Frigate coworking evaluation stub

This is an incomplete evaluation stub, not an implementation guide.

Verified snapshot

Frigate is an OSI-approved MIT self-hosted NVR with object detection. The catalog limits its coworking case to perimeter awareness subject to privacy law, signage, and workplace-monitoring rules. Cameras, acceleration hardware, and storage are significant cost components. It holds video, detection events, camera configuration, and personal data.

Sources reviewed 2026-07-17: homepage, repository, and documentation.

Evaluation questions

Is there an approved legal basis and privacy-impact assessment for the exact camera view?
Who may view/export footage, and for how long is it retained?
What hardware, storage, camera, and incident-response capacity is required?
Can footage/configuration be recovered and securely deleted?

Smallest experiment

Only after privacy approval, pilot one exterior camera with short retention and no unnecessary areas in view. Test access, event accuracy, export, deletion, and camera outage handling.

Risks

High privacy, surveillance, signage, and legal risk
Storage/hardware cost and false detections
Feed exposure, retention failure, and access abuse

TODO before a full guide

Complete legal/privacy-impact and signage review
Verify hardware/storage requirements from official docs
Test access logs, export, deletion, backup, and restore
Document incident evidence handling and human review