Bluecherry Mobile iOS released!

The Bluecherry Mobile iOS app is now available on the App Store.  For a limited time the price is on sale for $2.99, normal price will be $4.99

The TestFlight version will be removed in the near future, so purchase now!



Server 3.1.0-rc5 released

This release focuses on resolving several reports issues.  

  • FIX: Frame based motion randomly stops in the middle of a motion event #(500)
  • FIX: Constant recordings stop after several seconds (#523)
  • FIX: Add cron scripts for domain and SSL renewal
  • FIX: Only send webhook trigger on motion, not constant video (#515) -- Thanks to @mcnelson for this fix
  • FIX: Increase Media.size limit to fix SQL errors with 1hr+ record segments (0294eef) -- Thanks to @mcnelson for this fix
  • FIX: Web UI fix: can't delete webhooks when there are multiple webhooks configured (b384096) -- Thanks to @enp6s0 for this fix

You can run the following command to upgrade to this release:

sudo apt-get update ; sudo apt-get install bluecherry

Server 3.1.0-rc4 released

  • FIX: Most reported crashes in RC3 (one still remains outstanding)
  • FIX: Don't overwrite subdomain SSL certificate include in nginx on upgrade (57bea75)
  • FIX: Add cronscript to check for new IP address and report changes to subdomain API (#507)
  • FIX: Available licensed ports show -1 (#504)
  • FIX: HLS stream is unstable (#487)
  • FIX: Failed to init muxer for output file $filepath invalid argument
  • FIX: apt-get remove --purge remove does not truncate (remove) the user, prevents reinstallation (2b3d199)
  • FEATURE: Update devices.xml to show device name (needed in mobile app) (00e2fc1)
  • FEATURE: Finished monitoring threads and high performance statistic collector with backend API (#506)

Server 3.1.0-rc3 released / Bluecherry mobile app testing


This release fixes two reported crashes.  Additionally this release adds support for creating a (free!) bluecherry.app domain and will generate Let's Encrypt SSL for you.  The subdomain / Let's Encrypt process takes approximately 60 seconds to complete.

Watch our short YouTube video for information on this using this new feature.

Once you generate a Let's Encrypt SSL you can test out our Bluecherry App!  Join us on Slack for a free invite on TestFlight (iOS) or our Android app.

Note - A Bluecherry perpetual license is required to use this feature, it is not avoid in the community edition.

Changes in RC3: 

FIX: All reported crashes in RC2.
FIX: Firefox UblockOrigin blocks certain menu item clicks (#474)
FIX: Web: 504 Gateway Time-out fix (#470)
FIX: 30 day trial should allow unlimited cameras, however currently limited to 4 (#475)
FIX: Adding a user without an email address causes the web interface to become unresponsive (#484)
FIX: Warn users who are upgrading from Version 2 to Version 3 that their license keys will not work in Version 2 (#492)
FIX: Update location of nginx logs for viewing in Web UI 
FEATURE: Add webhook test functionality

Server 3.1.0-rc2 (Buster fix)

  • FIX: Resolve PHP problems preventing installation

This release focuses solely on a Debian 10 (Buster) installation problem discovered after 3.1.0-rc2.  This fix is for Debian 10 Buster only.

After this you can run this command to update your repository to the unstable repository and install version 3.1.0-rc1

sudo bash -c "$(curl -s https://dl.bluecherrydvr.com/scripts/install-unstable)

If you DO NOT want to upgrade and want to keep the currently installed Bluecherry version please run:

sudo apt-mark hold bluecherry

Server 3.1.0-rc2 released

  • FIX: Resolve large memory leak, causing OOM failure sometimes as soon as 1 hour (0132827)
  • FIX: Resolve buffer append crash (6bc8cee)

This release focuses solely on all crashes that was reported to Bluecherry, including a nasty memory leak and a crash that occurred every hour.  

Note:  Currently the SSL / CNAME section is disabled and will be added soon.

Please post any questions / comments on our community forums or on our Slack channel.

If you are running v2 and want to try v3.1.0-rc1 it is recommended that you first backup your database:

mysqldump -u bluecherry -p bluecherry >> bluecherry-v2.dump

After this you can run this command to update your repository to the unstable repository and install version 3.1.0-rc1

sudo bash -c "$(curl -s https://dl.bluecherrydvr.com/scripts/install-unstable)

If you DO NOT want to upgrade and want to keep the currently installed Bluecherry version please run:

sudo apt-mark hold bluecherry

Server 3.1.0-rc1 released

  • FEATURE: Migrate completely to nginx instead of Apache (#436)
  • FEATURE: Support HLS web streaming for live view (#437)
  • FEATURE: Allow trial licenses
  • FEATURE: Start initial work to support Lets Encrypt SSL (will be fully added in -RC2) -- Requires paid license.

Currently packages are available for Ubuntu 18.04, Ubuntu 20.04 and Debian Buster.

Update 6/8/2021: Packages for Ubuntu 20.10 (groovy), Ubuntu 21.04 (hirsute) and Debian Bullseye are now available.

 Ubuntu 20.10 and Debian Bullseye are expected in the near future

Note:  Currently the SSL / CNAME section is disabled and will be added soon.

Please post any questions / comments on our community forums or on our Slack channel.

If you are running v2 and want to try v3.1.0-rc1 it is recommended that you first backup your database:

mysqldump -u bluecherry -p bluecherry >> bluecherry-v2.dump

After this you can run this command to update your repository to the unstable repository and install version 3.1.0-rc1

sudo bash -c "$(curl -s https://dl.bluecherrydvr.com/scripts/install-unstable)" 

Client 2.8.9 released

  • Port Bluecherry Client to Qt5
  • Support Ubuntu 20.04 (#320)
  • Support Debian Buster (#321)
  • Reimplemented liveview GUI using Qt Widgets instead of QML
  • Enabled switching between liveview substream & main stream
  • Migrated to Autotools build system
  • Reimplment drag and drop functionality (lost during port to Qt5)

As always you can download the client on our website, www.bluecherrydvr.com/downloads or run ‘sudo apt-get update ; sudo apt-get install bluecherry-client’ on Ubuntu / Debian systems.  Optionally you can build the latest client yourself by downloading the source code here (https://github.com/bluecherrydvr/bluecherry-client)

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