Clearcam
Security and privacy
camera surveillance
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How HN took it
2 positive, 12 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 1 critical, out of 15 comments about the project. Thread score +0.03.
Pricing: 0 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
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positive neutral or mixed critical about another commenter or something else the maker
What HN said
What people liked
Open sourcing the project is appreciated
From 1 comment
This is sick! Thanks for open sourcing it!
awaseem on HN
Objections
Paid features and in-app purchases feel inconvenient versus cheap cameras with built-in AI
From 1 comment
This just seems like an extremely inconvenient, very hands-on subscription given that similarly priced AI detection exists with reliable, cheap cameras.
leakycap on HN
Android signup requires an iOS purchase flow that is confusing
From 2 comments
Am I reading your README correct, that in order to sign up to use the app on Android, you have to install and sign up using an iOS device (using Apple's payment system) and then…
bdcravens on HNYeah sorry that’s confusing, I need to change or remove it until I’ve a payment system setup. There is an unfinished but functional APK and android project in the repo, but it’s…
roryclear on HN
AGPL license restricts use of camera feed sharing
From 1 comment
it's AGPL so you have to give anyone that views your camera feeds a copy of the source
sugarpimpdorsey on HN
Requests
List supported GPUs and ML runtimes
From 2 comments
Where can I find the list of supported GPUs? Frigate been able to handle everything I've tried so far, all from Nvidia and AMD GPUs to even Intel iGPUs.
diggan on HNThis would be a good point of differentiation to make on your GitHub page or for a technical audience on your website. Frigate is SOTA in many folks minds, and to show that you…
threecheese on HN
Document the tinygrad choice versus TensorFlow
From 1 comment
This would be a good point of differentiation to make on your GitHub page or for a technical audience on your website. Frigate is SOTA in many folks minds, and to show that you…
threecheese on HN
Questions
How does it compare with Frigate
From 1 comment
how does this compare with frigate?
snickerdoodle12 on HN
Why not write the iOS version in Swift
From 1 comment
How come you didn't write the iOS version in Swift?
djfobbz on HN
Alternatives named
Frigate
From 2 comments
Also check out frigate (https://github.com/blakeblackshear/frigate)
taikon on HNhow does this compare with frigate?
snickerdoodle12 on HN
BoquilaHUB
From 1 comment
BoquilaHUB also does this, but with Rust: https://github.com/boquila/boquilahub/
jdiaz97 on HN
Reolink cameras
From 1 comment
My reolink cameras indicate on the clip the length of time the object in motion was recorded. One can probably figure out a way to bin these clips according to this length of…
kjkjadksj on HN