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A privacy-preserving Raspberry Pi home security camera that uses advanced end-to-end encryption.

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Open-source private home security camera system (end-to-end encryption)

Name: Open-source private home security camera system (end-to-end encryption)
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Author: arrdalan

by arrdalan·May 29, 2026·137 points·28 comments

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AI Analysis

●●SolidNiche GemBig Brain

Reproducible builds across the entire stack—rare for consumer IoT security.

Strengths

•OpenMLS for E2EE is a real cryptographic choice, not marketing buzzwords.
•Reproducible builds let you verify binaries match public source code.
•5-minute GUI deploy removes the main friction of self-hosted camera systems.

Weaknesses

•Requires your own VPS for relay unless using their beta hosting.
•Limited to specific Pi camera modules, not USB camera compatible.

Post Description

Hey everyone,

I previously introduced an open source private home security camera in 2024, which uses OpenMLS for end-to-end encryption: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42284412.

It was called Privastead then and it's now renamed to Secluso.

John Kaczman found my project from here and has been working on it with me over the last year and half. We've made a lot of improvements to the software, which we would like to share with you:

- You can now set this up on your Raspberry Pi in less than 5 minutes with no technical expertise using our easy-to-use GUI deploy tool. We've put together a comprehensive build-your-own guide that walks you through the required steps (you can find a link at the top of the repository README).

- We use a customized, minimal OS based on the Yocto project for the camera.

- Every part of our stack except for the iOS app has reproducible builds. This includes our Android app, camera/server binaries, deploy tool, and the aforementioned OS.

- We've re-designed our mobile app, which is now on the iOS App Store and Google Play store.

- We now support UnifiedPush for more privacy-preserving push notifications.

Looking forward to seeing what you all think!