Our team are building an open-source IP/SIP intercom + video surveillance platform (GPLv3).

Core ideas

No vendor lock-in: designed to work with SIP intercoms and CCTV that expose an open API.

Modular setup: you can start small (a private house) and scale up to apartment buildings / residential complexes / districts / even a city.

What you can build

• IP/SIP intercom for entrances, gates, barriers
• Video surveillance (live + archive) with modern server-side + admin panel (we also maintain a built-in free media server (based on ffmpeg) for mobile live + archive access: Simple-DVR)
• Mobile apps for residents (iOS/Android)
• Desktop web client for security/concierge teams
• Ticketing & field service workflows (task tracking + planning + PWA for technicians)
• Optional face recognition + license plate recognition (FALPRS)
• Integrations with billing/CRM/payments and external systems

Localization

The project is currently localized for English, Russian, Kazakh, Uzbek, Bulgarian, Arabic, Armenian.
If you’d like to help, we’d love contributions for new languages (translations, terminology review, UI copy improvements, etc.).

Repositories

• Server (RBT): https://github.com/rosteleset/SmartYard-Server
• Simple-DVR media server (live + archive): https://github.com/rosteleset/Simple-DVR
• iOS app: https://github.com/rosteleset/SmartYard-iOS
• Android app: https://github.com/rosteleset/SmartYard-Android
• FALPRS (faces + plates): https://github.com/rosteleset/falprs
• Fieldworker PWA (RBT-TT): https://github.com/rosteleset/SmartYard-TT-PWA
• Desktop web client: https://github.com/rosteleset/SmartYard-Vue
• Web extensions examples: https://github.com/rosteleset/SmartYard-web

Who this might be useful for

• ISPs / telecom operators
• property management companies
• intercom installation & service teams
• building owners who want an open source self-hosted platform

Invitation

You’re welcome to use this project for free to build your own ideas/products/solutions — and if you like it, I’d love to invite you to contribute (issues, PRs, docs, localization, testing with new SIP intercoms/cameras, integrations, packaging/deployment improvements, etc.).

If you’re interested, I’d really appreciate:

• feedback on the architecture and docs
• suggestions on what hardware models we should prioritize next
• contributors/users who want to try it in their environment

Thanks! 🙌

I got into free and open source software to help preserve my privacy, so I'm pretty ambivalent about a FOSS surveillance platform.

I would much rather a FOSS option, that is difficult to tap into. The other option is people using proprietary setups that can be data mined without the user's knowledge.

Its a classic "perfect is the enemy of good" situation.

Ah yes, the literal embodiment of "announcing the new OpenTormentNexus!".

I get the concern 🙂
One of the motivations behind the project is actually that these systems already exist everywhere, but most of them are closed and opaque.

Making the platform open-source means the code can be audited, modified, or self-hosted instead of trusting proprietary black boxes.

I got into free and open source software to help preserve my privacy, so I’m pretty ambivalent about a FOSS surveillance platform.

Fair point.
In our system face and license plate recognition are optional modules — the platform works as a normal intercom / CCTV system without them.

Making it open source and self-hosted also means operators can control exactly what features they enable and how data is handled.

LOFT Living customer service fits well for apartment communities because it gives residents a convenient way to handle everyday housing needs through a mobile app. I’d use it for things like community updates, resident communication, requests and other building-related tasks without having to manage everything separately.