SecHome: Cameras & AI

SecHome is a complete, private, subscription-free video surveillance ecosystem for your home or business. Add your IP cameras (Dahua, Hikvision, Reolink, Amcrest or any ONVIF/RTSP camera), turn any Android phone into a security camera, use it as a baby monitor from another phone, or leave a phone at home as a smart NVR recorder. Everything runs locally: the AI runs on the device itself and your videos are not uploaded to the cloud.


THREE MODES IN A SINGLE APP

CAMERA MODE. Turn an Android phone into a smart surveillance camera. The built-in AI detects people, vehicles and animals right on the phone, records only when something really happens and alerts the phone you carry with you. Ideal for watching an entrance, a yard, a storage room or a bedroom.

MONITOR & BABY MONITOR MODE. Pair one phone as the camera and another as the monitor with a QR code. Watch live from another phone, at home or away, listen to the audio, talk through push-to-talk walkie-talkie, and trigger a remote alarm siren to scare off an intruder or get attention. Perfect as a baby monitor, to watch a pet, as an intercom or as a remote deterrent. The connection is peer-to-peer (WebRTC) and end-to-end encrypted between your phones.

NVR MODE (GUARDIAN). Leave a phone plugged in at home watching your IP cameras. It detects with on-device AI, records clips with pre-recording (pre-roll) so you never miss the first moment, and alerts your phone even when nobody is watching. It monitors several cameras at once, follows a schedule you set, recovers on its own if a camera drops, purges old recordings based on the retention you choose, and keeps working with the screen off.


REAL PRIVACY, NOT A SLOGAN

- Video is never stored on any server or in the cloud; it is only streamed with end-to-end encryption (WebRTC).
- The AI runs on the phone itself (on-device). Zero cloud processing.
- Your IP camera passwords are stored with end-to-end encryption (AES-256-GCM with a key derived from your account password). Not even SecHome can see them.
- Recordings are stored only on your device and are deleted automatically based on the retention you choose.
- Only your account and the connection signaling go through the backend, encrypted and protected row by row per user.


WHAT'S INCLUDED

- Automatic IP camera discovery via ONVIF, plus manual setup by brand or RTSP URL.
- Detection of people, vehicles and animals with an adaptive AI model based on your phone's performance.
- H.264 recording in MP4 with audio, no re-encoding, with pre-recording (pre-roll).
- Per-camera sensitivity and surveillance schedule.
- Live calibration mode to fine-tune what triggers recording.
- Remote siren button in monitor mode to trigger a deterrent alarm.
- Two-way walkie-talkie between monitor and camera.
- Live thumbnails, filters by type, event calendar.
- One-tap download of recordings to Google Drive.
- Push notifications via Firebase Cloud Messaging (alert only, never the image).
- PIN and fingerprint lock. Light and dark theme.
- Interface in 32 languages.
- No ads, no subscriptions, no hidden costs.


COMPATIBILITY

- Dahua, Hikvision, Reolink, Amcrest cameras and any ONVIF- or RTSP-compatible camera.
- DVR and NVR recorders with RTSP output.
- Not compatible with cloud-locked cameras (Nest, Ring, Blink, some Wyze).


WHAT IT'S FOR

Watch over your business, front door, storage room, nursery, garage door, yard or shop. Add artificial intelligence and notifications to the IP cameras you already own, or build a full system using Android phones you have at home.


NOTES

- For best performance as an NVR recorder, a mid/high-range phone with 6 GB of RAM or more is recommended, kept plugged in.