Secluso
Security and privacy
home security camera
SHOW HN2026
137points
28comments
#474of 4,366 in 2026
Top 11%of 2026 by points
How HN took it
CuriousMostly questions and neutral comments
2 positive, 16 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 1 critical, out of 20 comments about the project. Thread score +0.05.
Design: 1 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Project looks great and congratulations
From 2 comments
This is great, congrats! Do you think it would be possible to use ESP32 (RISC-V CPUs) based cameras? Both for cost reduction and availability of the hardware reasons. Maybe with…
Keyb0ardWarri0r on HNHaving a rpi for each camera is an overkill. What I found the best approach for private CCTV is getting a cheapo camera (like Cinnado D1, I think I got it for $2 each, or go high…
tamimio on HN
Objections
Cloud relay is unnecessary; direct STUN connection would suffice
From 1 comment
What wasn't immediately clear to me is that you're meant to set up Raspberry Pis with a Pi camera attached, and that serves as the camera device. This then provides E2E…
josh3736 on HN
A Raspberry Pi per camera is overkill
From 1 comment
Having a rpi for each camera is an overkill. What I found the best approach for private CCTV is getting a cheapo camera (like Cinnado D1, I think I got it for $2 each, or go high…
tamimio on HN
Requests
Support for ESP32 cameras
From 1 comment
This is great, congrats! Do you think it would be possible to use ESP32 (RISC-V CPUs) based cameras? Both for cost reduction and availability of the hardware reasons. Maybe with…
Keyb0ardWarri0r on HN
Questions
Whether historical video can be viewed
From 1 comment
This looks like a great project at first glance. One thing I did not see answered was how storage is handled. Is there a way to view historical video (even an hour ago)?
ultrarunner on HN
Whether it works offline without a cloud server
From 1 comment
Are there also open-source solutions without dependency on server in the cloud and that depend on internet connection? I am looking for a total home solution where I can…
fjfaase on HN
Alternatives named
Frigate
From 1 comment
What wasn't immediately clear to me is that you're meant to set up Raspberry Pis with a Pi camera attached, and that serves as the camera device. This then provides E2E…
josh3736 on HN
Home Assistant
From 1 comment
There are two comments/questions here and I'll try to address them one by one. Secluso vs. Frigate: I think you correctly mentioned some of the differences. We intend Secluso to…
arrdalan on HN
Thingino/OpenIPC camera firmware
From 1 comment
I know that there exists projects such as https://github.com/OpenIPC and https://github.com/themactep/thingino-firmware. These allow you to replace the firmware running on some…
jkaczman on HN