SentrySearch

6.7easy start · #17of 24
in AI Video Search Tools

Well documentedyes
Runs where you workyes

Runs on Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Windows.

SentrySearch is ranked #17 of 24 in AI video search tools on The Geeks Club. It runs on Linux, macOS, Self-hosted, Windows.

Compared on AI video search tools

Visual search: Yes
Audio search: No
Multimodal search: Yes
API access: No

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The record

Purpose: SentrySearch performs semantic search over video footage and returns trimmed clips matching a search.
How it works: It embeds video chunks and text or image queries into a shared vector space, stores video vectors in a local ChromaDB database, and matches queries against them.
Search modes: It supports text search, image search, anomaly highlights, and optional reranking of candidate clips.
Embedding backends: The project documents Gemini, Alibaba DashScope Qwen Cloud, LiteLLM, local Qwen3-VL, and an MLX backend for Apple Silicon.
Privacy option: The local backend runs on the user's machine without an API key, which the README describes as private and offline-capable.
Cloud data handling: For Qwen Cloud, local video chunks are uploaded to DashScope-managed temporary object storage by the official SDK before the API processes them.
Integrations: The README documents LiteLLM gateways and handoffs to the maker's SentryMerge and SentryBlur sibling tools.
Tesla support: An optional overlay extracts speed, GPS, and time metadata from supported Tesla driving footage and can add location labels through optional OpenStreetMap reverse geocoding.
Supported footage: The directory scanner recursively finds MP4 and MOV files, including footage that is not from Tesla Sentry Mode.
Requirements: The README lists Python 3.11 or later and FFmpeg or its bundled imageio-ffmpeg package; local inference requires CUDA or Apple Metal, and its macOS video decoder requires system FFmpeg.
Limits: Still-frame detection is heuristic and can miss subtle motion, while events spanning chunk boundaries may not be matched perfectly.
Usage costs: The README estimates Gemini indexing at about $2.84 per hour of footage with its default settings and says local-backend calls use no API quota.
License: The public GitHub repository identifies its license as Apache-2.0.
Search methods: Users can search with text queries or reference images.

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Best AI Video Search Tools in 2026#17 of 24

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Sources

github.com/ssrajadh/sentrysearch· checked 7 Oct 2026
github.com/ssrajadh· checked 8 Oct 2026