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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 94 142

  3. ipctool ipctool Public

    Simple tool (and library) for checking IP camera hardware

    C 251 64

  4. divinus divinus Public

    Multi-platform open source streamer

    C 79 41

  5. smolrtsp smolrtsp Public

    A lightweight real-time streaming library for IP cameras

    C 509 118

  6. majestic-webui majestic-webui Public

    Web interface for OpenIPC firmware.

    JavaScript 34 28

Repositories

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  • builder Public

    Experimental system for building OpenIPC firmware for known devices

    OpenIPC/builder's past year of commit activity
    Shell 94 MIT 142 14 4 Updated Sep 27, 2026
  • motors Public

    Motor control tools for IP cameras — pan/tilt/zoom/focus/iris and autofocus across HiSilicon, Ingenic and Xiongmai SoCs

    OpenIPC/motors's past year of commit activity
    C 35 MIT 25 5 1 Updated Sep 26, 2026
  • website Public

    Old-school website of the OpenIPC project

    OpenIPC/website's past year of commit activity
    TypeScript 10 GPL-3.0 12 22 0 Updated Sep 26, 2026
  • firmware Public

    Alternative IP Camera firmware from an open community

    OpenIPC/firmware's past year of commit activity
    C 2,216 MIT 486 231 (1 issue needs help) 12 Updated Sep 26, 2026
  • coupler Public

    Seamless transition between video cameras firmware

    OpenIPC/coupler's past year of commit activity
    120 MIT 29 14 1 Updated Sep 27, 2026
  • python-dhip Public

    Pure-stdlib Python client for the Dahua DHIP (binary RPC2) protocol used by Dahua and Dahua-derived OEM IP cameras (e.g. Zenointel).

    OpenIPC/python-dhip's past year of commit activity
    Python 1 MIT 0 0 0 Updated Sep 26, 2026
  • linux Public

    Linux kernels for OpenIPC firmware

    OpenIPC/linux's past year of commit activity
    40 GPL-3.0 52 2 5 Updated Sep 26, 2026
  • sandbox-fpv Public

    Sandbox for FPV experiments

    OpenIPC/sandbox-fpv's past year of commit activity
    C 74 MIT 27 0 0 Updated Sep 26, 2026
  • mavfwd Public

    Simplest MAVLink serial port to UDP forwarder in pure C

    OpenIPC/mavfwd's past year of commit activity
    C 28 MIT 23 3 0 Updated Sep 26, 2026
  • devourer Public

    The Realtek userspace Wi-Fi driver

    OpenIPC/devourer's past year of commit activity
    C 52 GPL-2.0 27 30 (1 issue needs help) 1 Updated Sep 26, 2026