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Open-source IP intercom & video surveillance platform

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Sesameware is an open-source intercom and video surveillance platform that scales from a private house to an apartment building, a residential complex, a district, or even a city-wide deployment.

Intercom

It’s a great fit for ISPs/telecom operators, property management companies, intercom vendors, and building owners who need an open, modular system without vendor lock-in to specific hardware or software providers.

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What you can build

  • IP intercom for entrances, gates, and barriers
  • Video surveillance with SesameDVR/SesamePortal, a modern backend and admin panel
  • Mobile apps for residents (iOS/Android)
  • Desktop web client for security/concierge teams
  • Ticketing & field service workflow: tracking, planning, technician PWA app
  • Optional: face & license plate recognition (FALPRS)
  • Integrations with billing/CRM/payment systems and other external services

Core capabilities

  • Video calls to the app: see and talk to your visitor from anywhere
  • Keyless access: face and license plate recognition (FALPRS)
  • Event log (who/when/where)
  • Control gates, barriers and wickets
  • Push notifications
  • Voice control (Siri integration)
  • In-app account and online payments
  • Live streams and archives from cameras
  • Role-based access, multiple addresses per account
  • Public city cameras (intersections, parks, squares)
  • Web extensions inside mobile apps

Platform components

RBT — intercom server & admin panel

The core server that implements intercom/access logic and provides an administrative interface.

SesameDVR and media servers

For video recording and playback we provide SesameDVR — a lightweight DVR/media server for IP cameras with live video, archive playback, MP4 export, WebRTC, Flussonic API compatibility, ONVIF motion events and multi-disk archive storage. It can also be used in telecom networks for IPTV CatchUP archive scenarios.

A dedicated RBT plugin can automatically manage SesameDVR media servers: when camera streams are added, removed or updated in RBT, RBT performs the required actions on the correct SesameDVR server.

For deployments that need user access groups, favorites, camera mosaic and a map interface, add SesamePortal on top of one or multiple SesameDVR servers.

For some production deployments we may still recommend Flussonic Media Server or another media server depending on scale and requirements.

FALPRS — face and license plate recognition

An optional module for:

  • face recognition
  • vehicle license plate recognition

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RBT-TT + Technician PWA — tickets and scheduling

A module for service teams:

  • ticket tracking
  • scheduling and assignment
  • status monitoring and history Technicians work via a PWA (acts like a mobile app).

Learn more: RBT-TT

Mobile apps for residents

Options:

Documentation

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Services

We can help with:

See Services & pricing.

Contact

Go to Contact to discuss a rollout or a pilot.