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Amcrest2mqtt

Amcrest2mqtt is a lightweight container app that exposes all events from an Amcrest camera or NVR to an MQTT broker.

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Amcrest2mqtt is a lightweight container app that exposes all events from an Amcrest camera or NVR to an MQTT broker. It supports Home Assistant auto-discovery, so camera entries appear in Home Assistant without manual setup. It is for homelab users who want Amcrest device events in MQTT-based automations. No web interface is included.

Platform availability

Available on 1 of 9 platforms

  • Unraid
  • TrueNAS (not listed)
  • Umbrel (not listed)
  • ZimaOS (not listed)
  • Proxmox (not listed)
  • Helm (not listed)
  • Mac (not listed)
  • Windows (not listed)
  • Linux (not listed)

Health score?A 0-100 score computed nightly from four factors: maintained (40%: recent commits and steady activity), popular (25%: GitHub stars, log scale), easy to install (20%: platforms, install notes, setup guides, Docker image) and light to run (15%: minimum RAM, ARM support). When the source code has been checked, a fifth factor, security check (20%: automated scan for committed secrets, unsafe desktop-app settings, known-vulnerable dependencies and project hygiene; any serious finding caps it at 20), is added. Factors without data are left out and the rest are rescaled.

21/100 Low

Maintained
0last commit 1667 days ago
Popular
44154 GitHub stars
Easy to install
351 install platform, install notes, Docker image
Light to run
No data

Based on 3 of 4 factors.

Availability: platform listings confirmed today, links checked 12 days ago

GitHub stars
154
Open issues
16
Last commit
2022-03-23
License
MIT
Activity
stale

Checked 7 days ago - source: GitHub (dchesterton/amcrest2mqtt)

Resources & Compatibility

ARM (e.g. Raspberry Pi) is supported.

Checked 16 days ago - source: Docker Hub image tags and published docs

First-install notes

  • Fill in camera and MQTT settings Before starting, set AMCREST_HOST, AMCREST_PASSWORD, MQTT_HOST, MQTT_USERNAME, and MQTT_PASSWORD to your camera and MQTT details. Without them, the container cannot connect to the camera or publish data to the messaging hub. source
  • Turn on Home Assistant discovery Set HOME_ASSISTANT to "true" if you use Home Assistant. This lets Home Assistant find the camera-related items automatically instead of manually adding them. source
  • Run one container per Amcrest device A single container supports one Amcrest device only, so install a separate container for each additional camera or NVR. source

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Alternatives

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Common questions

Which environment variables configure Amcrest2mqtt's connection to an Amcrest camera?

Use AMCREST_HOST, AMCREST_PORT, AMCREST_USERNAME, and AMCREST_PASSWORD. AMCREST_HOST is required, AMCREST_PORT defaults to 80, and AMCREST_USERNAME defaults to admin.

Do I need a separate Amcrest2mqtt container for each Amcrest camera?

Multiple Docker containers will need to be installed to support more than one Amcrest device.

Does Amcrest2mqtt support Home Assistant autodiscovery?

It supports autodiscovery via Home Assistant.

Does Amcrest2mqtt reliably work with an Amcrest AD410 doorbell camera?

One user used it with an AD410 to send motion and human detection to Home Assistant. The user reported that the add-on frequently went offline and needed restarting.

Answers sourced from github.com, www.reddit.com

Community

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