Announcement: Sighthound Video is now open source. Scroll down to find out more information on the future of this technology.

Sighthound video

An Open Sourced technology made for the community

Smart Video Camera DVR Software for PC and Mac - With Over 800,000 Downloads.

Enable almost any standards-based security camera to see people, vehicles, animals, and other objects just like the human brain. Record 24/7 video from all your cameras. Create rules to get smart alerts. Easily search through days or years of video. All this - and it’s very inexpensive.

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Forget Motion Detection.
Get Smart People, Vehicle and Animal Detection.

Sighthound Video is trained to detect people, vehicles and animals in the same way that a human brain works. Receive email or mobile alerts only when the things you want detected occur.

Why open source?

It all begins with an idea. Maybe you want to launch a business. Maybe you want to turn a hobby into something more. Or maybe you have a creative project to share with the world. Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.

Don’t worry about sounding professional. Sound like you. There are over 1.5 billion websites out there, but your story is what’s going to separate this one from the rest. If you read the words back and don’t hear your own voice in your head, that’s a good sign you still have more work to do.

Frequently Asked Questions

We understand there is a lot of questions with Sighthound Video being open sourced.

What happens next for current customers?

It all begins with an idea. Maybe you want to launch a business. Maybe you want to turn a hobby into something more. Or maybe you have a creative project to share with the world. Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.

This is a frequently asked question?

It all begins with an idea. Maybe you want to launch a business. Maybe you want to turn a hobby into something more. Or maybe you have a creative project to share with the world. Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.

What happens next for future customers?

It all begins with an idea. Maybe you want to launch a business. Maybe you want to turn a hobby into something more. Or maybe you have a creative project to share with the world. Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.

This is a frequently asked question?

It all begins with an idea. Maybe you want to launch a business. Maybe you want to turn a hobby into something more. Or maybe you have a creative project to share with the world. Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.

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It all begins with an idea. Maybe you want to launch a business. Maybe you want to turn a hobby into something more. Or maybe you have a creative project to share with the world. Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.


This is a frequently asked question?

It all begins with an idea. Maybe you want to launch a business. Maybe you want to turn a hobby into something more. Or maybe you have a creative project to share with the world. Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.

Have more questions on the future of Sighthound Video?

Empowering your surveillance cameras

  • Alerts

    Alerts

    Set rules that trigger mobile alerts, e-mails or custom scripts. Click the alert to see what happened. Learn More

  • Smarter by Design

    Smarter by Design

    Computer vision in the software determines what’s happening so you don’t get hundreds of false alerts.

  • Easy Set Up

    Easy Set Up

    Software that finds your cameras automatically. You can go from install to running in under two minutes. Learn More

  • HD to 4K Video

    HD to 4K Video

    Record video at any resolution your camera supports.

  • IFTTT

    IFTTT

    Sighthound has partnered with IFTTT, a service that lets you create powerful connections. Learn More

  • ONVIF

    ONVIF

    ONVIF support for easy detection and configuration of compatible cameras. Learn More

  • Remote Viewing

    Remote Viewing

    iPhone and Android apps to monitor a live view of your home, show you clips of events, and provide you with alerts.

  • Video Search

    Video Search

    Search through weeks of footage in seconds. Find only the moments that matter. Learn More

  • No Monthly Fees

    No Monthly Fees

    Avoid cloud storage fees. Automatically upload only clips you care about to the free storage available at Google Drive, Dropbox or your preferred cloud service.

  • Rule Editor

    Rule Editor

    With the Rule Editor, customize the video source, what gets analyzed, zones, and the types of alerts you'll receive. Learn More

  • Multi-Cam Support

    Multi-Cam Support

    Sighthound supports almost every brand of IP camera and webcam out there. Don’t get locked into one brand.

  • Custom Zones

    Custom Zones

    Draw boxes around doorways to capture people entering a room, create thresholds on driveways to trigger people who cross, and mask areas of the scene to ignore.

  • Custom Schedules

    Custom Schedules

    Have upstairs cameras go off at night, yard cameras off on weekends and delay recording until you’ve left the house.

Smart Security, Open Sourced technology.

Post open source links here.

How To:

3 easy steps on how to start the open source process

  • It all begins with an idea. Maybe you want to launch a business. Maybe you want to turn a hobby into something more.

  • It all begins with an idea. Maybe you want to launch a business. Maybe you want to turn a hobby into something more.

  • It all begins with an idea. Maybe you want to launch a business. Maybe you want to turn a hobby into something more.

Not ready to use open source technology?
Smart Security, Flexible Pricing.

Pay once, with optional annual support fees after your first year.

  • Starter

  • Free

    forever, no strings attached

  • One low-res camera

  • No remote access

  • Includes a free 14 day trial of Pro

  • Download
  • Home

  • $99

    support is $24/yr after the first year

  • 6 full-res cameras

  • Web, iOS, & Android remote access

  • IFTTT & webhook integrations

  • Get Started
  • Pro

  • $199

    support is $50/yr after the first year

  • Unlimited full-res cameras

  • Web, iOS, & Android remote access

  • IFTTT & webhook integrations

  • Get Started

Product Updates

Date - Sighthound Video became open source- product update

Sighthound Video 7.0.12 - June 18, 2021

  • Changed – Minor performance improvement in DiskCleaner.

  • Fixed – Disabled VideoToolbox acceleration on MacOS due to a crash in core Apple libraries.

  • Fixed – Video playback windows sometimes remaining visible when switching from one view to another (Windows only).

  • Fixed – Push notifications being delayed up to 60 seconds.

  • Fixed – Some USB webcams causing a crash on MacOS.

  • Fixed – “Check for Updates” button not working.

  • Fixed – 16x clip playback failing for some cameras when an audio stream is present

Sighthound Video 7.0.10 - March 18, 2021

  • Fixed - A failure to start on Windows with localized UIs (Russian specifically)

  • Fixed - A failure to stream clips with altered quality remotely on systems with available hardware acceleration

  • Fixed - Incorrect aspect ratio for recording on free version

All Release Notes