Card Camera

📷 Camera Card (camera)

A live picture of a Home Assistant camera. Tap it for full screen, with pinch-to-zoom.

📸 Preview

✨ Features & Possibilities

• Two modes:
  • stream (default): real motion, from Home Assistant's MJPEG stream. If the stream won't start or drops, the card shows still images for a moment, then tries the stream again.
  • snapshot: a new still image every few seconds. Lighter on the remote's processor; good for a camera whose stream lags.
• Full screen: tap the picture. Pinch to zoom (up to 8×), drag to move around, Back or ✕ to close. The picture stays live.
• Fill or fit: crop to fill the card, or show the whole picture with bars.
• Any ratio: 16:9 by default, 4:3, square…

⚙️ Options Reference

Parameter	Type	Default	Description
type	string	—	camera
entity_id	string	—	The camera entity. Required.
name	string	friendly name	Label on the card.
mode	string	stream	stream or snapshot.
snapshot_interval	int	2	Seconds between stills (snapshot mode, and stream fallback).
aspect	number	1.777 (16:9)	Width / height of the card, e.g. 1.333 for 4:3.
fit	string	cover	contain shows the whole picture without cropping.

📄 JSON Configuration Example

[
  { "type": "camera", "options": { "entity_id": "camera.front_door", "name": "Front door" } },
  { "type": "camera", "options": { "entity_id": "camera.garden", "mode": "snapshot",
                                   "snapshot_interval": 5, "aspect": 1.333, "fit": "contain" } }
]

💡 Doorbell: put the camera on its own page, and in that page's settings use Auto-open on your doorbell entity, as a popup. When someone rings, the remote shows the camera by itself. See Builder.

See also: Builder · Recipes