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title: Introduction
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A complete and local NVR designed for Home Assistant with AI object detection. Uses OpenCV and Tensorflow to perform realtime object detection locally for IP cameras.
Use of a [Recommended Detector](/frigate/hardware#detectors) is optional, but strongly recommended. CPU detection should only be used for testing purposes.
- Tight integration with Home Assistant via a [custom component](https://github.com/blakeblackshear/frigate-hass-integration)
- Designed to minimize resource use and maximize performance by only looking for objects when and where it is necessary
- Leverages multiprocessing heavily with an emphasis on realtime over processing every frame
- Uses a very low overhead motion detection to determine where to run object detection
- Object detection with TensorFlow runs in separate processes for maximum FPS
- Communicates over MQTT for easy integration into other systems
- Recording with retention based on detected objects
- Re-streaming via RTSP to reduce the number of connections to your camera
- A dynamic combined camera view of all tracked cameras.
## Screenshots
![Live View](/img/live-view.png)
![Review Items](/img/review-items.png)
![Media Browser](/img/media_browser-min.png)
![Notification](/img/notification-min.png)