DarVision

Stream any webcam to you — from anywhere in the world.

Created by Darshan Kerkar

What is DarVision?

DarVision is a Python framework that turns any computer into a webcam streaming server.

The person on the other side of the world installs DarVision, runs one command, and their webcam is live. You connect and watch.

Their Computer                   Your Computer (Darshan)
──────────────                   ───────────────────────
pip install darvision
darvision host --public   ──►    darvision connect wss://xxxx.ngrok-free.app
(their webcam streams)           (you watch their stream)

Installation

pip install darvision

With ngrok (for public streaming over the Internet):

pip install darvision[ngrok]

Usage

They host — you watch

Step 1 — Remote person (the host):

pip install darvision[ngrok]
darvision host --public

They will see:

──────────────────────────────────────────────────
  🎥  DarVision Host is running
──────────────────────────────────────────────────
  Local  :  ws://192.168.x.x:8765
  Public :  wss://abcd1234.ngrok-free.app
──────────────────────────────────────────────────

Step 2 — They send you the wss:// URL.

Step 3 — You connect (Darshan):

darvision connect wss://abcd1234.ngrok-free.app

A window opens showing their live webcam.

Local preview (host can see their own stream)

darvision host --preview

Health check

darvision doctor

Python API

Host (remote machine):

from darvision import Host
Host().start()

Client (your machine):

from darvision import Client
Client().connect("wss://abcd1234.ngrok-free.app")

Roadmap

Author

Darshan Kerkar MIT License