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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 100 146

  3. ipctool ipctool Public

    Simple tool (and library) for checking IP camera hardware

    C 258 64

  4. divinus divinus Public

    Multi-platform open source streamer

    C 81 46

  5. smolrtsp smolrtsp Public

    A lightweight real-time streaming library for IP cameras

    C 511 119

  6. majestic-webui majestic-webui Public

    Web interface for OpenIPC firmware.

    JavaScript 34 29

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  • builder Public

    Experimental system for building OpenIPC firmware for known devices

    OpenIPC/builder's past year of commit activity
    Shell 100 MIT 146 14 5 Updated Oct 21, 2026
  • camex Public

    Minimal dependency-free UDP/TCP tunnel for embedded Linux targets.

    OpenIPC/camex's past year of commit activity
    C 1 MIT 4 2 1 Updated Oct 21, 2026
  • website Public

    Source code for openipc.org website

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    Go 10 GPL-3.0 12 18 1 Updated Oct 21, 2026
  • firmware Public

    Alternative IP Camera firmware from an open community

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    C 2,251 MIT 497 152 11 Updated Oct 21, 2026
  • qemu-hisilicon Public

    QEMU machine definitions for HiSilicon IP camera SoCs (V1–V5), boots unmodified OpenIPC firmware to Linux userspace

    OpenIPC/qemu-hisilicon's past year of commit activity
    C 14 7 2 3 Updated Oct 21, 2026
  • wiki Public

    Current Wiki

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    456 GPL-3.0 224 0 1 Updated Oct 21, 2026
  • decoder Public

    Miniature and universal H.264 and H.265 decoder for Android devices

    OpenIPC/decoder's past year of commit activity
    Java 5 3 2 0 Updated Oct 21, 2026
  • linux Public

    Linux kernels for OpenIPC firmware

    OpenIPC/linux's past year of commit activity
    41 GPL-3.0 55 2 7 Updated Oct 21, 2026
  • majestic-webui Public

    Web interface for OpenIPC firmware.

    OpenIPC/majestic-webui's past year of commit activity
    JavaScript 34 MIT 29 8 2 Updated Oct 21, 2026
  • defib Public

    Universal camera recovery tool - shocking dead devices back to life

    OpenIPC/defib's past year of commit activity
    Python 3 MIT 2 11 1 Updated Oct 21, 2026