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I would really like to see Xeoma add a JSON HTTP API endpoint along with a websocket endpoint so that events and data could be easily accessed (just like how Home Assistant communicates with Node-RED).

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I think Xeoma could be a big hit with the home automation security market by making their software as open as possible to communicating with other programs for integration. They wouldn't really want to shell out money just for GPIO access (especially when you have to pay per camera). Customers that run Xeoma on a Raspberry PI do it because the device is cheap.

With home automation and security being a huge thing lately I think they are shooting themselves in the foot with this. Things like such as GPIO and MQTT support are so easy to implement that paying for them just isn't worth it (I already use the HTTP Request Sender to send MQTT messages via Node-RED). I am totally fine with their more advanced modules such as Face/Emotion/Object Recognition costing more since they actually add a lot of value and insight. Things like MQTT & GPIO should be included without having to pay additional money (they basically are the same thing as the HTTP Request Sender or Application Runner and made me sad when they didn't include it into their software for free). One of the things that does bother me about Xeoma is how they want you to pay for all these little add-on modules (and usually pay per camera). This is one of the areas that Xeoma really shines as well as could use a little work. I didn't really see anything like this from the other apps available.

I was even able to setup the software to turn on my driveway lights if motion was detected (by getting motion events into Home Assistant). What interested me the most about this was how you could customize so much about how the security camera works. Xeoma's flow based setup for cameras Node-RED flow It hit all of my checklist items and I was also really interested in the flow based setup that reminds me of Node-RED: It was nice to see a developer not focusing on Windows/Mac only. When I first read about Xeoma I was actually really intrigued.

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iSpy was pretty decent but access from other devices was non-existent (when I was using it) and it was Windows only. ZoneMinder was okay but the UI was old-school HTML and was very slow to use (especially when searching through the archive). I tried using Blue Iris but it was Windows only so that was a no-go. Great motion detection and filtering with area selection.Can run headless on my linux home server (I don't need a UI on my home server since it doesn't even have a monitor).Runs on my own home server and doesn't require internet access.

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Access from all my devices with a uniform UI (uniform UI keeps it nice especially for the Wife as she moves from the PC to her Phone).

These are the main things I required when looking for security camera software: It's easy to shrug things off until something actually happens. Some people think that having a security setup like this is overkill but as someone who has had their house broken into I can tell you that it is necessary to keep you and your property safe. This is my honest review of the Xeoma software after using it for the last 4 years.