Reference

The reference section is for lookups — short pages with the dry, load-bearing material you reach for while debugging or configuring.

Configuration

Configuration — top-level config keys and what’s macOS-specific. The full schema lives in the Frigate docs; this page is the index of what’s different.
Adaptive transcoding — Fregata-exclusive bandwidth-adaptive HLS playback for recordings and live view; full config schema and hardware guidance. Not in upstream Frigate.
Environment variables — every FREGATA_* and FRIGATE_* env var the app respects.
Default paths — where Fregata stores recordings, logs, the license token, and app state.

Recommended cameras & hardware — curated buyer’s guide: RTSP-friendly camera brands, Mac mini configurations, storage and networking gear.
System requirements — Mac models, macOS versions, RAM and disk guidance.
AI models for Frigate enrichments — every model grouped by feature, and whether it runs on the Neural Engine, GPU, or CPU (on Fregata vs Docker).
Cameras — RTSP URL shapes for common brands, and what to do for the awkward ones.

Fregata vs Frigate — exactly what the macOS port adds, removes, and changes.
Fregata vs Scrypted, Blue Iris, Synology — honest, side-by-side comparison against the other NVRs Mac users typically evaluate.
Inside Fregata’s CoreML detector — the engine-room view: Rust dylib, ONNX Runtime, the NeuralNetwork-vs-MLProgram choice, and how detection actually lands on the Apple Neural Engine.
Privacy & telemetry — what leaves the Mac, where it goes, and how to disable it.