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Armin Fabritzek

arminfabritzek
Berlin

Open-source wildlife monitoring with Raspberry Pi, edge AI, and real outdoor testing.

About

I build open-source software for long-term wildlife and biodiversity monitoring using affordable hardware, computer vision, and self-hosted AI pipelines.

My main project, WatchMyBirds, turns Raspberry Pi systems and camera streams into practical real-world monitoring stations for birds and other wildlife.

The goal is simple:
make ecological observation more accessible, automated, and scalable without requiring expensive commercial systems.

Why sponsorship matters

WatchMyBirds is developed independently and tested on real hardware and outdoor setups.

Sponsorship helps fund:

  • development time
  • Raspberry Pi and camera hardware
  • AI model training and testing
  • storage and infrastructure
  • long-term maintenance

Current focus

Current work is focused on:

  • improving detection quality
  • better Raspberry Pi performance
  • long-running stability
  • PTZ camera support
  • biodiversity analytics

If you care about open-source software, edge AI, ecology, and practical wildlife monitoring, your support directly helps move the project forward.

@arminfabritzek

My current goal is to cover the monthly cost of the coding agents I use to build and maintain WatchMyBirds. Reaching this goal helps me keep the project moving with fixes, features, documentation, and maintenance.

Featured sponsors

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Featured work

  1. arminfabritzek/WatchMyBirds

    WatchMyBirds is a lightweight, customizable object detection application designed for real-time monitoring and birdwatching. Leveraging state-of-the-art AI models and supporting a variety of video …

    Python 21

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