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The open operating system for the machines that see.

Open firmware and tools for the eyes of the physical world: IP cameras, FPV drones, and the robots that are learning to use them. Your hardware answers to you, not to a vendor's cloud.

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$ 140+ repositories · dozens of SoC families · since 2019

Live now: cameras running OpenIPC around the world

Runs on silicon by: AllwinnerAmbarellaAnykaFullhanGokeGrainMediaHiSiliconIngenicMStarNovatekRockchipSigmaStarTIXiongmai

Cameras shouldn't die when their cloud does.

01

The vendor moves on

Firmware updates stop. Security holes stay. The app disappears from the store.

02

The servers go quiet

Servers get switched off, and a working camera turns into plastic and silicon with nothing to do.

03

You flash OpenIPC

The camera boots an open, maintained system — and answers to you. No backdoors. No subscriptions. Less e-waste.

Revive your camera

One platform, four fronts

OpenIPC is more than firmware — it is an ecosystem built by people who run it on their own hardware.

Camera firmware

An open, Buildroot-based OS for IP cameras across dozens of SoC families, with the Majestic streamer at its core.

Low-latency video links

An open video link for FPV drones, robots, and teleoperation. Glass-to-glass from about 30 ms on supported hardware.

Pro tools

ONVIF conformance testing, camera emulation, hardware inspection — free tools we built for ourselves and share with everyone.

Longevity & security

We keep vendor SDKs alive on mainline kernels: CVE fixes and modern features long after the vendor walks away.

126
supported SoCs
14
chip vendors
140+
open repositories
2019
building openly since

Trusted by manufacturers, integrators, and research teams

Global partners

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Manufacturers and integrators

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Friendly projects

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Building a product on OpenIPC?

Commercial support, custom development, and OEM licensing — from the people who build the platform.

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