Hello, I’m wondering what the consensus is (if there is one) on the best hardware and software (open source very much preferred, runs in Docker is a must) to use for privacy-respecting, self-hosted security cameras. I have always wanted to avoid feeding the surveillance state and have never had a security camera but unfortunately I recently saw evidence of someone trying to break into my home. I searched Lemmy for posts on this topic and only found one from two years ago: https://lemmy.world/post/12726787. I assume things are a bit different now so I’m basically making the same post again as OP. Thanks in advance for any tips anyone may have for me.
PS. My experience level is that I currently run several self-hosted solutions via Docker and have been doing so for a few years. I am not a networking guru but I do understand the basics, and I’ve setup pihole in the past (but deactivated it due to some false-positive issues). If there’s a reason to stand that back up in order to prevent otherwise private cameras from “phoning home”, I can do that.
LightNVR
Super simple to setup with docker. Works with any camera that broadcasts rtsp streams.
I have it running with 3 Sonoff cams and it works great, and sends alerts through NTFY for self-hosted notifications.
Nice, these https://sonoff.tech/en-eu/collections/security-cameras ? No HomeAssistant integration? Do they require any application from Sonoff or does LightNVR handles everything once connected to LAN?
I have the B1P cams. There’s an app that you need to use to set them up on your wifi, of course. And the app will give you the rtsp address to plug into lightnvr. You can also use that address in Hass to add the streams to your dashboard. There’s no integration that I’m aware of. There’s no need to use the sonoff app afterwards, unless you need to change wifi networks or upgrade the firmware.