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I made a webcam motion detector, local/cloud storage, AI person detect

I made a webcam motion detector, local/cloud storage, AI person detect

by pixeltwenty·Jun 27, 2026·1 point·0 comments
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AI Analysis

●MidSlick

Free webcam motion detection when dozens of apps already do this better.

Strengths
  • •Uses browser File System API for local storage without server uploads
  • •No account required for free tier, works immediately in Chrome/Edge/Opera
Weaknesses
  • •Webcam security is a solved category with established free alternatives
  • •AI person detection is just wrapping an existing cloud AI service
Category
Security
Target Audience

Home users wanting basic webcam monitoring

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Post Description

Polished up this code with AI assisted iterations. I created the original in the BeforeAI era, one line of JavaScript at a time. Integrated with OpenAI for AI powered person detection. Need some coin to pay for the cloud storage and AI processing. Otherwise, the local storage of motion detected and non AI analyzed pictures is free. Chrome, Edge, Opera support the required browser file system API. Vercel hosted. Slick.

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