OpenPetCam

About

OpenPetCam is a self-hosted pet camera system that pairs a Thingino-flashed pan/tilt camera with a small VPS connected over WireGuard, so no ports are opened on the home network. The server relays live video to a phone web app and runs detection. A second verification model checks each detected box so plush toys are not mistaken for the pet, and the camera sweeps the room to find the pet when it is out of view. The author notes it is tested on one camera model and needs a server to run.