed to Secluso). It's a privacy-preserving home security camera that uses OpenMLS for end-to-end encryption between the camera and the mobile app. The post received a good amount of attention and there were many good comments. Since then, my project cofounder and I have made major improvements to the project. The project previously would act as a hub for an IP camera, which was otherwise closed source. But now, our camera software can…
Secluso is an open-source home security camera that uses end-to-end encryption to transmit video from the camera to a mobile app. The software runs directly on Raspberry Pi hardware, including the Pi Zero 2W, creating… Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Prices are shown for the 1 we have checked on their own sites.
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Hey everyone, I previously introduced an open source private home security camera in 2024, which uses OpenMLS for end-to-end encryption: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42284412. It was called Privastead then and it's now renamed to Secluso. John Kaczman found my project from here and has been working on it with me over the last year and half. We've made a lot of improvements to the software, which we would like to share with you: - You can now set this up on your Raspberry Pi in less than 5 minutes with no technical expertise using our easy-to-use GUI deploy tool. We've…
May 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →
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I needed a security camera inside my house, one that would send motion notifications to my smartphone and would allow me to livestream remotely. However, I could not find one that I could trust due to privacy concerns. Many of them upload the plaintext of videos to their servers and none is fully open-source as far as I know. Therefore, I decided to use my spare time to build one from scratch. Called Privastead (as in Private Homestead), it uses OpenMLS for end-to-end encryption (between the camera local hub and the smartphone) and is mostly implemented in Rust (except for part of the…
2024 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Hey HN! A few years ago someone kept trying to steal my motorcycle, so I decided to make a small camera with really long battery life to catch them. The hardware/software is totally open source, but the companion app only supports macOS currently. (I'm a big fan of native apps, and didn't want to block releasing on Linux/Windows support.) I wrote some blog posts about the process: PCB design: https://toaster.llc/blog/pcb Enclosure design: https://toaster.llc/blog/enclosure Image pipeline:…
2024 · toaster.llc · its alternatives →
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An indoor flying security camera for your home
2020 · blog.ring.com · its alternatives →
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AiCam turns an unused iPhone into an advanced home security camera with full privacy protection. AiCam can be used for home security, child monitoring, nanny monitoring, elderly care and pet monitoring. With AiCam, you have a mobile and smart home security camera that you could bring to remote sites
2021 · ai-cam.app · its alternatives →
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Viyo▲91Turn any device with a browser into a security camera
2019 · vuabongda.club · its alternatives →
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Netatmo Welcome▲106Home security camera with facial recognition
2015 · netatmo.com · its alternatives →
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Hey Hacker News! The past few months I’ve been working on this open-source software stack that makes it easy to build your own privacy-first security camera. When searching for a security camera (e.g. Google Nest, Amazon Ring..) that guarantees privacy I was surprised to find out there’s no such option, apart from going the old-school route. Many of the big players also had major privacy scandals. It has gotten even worse over the last couple of months with Amazon Ring now working together with Flock Safety, a company helping law enforcement with mass surveillance. Using the ROOT software…
Jan 2026 · rootprivacy.com · its alternatives →
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2019 · uview.io · its alternatives →
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Open-Source AI Camera Skills Platform, AI NVR & CCTV Surveillance. Local VLM video analysis with Qwen, DeepSeek, SmolVLM, LLaVA, YOLO26. LLM-powered agentic security camera agent — watches, understands, remembers & guards your home via Telegram, Discord or Slack. Pluggable AI skills. OpenAI, Google,
2020 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Alfred▲127Turn your unused smartphones into home surveillance cameras.
2015 · alfred.camera · its alternatives →
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Outdoor security camera with people, car & animal detection
2016 · netatmo.com · its alternatives →
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Contribute to gmrandazzo/CheapSecurity development by creating an account on GitHub.
Jul 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →
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An app to help keep your photos and videos safe and secure
2021 · safetyphoto.app · its alternatives →
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Encrypt images, and share them securely and anonymously.
2021 · its alternatives →
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2017 · sammachin.com · its alternatives →
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