thingino-installers

correct, it's in beta testing right now, you can check for alternatives https://github.com/wltechblog/thingino-installers

The prior OpenIPC thread from earlier today is literally 75% about thingino: OpenIPC: Open IP Camera Firmware — https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44758463 — Aug 2025 (106 comments) The cheapest camera that you can install this onto, is Cinnado D1, which retails at under $14.99 USD FBA on Amazon Prime in the US: https://github.com/wltechblog/thingino-installers/tree/main/... https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CBBT5RMP — ≤ $14.99 FBA for Cinnado D1, #3 best-seller in "Dome Surveillance Cameras" Some older Wansview, TP-Link, Wyze and Imou are also supported. Part of the reason these cams are sold so cheap, and are directly imported into the US by the brand owners, is because they're making all of their money from the subscriptions. It's also the reason why buying a single camera is actually cheaper than buying a pack.

Cool! It looks like the Wansview Q5 has a similar SoC/camera/wireless setup as the Wansview W7, which as an installer guide on the Thingino wiki [1]. I wonder if that same installation process (but with the q5 firmware) would work. For $16 I'm inclined to try it out. [1] - https://github.com/wltechblog/thingino-installers/tree/main/...

I looked at the list on https://thingino.com/ , and one of the cheapest cameras supported by thingino is Wansview Q5. I'm NOT exactly sure on the exact version, because 2 different versions exist on Amazon, 3MP/2019 and 5MP/2024, in 2 colors each, but the older 3MP version is available for under $20.00 USD with FBA: https://www.amazon.com/stores/Wansview/page/1E1F86AB-C01A-45... https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07QKXM2D3 — $16.14 FBA for black 3MP Q5 Wansview https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07QKWPT8J — $19.78 FBA for white 3MP Q5 Wansview It's also been on sale at $9.99 on Woot a few months ago, but sold out. https://electronics.woot.com/offers/wansview-2k-ip-security-... EDIT: looks like the cheapest one in the US is actually Cinnado D1 2k, it's under $14.99 on Amazon. https://github.com/wltechblog/thingino-installers/tree/main/... https://www.amaz

I'm generally the guy making "easy installers" for Thingino cams. The default way to install on a cam is to use a flash programmer, some devices you can use a uart adapter.. I try to find opportunities in the factory firmware that allow you to flash using just a SD card when possible, and publish walkthrough videos on my channel. Some other devices you can flash with a flash glitch trick at boot, which I have several devices documented for that method as well. I'm a huge proponent of privacy and security being available to everyone and not just the technically minded user, and being able to get a commodity priced camera to faithfully serve a non-technical user is my goal! More info is at my installers repo https://github.com/wltechblog/thingino-installers or my YT channel (WLTechBlog)