Get started

NVR is a single program that records your IP cameras straight to your own disk and plays them back in your browser. Three steps to a live grid.

1. Download#

macOS — download the .dmg, open it, and drag NVR to Applications.
Linux — grab the static binary from the home page.
Docker (NAS, Proxmox, or Windows via Docker Desktop) — run the container and bind-mount a folder for recordings:

docker run -d -p 8085:8085 -v /srv/nvr:/data ghcr.io/nvr/nvrd

2. Add your cameras#

NVR reads a config.yaml. Point it at each camera’s RTSP stream:

cameras:
  front-door:
    name: "Front door"
    record: true
    streams:
      - id: main
        url: "rtsp://user:pass@192.168.1.50:554/Streaming/Channels/101"
      - id: sub
        url: "rtsp://user:pass@192.168.1.50:554/Streaming/Channels/102"

Most cameras expose a high-res main stream and a low-res sub stream. NVR shows the small one in the grid and the big one when you focus a camera — that’s how it keeps 16 cameras smooth.

3. Run it#

Start NVR and open http://localhost:8085. Your cameras appear live in a grid; click one to focus, and recording runs automatically for any camera marked record: true.

Works with most RTSP cameras — Hikvision, Dahua, Axis, Reolink, Amcrest — and many NVR/DVR boxes.