Ben Software

High-quality video software for the Mac

About Us


We are a software company focussed on producing high-quality video software for the Mac. Our flagship product is SecuritySpy, a powerful video surveillance software solution for monitoring your home or business. Find out more about Ben Software or view our software products. We post regular updates on twitter and also have a blog for information and articles related to our software.


Forum


We run an active forum where users discuss our software and share information about Mac-based video surveillance systems - visit the forum.

Latest articles from our blog


Wildlife Watch: Using SecuritySpy for Animal Detection and Recording

Our macOS CCTV software SecuritySpy is designed to provide video security for your home or business. However, it has an array of flexible features that make it ideal for many other uses too. Our customers have been using SecuritySpy for various interesting purposes, from documenting scientific experiments, to capturing interviews, to recording musical events. A […]

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Remote Access Without Port Forwarding

The usual way to set up remote access to our CCTV software SecuritySpy running on your Mac is via port forwarding (see Installation Manual – Remote Access). This method allows direct incoming connections to SecuritySpy from the Internet, and is achieved by configuring your router (which SecuritySpy can do automatically for most routers). This method is […]

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Adding SecuritySpy Cameras To HomeKit Using Homebridge

SecuritySpy, our macOS CCTV software, has built-in HomeKit integration that allows it to control, and be controlled from, accessories like sensors, switches and lights, across your Apple Home automation system. But, what about making live video from SecuritySpy’s cameras available to Home? This blog post explains how to do this.

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