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Show HN: Clearcam – Add AI object detection to your IP CCTV cameras

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230 points roryclear | 3 comments | 24 Aug 25 11:34 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source

This runs YOLOv8 + bytetrack with Tinygrad detections (depending on user config) are saved and can be sent to the companion iOS app along with a notification, all video processing is done locally, all footage is encrypted before leaving your computer, and the sending notifications + videos part is optional. This uses tinygrad, so it runs well on my apple silicon macs and should be able to run on a lot of hardware (or will be able to when I remove other deps).
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snickerdoodle12 ◴[24 Aug 25 13:44 UTC] No.45004203[source]▶
how does this compare with frigate?
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1. diggan ◴[24 Aug 25 13:54 UTC] No.45004269[source]▶
User of Frigate here. Seems these are some pretty major differences of what you can do for free with Frigate, but if you use Clearcam, you need to pay for "Clearcam Premium":

- View your live camera feeds remotely.

- Receive notifications on events (objects/people detected).

- View event clips remotely.

- End-to-end encryption on all data.

What neither of the solutions seem to have, is encryption at rest. But I guess others, just like me, rather encrypt the volume/storage itself, instead of leaving it up to applications anyways, so might/might not matter for you.

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2. baruz ◴[24 Aug 25 17:07 UTC] No.45005848[source]▶
The author states elsewhere that the payments are for the use of their server, which can be reconfigured.
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3. diggan ◴[24 Aug 25 17:15 UTC] No.45005897[source]▶
Yeah, I'll admit to not having tried Clearcam myself, I was just going by the information from the README as-is.