BeddyBytes

Privacy-first baby monitor that works entirely in the browser.

What It Is

• Progressive Web App (PWA) that turns existing devices into baby monitors.
• Requires at least two devices: one Baby Station and one Parent Station.
• Supports multiple Baby Stations and multiple Parent Stations.

How It Works

• Baby Stations capture audio (required) and camera video (optional) and expose a WebRTC media stream.
• Parent Stations initiate WebRTC connections to Baby Stations and display the stream.
• Signaling is handled by a backend over WebSockets.
• Media flows peer-to-peer; the backend is only for connection setup.

Why It Matters

• Reuse phones, tablets, or laptops you already own.
• No dedicated hardware required.
• Privacy-first design: no cloud video storage.
• Audio/video never leave the home network; the backend never sees or relays media.

Quick Start (Users)

• Open BeddyBytes in a modern browser on two devices.
• Choose Baby Station on the device in the nursery.
• Choose Parent Station on the device you want to monitor from.
• Pair and start streaming.
• Video walkthrough: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQHlMu7m5us

Repository Map

• frontend/ - PWA user interface and WebRTC client logic.
• golang/ - Backend services (signaling, accounts, licensing).
• marketing/ - Public website and landing pages.
• integration_tests/ - End-to-end test scenarios.
• cloudformation/, traefik/, grafana/, influxdb/ - Infrastructure and observability.

Local Dev TLS Setup

• Install mkcert on your machine.
• Run mkcert -install once on each machine. This creates a local root CA and adds it to your trust stores.
• Generate the repo's local TLS certs with make -C traefik/certificates.
• The generated beddybytes.local.crt and beddybytes.local.key are leaf certs signed by that trusted local CA, so browsers on the same machine will trust them automatically.
• If you work across multiple repos on the same machine, each repo can generate its own leaf certs with mkcert and they will all chain back to the same trusted local CA.

License (Open Source)

• BeddyBytes is open-source software under the GNU General Public License, version 2 or (at your option) any later version (GPL-2.0-or-later).
• You may run, study, modify, and redistribute BeddyBytes under those terms.
• See LICENSE.md for the full license text.

LLM Context

• Product goal: private, browser-based baby monitoring with minimal infrastructure.
• Network model: WebRTC peer connections; signaling via WebSockets; parents initiate.
• Media plane: local-network only; no STUN/TURN servers; ICE candidates are local.
• Roles: Baby Station accepts connections; Parent Station controls session setup.
• Multi-station support: multiple parents and multiple babies can be active.
• Privacy stance: no media storage on servers; signaling only; backend never handles media.
• Internet requirement: currently required for accounts and signaling, even though media stays local.

Links

Website: https://beddybytes.com
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@BeddyBytes
Getting started video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQHlMu7m5us