GEgempir·Aug 3, 2026Submission
Valetudo Camera Streaming (FOSS for Vacuum Robots)
2 points · Open discussionHypfer
Valetudo
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Hypfer / Valetudo
Valetudo
Cloud replacement for vacuum robots enabling local-only operation
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What Hacker News says
26 sourcesI can repeat that experience but didn't take me quite as long as I had time to walk through it.
However, just this last update, they added support for a new set of vacuums, Midea/Eureka that don't require that PCB.
https://github.com/Hypfer/Valetudo/releases/tag/2025.12.0
In Roomba maker goes bankrupt, Chinese owner emergesYour best bet would be to check which models are supported by Valetudo, which is a local-only firmware replacement: https://valetudo.cloud/ and https://github.com/Hypfer/Valetudo
In Roomba maker goes bankrupt, Chinese owner emergesIt would be healthy that it becomes more common, in fact the privately-owned public garden model of the Valetudo project [1] is the sanest way for FOSS maintainers to look at their projects.
[1]: https://github.com/Hypfer/Valetudo#valetudo-is-a-garden
In The fate of "small" open sourcePeople obviously find them useful. But I will reiterate a sibling comments recommendation, get one that can run Valetudo : https://github.com/Hypfer/Valetudo
In Vacuum bricked after user blocks data collection – user mods it to run anywayA good time to point out https://github.com/Hypfer/Valetudo.
I haven't tried it personally because my particular model of vacuum has some complicated and potentially destructive procedure to get the required access, but there's quite a few models where it can be installed easily.
In Vacuum bricked after user blocks data collection – user mods it to run anywayA few years back I wanted multifloor on my Valetudo (I had a weird single room which had a step into it) so I did my research and found a whole bunch of toxicity around this feature, mixed in with a bunch of information which mostly answered my questions (it wasn't supported, which of course I was fine with, because it's not my project and I was just grateful for being able to use it). I figured "oh, this would be useful to document", popped onto the Telegram and asked a few clarifying questions, saying I intended to contribute to the docs.
First I was accused of not reading the docs (I had, they were confusing and incomplete), then I was accused of trying to sneak multi-floor into the product (..what), then I was accused of being a "well-off boomer who wanted him to do extra work because I wouldn't spring for a third vacuum" (I WASN'T AD
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VOCATING FOR MULTI-FLOOR). So I backed off and watched for a bit, then landed up leaving.
I have no desire to force change on the man (it's his garden after all); ultimately, GitHub was the wrong destination for his work. It's sort-of like he's opened a workshop in the middle of a bustling market and now he's barking at everyone for interupting him.
Recently an error popped up in Home Assistant, so I hazarded a look at the issue tracker to find he'd closed an issue and banned a well-regarded Home Assistant community member for opening it: https://github.com/Hypfer/Valetudo/issues/2310
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What I meant between the lines is that there are a lot of entitled people everywhere, FOSS users are just an example of it, and one needs to be ready for them whenever setting up for a public-facing endeavor, be it an OSS project or a shop or whatever. Just not let that hit you with low defenses.
I've been an OSS project maintainer myself, and realized that one must be ready to deal with people and their behaviors.
If I could give an actionable tip to the author and all FOSS maintainers (or soon to be) is to add a README section "This project is a garden", and copy it from Valetudo:
https://github.com/Hypfer/Valetudo?tab=readme-ov-file#valetu...
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The author complains about how many (probably entitled) users he started having to support, but deeply inside that was not a problem of being an Open Source maintaine
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r as much as a problem of not being prepared to deal with the social side and the normal people's behavior.
There's conflict everywhere. If you gave free umbrellas on the street and some of them were broken, for sure part of those people would turn around and request a good one, to which one needs to be prepared to have an answer, it can be "yeah sorry here you are" or "well it was free, be happy you got something at all"
FYI there is https://github.com/Hypfer/Valetudo which acts as a replacement of the cloud service. I'd you buy one of the supported devices you root it to point to the Valetudo server (which you run yourselves). You can then put the robot on its own WiFi without Internet access if you want to be even more secure.
In I found a backdoor into my bedFree Your Vacuum from the Cloud
19 points · Open discussionI found the open source Valetudo (https://github.com/Hypfer/Valetudo) project quite interesting, as it sits between the vendor firmware and (cloud) connectivity. The project is made possible due to Dennis Giese's research.
It currently supports Dreame, Xiaomi, Roborock and some others. But not Ecovacs.
And not sure it prevents this type of Bluetooth vulnerabilities.
In ABC News hacks into popular robot vacuum, watches owner through cameraTypo fix: I meant "apps you can'T block from doing this" of course.
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I also hate apps and gadgets using "clouds" for jobs which can perfectly be done locally.
E.g. I want a vitals tracking device to record my heart and sleep data but I am not buying any because they send that data to their servers, I want them to only send it to my PC where I would do the data science myself (and/or to my smartphone to a purely local app). I would pay a lot (up to e.g. what a beefiest new MacBook costs) for such a device if it were purely local and well-made (wouldn't break soon).
I also want a vacuum robot which would build and use my apartment map without sending it to any cloud but there are no such models no matter how much I am willing to pay (I know a solution[1] for vacuum robots - some can be hacked to run the server part on themselves bu
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t I don't really have time for this). And there have recently been a leak of pictures made by vacuum robots which proves my paranoia is legitimate.
Some genius has even invented a WC which analyzes your pee and stores your hormonal changes log in their cloud which is a great gift to conservative maniacs (I don't mean all conservatives are maniacs, some are awesome, there are many flavours of conservatism) which have just banned abortions and can now subpoena the company to find out you if you have secretly undergone an abortion in another state.
Surely insurance companies and banks will also find a way to get your data and make your insurance and loans prohibitively expensive as soon as they find some clues you might have health risks.
I am almost sure the problem of privacy negligence, every serious actor spying on people hoarding data, is going to become more and more serious up to a catastrophic point and hope it will get more and more attention soon.
I used to be called a paranoid loon by fellow students for covering my laptop camera a decade ago, now almost everybody does this and my new laptops (HP EliteBook and ProBook) even came with built-in curtains on the cams.
[1] https://github.com/Hypfer/Valetudo
I can't believe I got a Telegram message (by a person unknown to me) trying to confront me about this a day later... Everyone, please calm down, our disagreement was merely about communication style!
The presumed "abuse" was posting these 2 screenshots https://github.com/DeutscheKI/dreame-w10-valetudo-fork/blob/... https://github.com/DeutscheKI/dreame-w10-valetudo-fork/blob/... into this https://t.me/+uGuDHt0dNCVmODli telegram group with a polite but lengthy text about which UI changes were made between this fork https://github.com/DeutscheKI/dreame-w10-valetudo-fork and this master branch https://github.com/Hypfer/Valetudo/ and what the motivations for each UI decision were.
That Telegram group has 1000+ users. But Hyper found it annoying that I @ tagged him in that message. That's it - no need for pitchforks :)
Everyone, please calm dow
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n, our disagreement was merely about communication style !!!!!one1111oneone!1!!11!one1!
Valetudo – Free your vacuum cleaner from the cloud
110 points · Open discussionA Critique of Github Issues by Hypfer of Valetudo Robot Vacuum Software
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