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Pikrellcam

Raspberry Pi motion-detection camera with web interface

Video Surveillance ★ 272 stars Medium setup GPL-3.0

PiKrellCam is a motion-detecting video recorder for the Raspberry Pi camera with a built-in web interface. It records motion events, captures still images, and can overlay annotations on the video.

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Key features

  • Raspberry Pi camera recording
  • Motion detection
  • Web interface
  • Annotation overlays

Pros & cons

Strengths

  • Great for Pi camera modules
  • Lightweight

Trade-offs

  • Raspberry Pi specific
  • Single-camera focus

Is Pikrellcam secure?

OSV.dev has no published security advisories for Pikrellcam's repository. No known vulnerabilities is not proof of security: it means none have been publicly catalogued.

Source: OSV.dev, checked 2026-10-14. How this is measured.

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