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Anyone know of self-hostable security cameras? (self.selfhosted)

submitted 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) by nottelling to c/selfhosted

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Edit: ideally wifi cameras that I can solar power.

Looking to replace my Arlo cameras with something self-hostable. Arlo lets you store on a USB stick, but there's no way to get out from under their cloud, which gets more expensive all the time.

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[–] ikidd 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

You're looking for a self-hosted NVR (Network Video Recorder). The best I've found and use in a number of customer's is Blue Iris, and it'll work with any ONVIF-enabled cameras, but it costs 100/yr and only runs on a windows machine. I have desperately tried open-source NVRs that will work on Linux but none of them are even in the same universe as Blue Iris for functionality and ease of use.

Wireless cameras are generally terrible so if you can hardwire them in any way, I would go with that. People have had fairly good luck with Wyse cameras for wireless, I can't speak to it. See the Selfhosted Podcast for various discussions on cameras to use with NVRs, with a focus on Blue Iris.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I have desperately tried open-source NVRs that will work on Linux but none of them are even in the same universe as Blue Iris for functionality and ease of use.

Have you tried Shinobi? I've used it for quite some time until I switched to Frigate. It isn't broken tho.

Also, anything special with Blue Iris? Note that it can be ran on Linux because there is Docker image that uses wine.

[–] ikidd 1 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

I did have it working under Wine myself, not with docker. The docker image is news to me, I might have to give it a try. What I did notice about running under Wine was that the web interface wouldn't load the good quality version, just the basic HTML version with the sad camera controls and interface. It worked, but wasn't great.

I did try Shinobi, it had a really odd interface. While it worked, I did not find it enjoyable to use and it was pretty rudimentary compared to BI.