# Nightjar

> Open-source NVR that watches through the night. Your cameras, your disk, your rules.

## Docs

- [Adding cameras](https://docs.nightjar.ca/guides/cameras.md): RTSP URL patterns for major brands, main vs substream, and current limitations.
- [Moving from Nest to Nightjar](https://docs.nightjar.ca/guides/nest-migration.md): A realistic, step-by-step plan for leaving Nest Aware — including what you keep, what you lose, and what it costs.
- [Recording and events](https://docs.nightjar.ca/guides/recording-and-events.md): How 24/7 recording, motion detection, AI events, and clip uploads work — and exactly what reaches the cloud.
- [Remote access](https://docs.nightjar.ca/guides/remote-access.md): How pairing, WebRTC live view, and zero-port-forwarding remote access work — and the privacy model behind them.
- [What is Nightjar?](https://docs.nightjar.ca/index.md): An open-source NVR that watches through the night — with an optional cloud for remote access and event history.
- [Contributing](https://docs.nightjar.ca/project/contributing.md): Monorepo layout, dev setup, and where to start.
- [License](https://docs.nightjar.ca/project/license.md): Nightjar is AGPL-3.0. What that means in plain language.
- [Self-hosting FAQ](https://docs.nightjar.ca/project/self-hosting-faq.md): Hardware sizing, disk math, and troubleshooting for self-hosted nodes.
- [Quickstart](https://docs.nightjar.ca/quickstart.md): Self-host a Nightjar node with Docker in about 10 minutes.
- [Architecture](https://docs.nightjar.ca/reference/architecture.md): Node internals, data flow, the security model, and what is roadmap vs shipped.
- [Configuration](https://docs.nightjar.ca/reference/configuration.md): Every field in the node's config.json, and the environment variables that control it.
- [Local node API](https://docs.nightjar.ca/reference/node-api.md): The REST API served by the node on port 8080, alongside the local UI.