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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

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  2. builder builder Public

    Experimental system for building OpenIPC firmware for known devices

    Shell 99 146

  3. ipctool ipctool Public

    Simple tool (and library) for checking IP camera hardware

    C 257 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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  • decoder Public

    Miniature and universal H.264 and H.265 decoder for Android devices

    Java 5 3 5 1 Updated Oct 17, 2026
  • camex Public

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

    C 1 MIT 4 3 1 Updated Oct 17, 2026
  • vtesse Public

    VTesse - resource access microsystem

    OpenIPC/vtesse's past year of commit activity
    C 0 0 5 0 Updated Oct 17, 2026
  • vectis Public

    Vectis is intended for fast debugging and device control during development and integration of embedded systems with the OpenIPC UART 38x38 board.

    OpenIPC/vectis's past year of commit activity
    C 1 MIT 1 2 0 Updated Oct 17, 2026
  • cerberus Public

    Cerberus - cloud agent for OpenIPC

    OpenIPC/cerberus's past year of commit activity
    C 1 0 0 0 Updated Oct 17, 2026
  • msposd Public

    OpenIPC implementation of MSP Displayport OSD for INAV/Betaflight/ArduPilot

    OpenIPC/msposd's past year of commit activity
    C 63 GPL-3.0 39 5 2 Updated Oct 17, 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# 27 8 0 1 Updated Oct 17, 2026
  • vigil Public

    Open DVR/NVR application for cheap recorder hardware on OpenIPC: one hardware-agnostic code base for HiSilicon, Rockchip and more

    OpenIPC/vigil's past year of commit activity
    C 0 GPL-3.0 0 0 0 Updated Oct 17, 2026
  • website Public

    Source code for openipc.org website

    OpenIPC/website's past year of commit activity
    Go 10 GPL-3.0 12 18 0 Updated Oct 17, 2026
  • defib Public

    Universal camera recovery tool - shocking dead devices back to life

    OpenIPC/defib's past year of commit activity
    Python 3 MIT 2 11 1 Updated Oct 17, 2026