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Camera → Identity → Automation

Recognition is the input. Your system decides what follows.

FaceStream connects suitable camera streams with the systems that need to know who is there. Recognition runs locally; identity becomes an event you can use.

Connect your first camera

From camera to automation

  1. Camera: supplies an RTSP or MJPEG stream

  2. FaceStream: compares faces with enrolled people

  3. Identity event: carries recognition information

  4. Automation: the receiving system applies its rules

Recognition runs on your hardware. Your automation system decides what happens next.

A real FaceStream visit with identity and camera context
The real product: a camera image, recognised identity and visit information.

Recognise people you have enrolled

Connect a camera and add known people. FaceStream creates events for recognised and unknown people. Camera angle, lighting and usable face detail affect the result.

Understand recognition

Choose where events go

Use supported connections to send information to the systems you configure. For example, Home Assistant consumes MQTT events and Loxone receives identity information.

Explore connections and rules

Keep roles clear

Your camera supplies the picture. FaceStream recognises and communicates. The external automation system decides whether its configured scene or action should run.

See a Loxone example

Before you decide

My camera already recognises faces. Why add FaceStream?

You may not need to. FaceStream is useful when suitable streams from existing cameras should feed identity information into other systems through an independent software layer.

Should I use my existing camera or NVR solution instead?

If your current setup already delivers the identity events and integrations you need, it may be sufficient. Evaluate FaceStream against the actual workflow you want, not recognition alone.

Do I need to replace my cameras?

Usually not if they provide suitable accessible streams. Verify compatibility and the quality of faces in the image before planning the installation.

Check compatibility

Your next step

Choose where identity should become useful.

Start with a camera and then follow the guide for your automation system.

Connect your first camera