Hi, anyone have any good self hosted solution for a doorbell camera? What I need is to have the option to look at who is at the door and be able to actuate a lock (relay operated). I have a cheap Chinese brand solution, but it uses an unknown cloud solution and is very unreliable. A phone app would be fine, but if there’s a standalone tablet, that’s even better.

  • Bronzie@sh.itjust.works
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    5 months ago

    Not exactly what you asked for, but I went with Eufy with local storage. There is a home base so everything is stored here and not in the cloud. Costs a bit more but gives me peace of mind.

    Downside is that it won’t work if my internet or power is out, but that happens once a year, max.

    For door I’d go with Yale with the hub to lock and unlock remotely.
    Don’t know of a combined solution, sadly.

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      5 months ago

      I was about to suggest the same thing with a small caveat. From what I know, communication between doorbell and base station is unencrypted. I might be wrong, it’s been a while since I read about it, so double check the current status.