# Fregata Documentation Fregata is a private, local-first network video recorder for macOS, built on the open-source Frigate NVR. Fregata runs object detection on the Apple Neural Engine via a custom Rust + CoreML detector, and decodes and encodes camera streams through VideoToolbox on the dedicated media engine — the CPU stays free for everything else. Fregata ships as a signed, notarized `.app` bundle — drag to Applications, done. No Docker, no Linux VM, no terminal setup. macOS 13 (Ventura) or later, Apple Silicon (M1 or newer). :::tip[Looking for Frigate's docs?] These docs cover Fregata-specific topics — the macOS port, the CoreML detector, packaging, licensing. Everything else — every `config.yml` key beyond the detector, MQTT topic shapes, the HTTP API, zone geometry, semantic search, GenAI, face recognition, license plate recognition, PTZ tracking — lives in the upstream **[Frigate Docs ↗](https://docs.frigate.video/)**. The two projects share a config schema, so most Frigate documentation applies to Fregata unchanged. We don't mirror it; the upstream docs are excellent. ::: ## What you get ## Start here ## Once you're up and running