Chivigo NVR Viewer

Professional security monitoring for your Mac. Review the whole day on a single timeline, and find, watch and keep clips in seconds.

Get help and setup tipsDownload on the Mac App Store
Day view: one camera's picture, with the day's events listed on the left and marked on a timeline below.

What it does

The event list with filter buttons for people, vehicles, favourites, notes and tags, and a search field.
Find any moment fast. Step through events with the arrow keys, filter by people or vehicles, and search your own notes and tags.
Six cameras playing back side by side, each with its own row on the timeline.
All cameras in sync (Pro version). Watch every camera together, lined up to the same second.
The Library: a kept clip called Parcel delivered, with the tags Delivery and Front gate and a note.
Bookmarks, tags and notes. Bookmark events in your Library, and add tags and notes (Pro version).
Live view at night: six cameras in black and white.
Live view and instant playback. Watch live or play back any recorded moment.
  • Smart day overview. See your entire day at a glance on a timeline, colour-coded by detected events.
  • Keep what matters (Pro version). Save clips to your Mac before your recorder overwrites them.
  • Snapshots of any moment, and PTZ control for cameras that can move.

Private by design

The app connects only to your own recorder on your local network. No cloud, no account, no tracking, no data collection. It never changes your recorder's settings, apart from the camera positions you save, and never deletes recordings. Privacy policy

Free to try, Pro once

Free with one camera per recorder. The Pro version is a one-time purchase that adds all your cameras, keeping clips, and tags and notes. No subscription. Family Sharing included.

Works with

Hikvision and Dahua recorders, and many OEM recorders built on them. Not sure about yours? The free version is the test. Requires macOS 15 or later and a Mac with Apple silicon.

Questions? See Support or email support@chivigo.com.

Hikvision is a trademark of Hangzhou Hikvision Digital Technology Co., Ltd. Dahua is a trademark of Zhejiang Dahua Technology Co., Ltd. Chivigo is not affiliated with, associated with, or endorsed by either company.