Frigate NVR - Wow!
Onsite AI Powered Object Recognition using a
Google TPU
1/6/26
If you are interested in security systems and haven't heard of
Frigate NVR, you will!
I have used Shinobi, and many other NVR solutions.
Pretty much all of them except for the Windows based one that
Amcrest, BlueIRIS.
I'm a believer in Linux for always on, headless servers that run for
years. Windows is ok for desktop use but sucks for long
term stability.
I have a few Frigate systems that run 0.17-developers versions of
Frigate that support the Google TPUs. They $40 units
absolutely tear through AI models and can do effective object
recognition while weeding out motion that is irrelevant.
Instead of getting hundreds of notifications on my 12+ cameras, I
get maybe a dozen per day. Many of them are me walking
into the camera fields or delivery people or the occassional cat
that is found to be acting "human" like.
This software is crazy effective and its not even to rev 1.0 yet!
If you are interested go to frigate.video
to learn more.
If you are not grounded in using Linux, it might be a bit
overwhelming, but this might be a good time to learn Linux if you
want an effective NVR solution.