{"id":38473,"date":"2026-05-22T20:21:24","date_gmt":"2026-05-22T20:21:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/?p=38473"},"modified":"2026-05-22T16:22:58","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T20:22:58","slug":"frigate-fry-gate-frye-gait-vs-ring-nest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/frigate-fry-gate-frye-gait-vs-ring-nest\/","title":{"rendered":"Frigate Fry Gate Frye Gait vs Ring & Nest"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n
\n
\"image0.png\"<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
 \u2022  Nav Toor replies to his own viral post promoting Frigate by suggesting a plug-and-play hardware box pre-installed with the open-source NVR software would make it far more accessible for everyday consumers.<\/p>\n
\u2022  Frigate runs entirely locally on affordable hardware like a Raspberry Pi, uses AI for object detection, stores footage privately without cloud services or subscriptions, and was built by Nashville dad Blake Blackshear as a MIT-licensed alternative to Amazon Ring.<\/div>\n
\u2022  The idea addresses the key limitation that most users lack the technical skills for DIY setup, potentially allowing someone to commercialize a no-monthly-fee smart camera solution while keeping data ownership 100% local.\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b<\/div>\n

<\/p>\n

\n
\n
<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
\n
#ENGR145<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n\n\n\n
\"KWn5HNMY_200x200.jpg\"<\/a><\/td>\n\n
\n
Larry Chiang, 650-283-8008 (@LarryChiang)<\/font><\/a><\/div>\n
x.com<\/font><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

<\/div>\n

<\/div>\n
\n
Amazon Ring died on May 22, 2026.<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
It just doesn’t know yet.<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
One dad in Nashville, Tennessee built a free MIT-licensed app that watches your driveway, your porch, your baby monitor, your garage.<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
No cloud. No subscription. No cop ever gets the footage.<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
32,057 stars. 3,103 forks. Pushed today.<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Here is the wildest part:<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
You: “How much is Ring Protect Pro?”<\/div>\n
Ring: “$19.99 a month. $199.99 a year. Per house.”<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
You: “How much is Google Home Premium Advanced?”<\/div>\n
Google: “$20 a month. $200 a year. Per house.”<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
You: “What do I get?”<\/div>\n
Both: “We store your footage in our cloud. Ring already paid the FTC $5.8 million in 2023 for letting employees and contractors watch your videos without your consent. Google just raised Nest prices again in 2025.”<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
You: “What does Frigate cost?”<\/div>\n
Blake Blackshear: “Nothing. It runs on the Raspberry Pi already on your shelf. The footage never leaves your house. I have a day job.”<\/div>\n
\"image1.jpeg\"<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Ring sells the camera. Then sells your fear back to you, monthly, forever.<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Frigate sells nothing. Because Blake isn’t selling.<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
He’s a dad with 1,267 followers who got tired of Amazon owning his front door.<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
100% Opensource.<\/div>\n
100% Local.<\/div>\n
100% Yours.<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
The smart camera industry made one bad assumption.<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
That you’d keep paying rent on a camera you already bought.<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
That assumption just died in Nashville.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n

Here are 3 mvp\u2019s<\/p><\/div>\n


<\/p>\n
\n
\"image2.jpeg\"52 Cards. Two Jokers. What They DO Teach You at Stanford Engineering About MVP\u2019s in #ENGR145<\/span><\/div>\n
http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=vDBY0GkI3-g<\/span><\/p>\n

Emergency swings and cutting deals as an 9 year old
http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=OFGY7v9C4G0<\/span><\/p>\n

Hunter Pence shared thoughts before winning WORLD SERIES’ Game #7
http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=usu0luYy9pw<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n


<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

 \u2022  Nav Toor replies to his own viral post promoting Frigate by suggesting a plug-and-play hardware box pre-installed with the open-source NVR software would make it far more accessible for everyday consumers. \u2022  Frigate runs entirely locally on affordable hardware like a Raspberry Pi, uses AI for object detection, stores footage privately without cloud services […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":38474,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-38473","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38473","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38473"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38473\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/38474"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38473"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38473"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38473"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}