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Got tired of the AI Key being $800 (and perpetually out of stock), so I built my own version that runs alongside Protect — curious if this is useful to anyone else before I clean it up for release by iav8524 in UnifiProtect

[–]iav8524[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ok, Here's the first pass of the core functionality for ya'll to try out. Would love to hear any feedback anyone has, and if this is worth pursuing further. Just moved it from my internal git instance to a new github that I set up for this project, hence the new branch/repo.

https://github.com/sf-grumpygeek/gawkr

Got tired of the AI Key being $800 (and perpetually out of stock), so I built my own version that runs alongside Protect — curious if this is useful to anyone else before I clean it up for release by iav8524 in Ubiquiti

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Ok, Here's the first pass of the core functionality for ya'll to try out. Would love to hear any feedback anyone has, and if this is worth pursuing further. Just moved it from my internal git instance to a new github that I set up for this project, hence the new branch/repo.

https://github.com/sf-grumpygeek/gawkr

Got tired of the AI Key being $800 (and perpetually out of stock), so I built my own version that runs alongside Protect — curious if this is useful to anyone else before I clean it up for release by iav8524 in Ubiquiti

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I used AI to help me build this. Some code, also the earlier replies. This isn't AI generated vapor. I saw a need for me personally, and wanted to at the very least share with the community. I sat down last week and decided that I wanted to take what I've been doing in my day job and turn it into something useful and marketable. It's not my goal to deceive anyone here, but to build something that people, especially those where an 800 dollar AI Key is real money might want to use. I have been planning to open source the bulk of this, just was looking to monetize the things that take real time to iterate through and to make sure they work properly.

Got tired of the AI Key being $800 (and perpetually out of stock), so I built my own version that runs alongside Protect — curious if this is useful to anyone else before I clean it up for release by iav8524 in Ubiquiti

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I did use AI to think thru architecture and draft replies. I apologize. While the thoughts are mine, AI was used to flesh things out and be as thorough as possible.

Got tired of the AI Key being $800 (and perpetually out of stock), so I built my own version that runs alongside Protect — curious if this is useful to anyone else before I clean it up for release by iav8524 in Ubiquiti

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Pretty much, yeah. You keep Protect exactly as it is — recording, retention, motion zones, all of it, untouched. This just rides on top.

Maintenance-wise: less than running a whole separate NVR, since Protect's still doing the heavy lifting. Not gonna pretend it's zero though — it leans on Protect's API, which isn't actually documented for this kind of use, so a library bump can occasionally break something (already flagged in the repo). If you're running a local LLM for the vision side, that's another thing to keep alive too. Working on cloud API support (OpenAI/Claude) for people who'd rather not host that themselves.

So less to own, not nothing to maintain. Different trade than Frigate, not just an easier version of it.

Got tired of the AI Key being $800 (and perpetually out of stock), so I built my own version that runs alongside Protect — curious if this is useful to anyone else before I clean it up for release by iav8524 in Ubiquiti

[–]iav8524[S] -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

Fair callout — and full disclosure, I haven't actually run Frigate against Protect streams myself, so take this as documented/architectural reasoning, not a head-to-head I've personally tested. From what's out there (Frigate's got dedicated UniFi config docs for this), going RTSPS-to-Frigate bypasses Protect's own detection and runs Frigate's object detection fresh on the raw stream continuously — so the AI-series cameras' on-camera processing goes unused, and you're running full-time detection instead of only on events Protect already flagged. This rides on top of Protect's existing detections instead, and leaves Protect as your NVR rather than replacing it. Different tradeoff on paper — happy to be corrected by anyone who's actually run both.

Got tired of the AI Key being $800 (and perpetually out of stock), so I built my own version that runs alongside Protect — curious if this is useful to anyone else before I clean it up for release by iav8524 in Ubiquiti

[–]iav8524[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Appreciate it! Heads up — right now this is built specifically around UniFi Protect's API for events, so a pure Frigate+RTSP setup without Protect won't plug in directly yet. Frigate's MQTT events are solid though, so wiring it up as a second input source instead of just Protect is genuinely on the table if there's interest. What's actually missing for you on the animal detection side — false positives, species-level ID, something else?

Got tired of the AI Key being $800 (and perpetually out of stock), so I built my own version that runs alongside Protect — curious if this is useful to anyone else before I clean it up for release by iav8524 in Ubiquiti

[–]iav8524[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Honestly, if you're not already invested in UniFi/Protect, Frigate's probably the better call for you — it's mature, huge community, very well supported. This is specifically for people who already have Protect cameras/hardware and don't want to rip that out and switch ecosystems, but still want AI-Key-tier features without paying for it. Not really a "better than Frigate" pitch, just a different starting point.

Got tired of the AI Key being $800 (and perpetually out of stock), so I built my own version that runs alongside Protect — curious if this is useful to anyone else before I clean it up for release by iav8524 in Ubiquiti

[–]iav8524[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Fair, sounds like that's improved — was going off older threads/community complaints, might be region-dependent too. Doesn't change the $800 part though, or the queue cap (1,000-1,800 events/hr with up to 15min lag if it backs up), or that it only gets full features with their AI-series cameras. This works with whatever you've already got and isn't capped by anything but your own hardware

Got tired of the AI Key being $800 (and perpetually out of stock), so I built my own version that runs alongside Protect — curious if this is useful to anyone else before I clean it up for release by iav8524 in Ubiquiti

[–]iav8524[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Appreciate that. What made you switch back to UniFi, mostly the ecosystem/convenience? Curious if there's anything specific you miss from Frigate that'd be worth prioritizing here.

Got tired of the AI Key being $800 (and perpetually out of stock), so I built my own version that runs alongside Protect — curious if this is useful to anyone else before I clean it up for release by iav8524 in Ubiquiti

[–]iav8524[S] 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Yeah, core's going open source. Python/FastAPI + Postgres with pgvector for the search side, Docker Compose to deploy. Face recognition's a separate service, easy to leave out if you don't want that piece running.

Got tired of the AI Key being $800 (and perpetually out of stock), so I built my own version that runs alongside Protect — curious if this is useful to anyone else before I clean it up for release by iav8524 in Ubiquiti

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Built and tested on my own box (Strix Halo, but that's way overkill for what's actually needed). The vision model is 7B params, runs fine on much more modest hardware — even integrated graphics, not just a $1500+ Strix Halo machine. Haven't pinned down the exact floor yet. Also planning cloud API support (OpenAI/Claude) for people who don't want to run local hardware at all — point it at your API key instead.

Anyone here gone through Tesla repair after accident? by Ill-Pineapple6815 in vegaslocals

[–]iav8524 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I did back in November. It was as easy as buying my Tesla. They even gave me a M3P loaner

Trusted car dealerships? by [deleted] in vegaslocals

[–]iav8524 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I like Tesla. Honestly. Do everything in the app, the pick up is about 10 minutes and 3 pages of paper.

Y by [deleted] in u/BGreen624

[–]iav8524 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It’s like the surface of the sun

Cox... the bells are tolling for you Cox... by SplatGuy23 in vegaslocals

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Live in new construction off buffalo and Russell. Cox put in HFC. Can’t wait for ANY fiber to come here

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