Hey everyone,
We've been working on a tool called TheRelay and wanted to share it here since this community knows the pain better than anyone.
The problem it solves: getting RTSP streams out of your LAN without touching your router, opening ports, or setting up a VPN. The agent runs on a machine inside your network, reads RTSP directly from your cameras, and opens a single outbound encrypted SRT connection to the cloud. Nothing inbound. No firewall rules. No dynamic IP headaches.
How it works in practice:
On security - since I know this community cares about it:
For more advanced setups there's a WireGuard overlay mode that links two networks with a private encrypted tunnel - useful if you're connecting a remote site to a production environment with zero public exposure.
Still in early access, actively building. Happy to answer any questions.
→ TheRelay - Your Cameras. Anywhere. Instantly.
We've been working on a tool called TheRelay and wanted to share it here since this community knows the pain better than anyone.
The problem it solves: getting RTSP streams out of your LAN without touching your router, opening ports, or setting up a VPN. The agent runs on a machine inside your network, reads RTSP directly from your cameras, and opens a single outbound encrypted SRT connection to the cloud. Nothing inbound. No firewall rules. No dynamic IP headaches.
How it works in practice:
- Install the agent on a Windows, Linux, or macOS machine on the same LAN as your cameras
- Paste your local RTSP URL - works with standard formats out of the box:
- Hikvision: rtsp:/USER@CAMERA_IP:554/Streaming/Channels/101
- Dahua: rtsp:/USER@CAMERA_IP:554/cam/realmonitor?channel=1&subtype=0
- Axis: rtsp:/USER@CAMERA_IP:554/axis-media/media.amp
- Any generic RTSP URL
- Get a stable cloud endpoint you can use from anywhere
On security - since I know this community cares about it:
- Camera credentials (username/password) never leave your LAN. Stored locally by the agent, never transmitted to the cloud
- Ingest uses SRT with AES encryption from your LAN to the cloud
- Access controlled via tokens scoped per camera or per host - revoke instantly without touching your camera or router
- No public RTSP ports exposed anywhere
For more advanced setups there's a WireGuard overlay mode that links two networks with a private encrypted tunnel - useful if you're connecting a remote site to a production environment with zero public exposure.
Still in early access, actively building. Happy to answer any questions.
→ TheRelay - Your Cameras. Anywhere. Instantly.
