# cameraui/camera.ui

The modern, local-first platform for professional video surveillance.

Repository: https://github.com/cameraui/camera.ui
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/cameraui
Homepage: https://cameraui.com
Language: TypeScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: homekit, detection, nvr, ai, camera-ui, cameras, face-recognition, home-automation, object-detection, surveillance, ui
Last push: 2026-09-02T23:39:05+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 100/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 100, release rhythm 100, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 1771, "days_push": 0, "days_rel": 0, "gap_med": 0.0, "n_releases_24m": 41}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1104, forks 164 (observed 2026-09-03T02:15:09.786306+00:00)

## What it is
camera.ui is a self-hosted, local-first video surveillance (NVR) platform for security cameras with live viewing, 24/7 recording, and on-device AI detection. It offers a web UI, smart-home integration (HomeKit), push notifications, and an extensible plugin ecosystem, with some premium features behind a subscription.

## Use cases
- self-hosted NVR for my IP cameras
- record security cameras 24/7 without cloud
- AI object and face detection on camera footage
- integrate cameras with HomeKit and smart home
- get push notifications when motion is detected
- view live camera streams in a web UI
- keep surveillance footage local on my own hardware

## When to choose
- you want a local-first, privacy-focused NVR without mandatory cloud
- you need AI-based detection (objects, faces) on your own hardware
- you use HomeKit or other smart-home integrations
- you want Docker, desktop, or bare-metal deployment options

## When to avoid
- you need a fully free solution with all features — some features require a paid subscription
- you need enterprise-scale multi-site video management
- you rely on cloud storage as the primary recording backend

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: video-processing, computer-vision, self-hosted, plugin-system, http-server
- domain: security, self-hosted, computer-vision, media
- platform: windows, self-hosted, cross-platform
- tags: nvr, video-surveillance, homekit, object-detection, face-recognition, smart-home, security-cameras, local-first, home-automation, linux, macos, docker, nodejs

## Member repositories
- cameraui/camera.ui (main) score 100

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-09-03T02:15:09.786306+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T06:45:36.908046+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/cameraui/camera.ui (fetched 2026-09-03T02:15:09.786306+00:00, sha a5acc9f040e6)
  - homepage: https://cameraui.com (fetched 2026-08-29T12:48:26.685742+00:00, sha 734baa3ff0ba)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.