Hey all, just wondering if anyone has any good self-hosted security cam recs? Have plenty of space and server options, and next big thing on my list is to get rid of my battery cloud cams. They have worked well enough I guess for a few years, but really pretty slow and limited, wondering if anyone has experience with any self-hosted solutions, preferably with similar features ie: motion detection, app/webapp, maybe battery op?


I personally use Frigate, which is default free, but has a plus tier for $50 a year (has custom AI training/models instead of default’s standard model).
Personally has all the features I’d want, curious what BlueIris brings, I’ve heard a bit about it.
I’d have to look at Frigate again, but I’ve used BI for a few years now for myself and neighbors that I’ve installed livestock monitoring cameras for. The phone app is quite good, it does very reliable recognition via Deepstack, it’s compatible with so many cameras it isn’t funny, and the automations are very extensive. Setting up schedules is pretty intuitive.
The geofencing is terrible, but that’s about my biggest complaint with it, besides having to install it on a Windows VM. I did have it working in Wine years ago, but it wasn’t very stable.