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Self-hosted Frigate companion app · setup, configuration, troubleshooting
v1 launch — full content lands before public release
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These docs assume you already run Frigate NVR — the community build or Frigate+ NVR commercial — and want a phone-shaped window into it. If you don't have Frigate yet, start at the Frigate project's official documentation, get a single camera working in the web UI, then come back here.
01Quick start
Content coming for v1Install the app from your store, point it at your Frigate server URL, and pick a camera. The first stream is on screen in under two minutes if your network is healthy.
02Frigate config requirements
Content coming for v1Recommended Frigate version, the restream block ViewPane likes, snapshot/recording flags, frigate-auth coexistence, and the Frigate+ NVR commercial-build differences.
03Push relay setup
Content coming for v1Drop-in docker-compose template for the self-hosted push relay (mosquitto + relay container), MQTT topic conventions ViewPane subscribes to, and the per-device REGISTER_SECRET handshake.
04Tailscale walkthrough
Content coming for v1How ViewPane locates your Frigate server over Tailscale without port-forwarding, ACL recommendations, and the MagicDNS pattern that just works.
05MQTT auth
Content coming for v1Generating broker passwords that survive Frigate restarts, locking the broker to localhost + Tailscale, ACLs for the relay user vs the Frigate user, and the bridge-config gotchas you do NOT want to discover at 1 a.m.
06FAQ
Content coming for v1Why no live RTSP toggle on Free? Why does my 4K HEVC stream stutter? Does ViewPane work with Reolink? Will it work without Tailscale? When does Pro renew?
07Troubleshooting
Content coming for v1The port 8080 vs 5000 confusion, MQTT lockdown bugs, Reolink port-block weirdness, the iGPU-not-exposed kernel issue on N100 mini PCs, and the install-playbook landmines we already mapped.