The barn thatsees every animal.

Yes. Barnstar runs on working dairy farms today, and its models keep improving with every barn they see. You can choose to share anonymised footage and outcomes to help train them. It is optional, and you can change it at any time.

Most farms start with the cameras they already have: add any IP camera to the Barnstar box with its address, username and password. Need more? Order tested cameras from us and fit them yourself, or ask anyone local. You can also turn a spare phone into a camera. Up to 2 cameras can run in Barnstar's cloud with no box; beyond that, one box runs up to 8 cameras. The camera placement plan shows how many cameras you need and where they go.

Cattle, dairy and beef, and horses today. Barnstar is one general system, so the same box and cameras cover new species as we train them. Keep sheep, goats, pigs or poultry? Write to hello@barnstar.dev and we will talk.

Drone sweeps for animals out on pasture are on the way. Write to hello@barnstar.dev about your grazing, and we will bring you in early.

Every animal has its own build and way of moving. Barnstar measures 31 anatomical points, such as hips, hocks and withers, and learns a signature for each animal. That signature is matched across every camera on the farm.

You get a message on your phone or headset with the animal, what changed and a short clip. You decide what to do, and you can tell Barnstar to log it or book the vet in the same breath.

You do. With a Barnstar box, video is processed on your farm and keeps working without internet. On the 2-camera cloud option, the streams are processed on Barnstar's servers instead. Nothing leaves the farm unless you choose to share. If you choose to, you can share anonymised clips and outcomes to improve the models, and stop at any time. You decide who else sees it, such as your vet or advisor.

Yes. Orbit, the farm app, and Orion, the AI agent inside it, are open source under AGPL-3.0 and free to use on your own PC. Every new account gets its first month of Orion on Barnstar's cloud once its email address is confirmed, with no card. After that you bring your own AI subscription or API key, or pick a plan: Orion on its own, or Orion with Barnstar's vision models on 2 to 16 cameras. 2 cameras run in the cloud; more need a Barnstar box. See the plans.

Yes. Orbit, the farm app, and Orion, the AI agent inside it, are open source under AGPL-3.0. Ask Orion to build and manage what your farm needs—it only checks with you before risky steps, and one click undoes any change—or let your advisor or your own coding agent build on it. Camera plans add the trained Barnstar vision models, and every paid plan includes a monthly Orion and voice allowance. Developers and companies can write to hello@barnstar.dev.

The box arrives set up. Connect your cameras, plug the box into power and your router, and scan the code. If you get stuck, we help you over a video call, and Barnstar starts learning your animals from the first day.