I’m the creator of Lot Vulture, and I built it to solve a frustrating and expensive problem in parking management. If you've ever looked into monitoring a parking lot, the existing solutions are painful: 1. In-Ground Magnetic Sensors: Cost $200–$500 per spot, require drilling into asphalt, run on batteries that die, and frequently get ripped up by snowplows and resurfacing crews. 2. Manual Patrols & Clipboard Audits: Paying attendants to walk rows or drive golf carts with clipboards. It’s labor-intensive, error-prone, and only gives delayed estimates rather than live, actionable vacancy data. I wanted a clean, software-defined, edge-first alternative that runs directly on hardware you already have. How Lot Vulture works: • Camera Agnostic: Connects to any standard RTSP, ONVIF, or snapshot IP camera (Hikvision, Dahua, Axis, Ubiquiti, etc.). • Interactive Polygon Canvas: Draw your parking spaces in seconds using a visual web editor. • 100% On-Premises & Privacy-First: All computer vision inference runs locally on your machine. Video feeds never touch the internet, and no license plate or facial data is tracked. • Visual Scrubbing Timeline: Rewind through the day minute-by-minute with visual snapshots to verify when vehicles arrived or departed. • Dual-Threshold Hysteresis: Eliminates flickering status changes from transient tree shadows, rain, or passing headlights. • Integrations: Stream real-time vacancy to digital signs or Home Assistant dashboards via MQTT and Webhooks. The Community Edition is free and source-available under a modified PolyForm Shield license on GitHub! You can deploy it in 60 seconds using Docker or download our standalone Windows installer (.exe). Check out the code & star us on GitHub: https://github.com/lotvulture/lo... Website: https://www.lotvulture.com I'd love to hear your feedback, thoughts on the UI, and feature requests. What kind of integrations or camera setups would you like to see supported next?

Lot Vulture

Turn existing security cameras into smart parking sensors

Turn existing security cameras into smart parking sensors