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Not FOSS, and with an entry price tag, but I ditched my OPNSense firewall for a Ubiquiti UDM Pro SE router about 2 years ago and invested in 3 of their cameras plus a doorbell and love it. I previously had Blue Iris for CCTV.

The Unifi Protect app is great. Easy to navigate, great detection, and easy to store clips. There’s no subscription fees, and I get a great firewall/router alongside a CCTV package.

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lpinfinity@retrolemmy.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
+1 for Unifi Protect. Their hardware may be a bit pricey, but it doesn’t require any cloud/Internet connection and the app/interface is excellent.

I haven’t tried the 3rd party cam support, but I don’t think the price for the cameras is too outlandish for what they are and how well they’re built.

Iirc the Unifi Protect software can be self-hosted now too.

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dmtalon@infosec.pub ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
Unless it changed recently if you already have 3rd party cameras, it’s all but useless for any of those features. I am using Blue Iris/amcrest cameras and when I upgraded to a UDMP I was excited to try it with the new 3rd party camera support, but I can’t really do anything but record. No detection stuff. Ended up only adding one camera and giving up.

And their cameras, are damn expensive. I have 6 cameras outside covering most of my house. Entireity, swapping over to unifi ones is not in the budget.

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- q7mJI7tk1@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  I suppose there’s always a catch with them opening up for 3rd party support.
  
  I was keen to move to Unifi primarily for a doorbell. I had a Hikvision which was very temperamental, and I didn’t want a cloud based one like Ring or Nest, so believe it or not, most of my decision was made around a stupid doorbell.
  
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  - dmtalon@infosec.pub ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    Luckily I live out where nobody rings my door bell :)
    
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