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OpenIPC

Alternative IP Camera firmware from an open community
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Alternative open firmware for your IP camera

(based on Buildroot)

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OpenIPC is an open source operating system from the open community targeting for IP cameras with ARM and MIPS processors from several manufacturers in order to replace that closed, opaque, insecure, often abandoned and unsupported firmware pre-installed by a vendor.

OpenIPC firmware comes as binary pre-compiled files for easy installation by end-user. Also, we provide full access to the source files for further development and improvement by any capable programmer willing to contribute to the project. OpenIPC source code is released under one of the most simple open source license agreements, MIT License, giving users express permission to reuse code for any purpose, even as part of a proprietary software. We only ask you politely to contribute your improvements back to us and also be sure to contact us if you use our project for commercial purposes. We would be grateful for any feedback and suggestions. The use of the OpenIPC project and its components for military purposes is not permitted.

Historically, OpenIPC firmware only supported SoC manufactured by HiSilicon, but as the development continues, the list of supported processors expands. Today, it also includes chips from Ambarella, Anyka, Fullhan, Goke, GrainMedia, Ingenic, MStar, Novatek, SigmaStar, XiongMai, and is expected to grow further.

More information about the project is available in our website and on the wiki.

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  1. firmware firmware Public

    Alternative IP Camera firmware from an open community

    C 2.2k 495

  2. builder builder Public

    Experimental system for building OpenIPC firmware for known devices

    Shell 98 146

  3. ipctool ipctool Public

    Simple tool (and library) for checking IP camera hardware

    C 256 65

  4. divinus divinus Public

    Multi-platform open source streamer

    C 80 45

  5. smolrtsp smolrtsp Public

    A lightweight real-time streaming library for IP cameras

    C 510 119

  6. majestic-webui majestic-webui Public

    Web interface for OpenIPC firmware.

    JavaScript 34 29

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  • builder Public

    Experimental system for building OpenIPC firmware for known devices

    OpenIPC/builder's past year of commit activity
    Shell 98 MIT 146 15 4 Updated Oct 14, 2026
  • HanReader Public

    A reader for Chinese texts, for macOS and iOS: tap any word to see its pinyin above the characters and its meaning below, and hear it spoken.

    OpenIPC/HanReader's past year of commit activity
    Swift 0 MIT 0 0 2 Updated Oct 14, 2026
  • firmware Public

    Alternative IP Camera firmware from an open community

    OpenIPC/firmware's past year of commit activity
    C 2,242 MIT 495 168 10 Updated Oct 14, 2026
  • viewer Public

    Cross-platform viewer for OpenIPC IP cameras — live RTSP with HW decode, multi-camera grid, on-device AI detection, recording & two-way audio, ONVIF discovery and Majestic config. Windows · Linux · macOS · Android.

    OpenIPC/viewer's past year of commit activity
    C# 26 7 0 0 Updated Oct 14, 2026
  • openhisilicon Public

    Opensource Hisilicon SoCs SDK

    OpenIPC/openhisilicon's past year of commit activity
    C 54 GPL-3.0 25 15 3 Updated Oct 14, 2026
  • divinus Public

    Multi-platform open source streamer

    OpenIPC/divinus's past year of commit activity
    C 80 MIT 45 2 9 Updated Oct 14, 2026
  • camex Public

    Minimal dependency-free UDP/TCP tunnel for embedded Linux targets.

    OpenIPC/camex's past year of commit activity
    C 1 MIT 4 20 6 Updated Oct 14, 2026
  • nrv Public

    Video surveillance server for OpenIPC cameras: Go backend, go2rtc, YOLOv8 AI detection, access control, PTZ via ONVIF

    OpenIPC/nrv's past year of commit activity
    Go 3 0 0 0 Updated Oct 14, 2026
  • cerberus Public

    Cerberus - cloud agent for OpenIPC

    OpenIPC/cerberus's past year of commit activity
    C 1 0 0 0 Updated Oct 14, 2026
  • majestic-webui Public

    Web interface for OpenIPC firmware.

    OpenIPC/majestic-webui's past year of commit activity
    JavaScript 34 MIT 29 6 2 Updated Oct 14, 2026