Clearcam turns regular RTSP cameras into AI surveillance with detection, summaries and semantic search
aigclink · x · 2026-10-14
Open-source project Clearcam upgrades ordinary surveillance cameras into AI cameras without new hardware — just connect a compatible RTSP stream.
- Object detection and tracking of people and vehicles
- Smart event alerts via phone or custom notification endpoints
- AI event summaries powered by Qwen3-VL
- Footage retrieval by target/event, including natural-language search
- Companion iOS client for remote viewing (some features Premium)
Built in Python as an NVR plus AI inference service; runs locally on Mac/Linux with browser management, and integrates with Home Assistant, Pushover, and n8n.
Related event: Clearcam Turns Any RTSP Camera into an AI Monitoring System(3 posts)→
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