“We looked at the ‘smart home’ landscape—a gated community of subscription fees and data-mining doorbells—and decided to kick the gates in.
At Blacklisted Binary Labs, we don’t do Basic Tiers.
We took Scrypted, de-loused the freemium parasites out of the logic, and rebuilt it into the open-source weapon it was meant to be.”
OVERWATCH is a local-first, open-source home video and security platform with a dark, tactical UI attitude and zero rent-seeking nonsense.
It pays homage to Scrypted for the foundation and ecosystem that made this possible.
Our stance is simple: offering an open-source video platform and locking essential features behind subscriptions feels too close to a freemium bait-and-switch.
We’re allergic to that model, so we removed the paywall-shaped dandruff and shipped a distro that stays free.
Ring, Wyze, and Blink keep trying to sell people a monthly permission slip to use hardware they already bought.
That’s not convenience. That’s a hostage negotiation with extra steps.
OVERWATCH exists to end that cycle:
- No gated core features.
- No “Pro unlock” traps.
- No cloud ransom notes.
- No surveillance tax.
If your device can do the work, OVERWATCH should let it.
If the hardware can do it, the platform exposes it. Period.
Footage stays on your network and under your control.
Upcoming support turns old Android phones into instant wireless camera nodes, so dead tech drawers become active security mesh.
- Motion + Sound live alerts with real-time eventing
- Cross-device live popup feeds to phones, tablets, desktops, and TVs
- Armable security profiles with far better tuning and sensitivity controls
Dark, alt-styled dashboards, event overlays, and operator-first panels built to look like a command center, not a thermostat app.
pie title OVERWATCH Priority Split
"Local-First Privacy" : 35
"Open Integrations" : 25
"Security Automation" : 25
"UI/UX + Operator Tools" : 15
flowchart LR
A[Camera Inputs<br/>IP Cams / Legacy Android / Doorbells] --> B[OVERWATCH Core]
B --> C[Detection Engine<br/>Motion + Sound + Rules]
C --> D[Live Alerts]
D --> E[Phones & Tablets]
D --> F[Desktop Clients]
D --> G[TV Popup Feeds]
B --> H[Local Storage]
B --> I[Voice Mods<br/>Alexa + Google Home]
We’re building an open-house ecosystem where all devices are welcome and everything stays free.
- Multi-platform control surface: Linux, macOS, Windows, and mobile clients with consistent control flows.
- Android camera mesh (planned): targeted one-command onboarding for retired Android devices as wireless cameras, with release docs to follow.
- Custom Alexa and Google Home mods: expanded local-first behavior and tighter automation hooks.
- Upgraded armable security system: richer zones, multi-signal triggering, and smarter alert logic.
- Live camera notification popups everywhere: including TV surfaces and shared household endpoints.
- Overwatch Architect: a “never-sleep” orchestration layer to simplify setup, automations, and policy management.
When this roadmap lands, subscription-first camera stacks are going to have a bad night.
Take back your hardware.
git clone https://github.com/crazyrob425/overwatch.git
cd overwatch
./npm-install.shBranding and Repository are now both officially known as OVERWATCH
Contributions are welcome.
If your PR adds value, performance, compatibility, or freedom, you’re family.
If your PR adds a “Subscribe” button to a core feature, this is probably not your stop.