frigate

If you want a truly local camera system with all the fancy features, check out Home Assistant (homeassistant.io) and Frigate (https://github.com/blakeblackshear/frigate).

Wyze Cam v3 (wifi) -> Its 35$ with very good night vision ( amazon link ) Make sure to get a SD card for local recording Then use this docker app to get raw RTSP urls and LAN only -> https://github.com/mrlt8/docker-wyze-bridge Next use Frigate as your NVR -> https://github.com/blakeblackshear/frigate -------- The wyze cams use about 3-5 watts of energy over USB. This make perfect for using a USB battery bank, a solar "generator" like the comments mention, or any place you can get "usb" power. This assumes you have Wifi, but if you have say a 4g modem, id assume it has wifi hotspot on it, most do. Then you still can connect the wyze cams to them. If you are concerned about privacy, thats where the docker app + sd card comes to play. You are recording to SD and also RSTP streaming via the docker app. If you are ultra concerned, just block

I haven't looked into it, but someone else recommended https://github.com/blakeblackshear/frigate which integrates with Home Assistant.

Rolling your own is probably your best bet as being able to check remotely typically means your camera streams are running through a company's servers. Personally, I moved from BlueIris and I've been incredibly happy with Frigate which is configured to pull from my local IP cameras - none of which have direct access to the internet: https://github.com/blakeblackshear/frigate You can check in via browser assuming you have some method of accessing your local network. Paired with a google coral device (or a beefy CPU) alongside local storage, it also has the ability to detect objects in real-time which often is a feature that requires video processing on a company's server.

Very Practical use case https://github.com/blakeblackshear/frigate example https://github.com/blakeblackshear/frigate/blob/08f573aaa5ec...