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Open Source cameras for home surveillance? (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 month ago by tired_n_bored@lemmy.world to c/homelab@selfhosted.forum

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Hi, I am looking for libre solutions to buy for my home surveillance system.

I know that there are open source NVRs, but are there open source WiFi cameras? Cabled cameras just transmit an electrical signal so I don’t care about them.

Someone gifted me a Tapo C-210 but I don’t like the fact that it transmits videos to TpLink’s servers. I just want my self-hosted solution.

Thank you.

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[–] k8sgremlin@geekroom.tech 2 points 4 weeks ago

True fully-open WiFi camera hardware is basically nonexistent. Closest you'll get is OpenIPC (openipc.org), open source firmware for the SoCs a bunch of budget cameras use, but it's a compatibility gamble per exact model, not plug-and-play.

More realistic path for a Tapo-style setup: keep the camera on an isolated VLAN with zero internet route (kills the cloud phone-home even on stock firmware), point it at a self-hosted NVR like Frigate or Shinobi over local RTSP/ONVIF, and never touch the TP-Link app or cloud account. Doesn't make the firmware itself open, but it makes the actual footage 100% local, which is usually the part people actually care about.

If you specifically want reflashable open firmware, OpenIPC's supported-devices list is worth checking before buying anything new.