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Drive like you always do.
A Raspberry Pi in your glovebox acts as the car’s USB dashcam drive. TeslaCam records as usual.
SMALL BOX. BIG PEACE OF MIND.
Your drive.
Your footage.
Your rules.
Meet the tiny copilot for your Tesla’s dashcam.
Raspberry Pi or compatible board. Park. Back up. Done.
Open source Local-first No subscription
01 — THE DRIVE HOME, UPGRADEDA BETTER PARKING ROUTINE
Keep the moments.Lose the USB shuffle.
YOUR CAR. YOUR STORAGE. ONE HAPPY LITTLE BOX.
Raspberry Pi × TeslaCam → Synology · Unraid · TrueNAS · rclone
A BETTER END TO EVERY DRIVEPull in.
Pull in.
Let Glovebox take it from here.
Your car makes the memories.
Glovebox makes sure they get home.
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Home is the trigger.
When your home storage is reachable over Wi-Fi, new clips copy automatically. Sentry events get first dibs.
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It’s all there for you.
Keep footage on your NAS. Browse from any browser on your network. Interrupted backup? It resumes next time.
BRING THE BOARD YOU HAVENot just one Pi.
Not just one Pi.
A whole little world of hardware.
USB gadget mode is the key.
Choose a ready-made image or bring a compatible board.
Pi Zero 2 W.
Our lean, ready-made image. Flash a card, plug in, and follow the setup wizard on your phone.
Flash the image ↗Your board. Same Glovebox.
Pi Zero / Zero W, Pi 4 / 5, Pi 400 / 500, CM4 / CM5, and other compatible boards. Install on an existing Debian-based system; the installer checks hardware first.
Use the installer ↗A USB device-capable port and supported Linux system are required. Pi 4/5 may need more power than your car supplies. No Bluetooth means no keep-awake. Hardware capability is not the same as a tested car-and-board combination. Check the details →
A LOOK INSIDEYour footage.
Your footage.
All in one place.
Backups at a glance. Six cameras in sync. A little peace of mind, in your browser.
Check your backup, storage, and latest recordings at a glance.
Light + dark mode · Click to enlarge ↗Captured from the redesigned Glovebox interface using sample events and generated camera footage. Encrypted clips are downloaded for Tesla’s viewer.
THOUGHT THROUGH. ALL THE WAY.Good things come
Good things come
in gloveboxes.
Quietly useful details.
Because your dashcam should just work.
No cloud required.
No monthly anything.
Send clips straight to your NAS over SMB, NFS, or rsync. Prefer cloud storage? Bring your own destination with rclone.
Find your backup homeLets the car rest.
After the work is done.
Optional Bluetooth keep-awake gives that first backup up to an hour. Then the car is free to sleep. A limited key, with no unlock or drive access.
Understand the detailsYour phone is
the instruction manual.
Join Glovebox’s setup Wi-Fi and follow the wizard. Choose your network, connect your storage, and make it yours. No config files to edit.
Take the first stepBring your soundtrack.
And a little spectacle.
Optional music, Light Show, and Boombox drives sync from folders on your NAS. Updated extras, without interrupting the dashcam.
Explore the extrasYOUR NEXT WEEKEND PROJECTTiny build.
Tiny build.
Lovely payoff.
Your board. Storage you control.
A smarter home for your TeslaCam footage.
THE SHORT SHOPPING LIST
01A compatible board
Pi Zero family, Pi 4/5, or another USB gadget board.
High-endurance microSD
64 GB minimum. More room? Even better.
A USB data cable
One cable. Power and data.
A place for your footage
Your NAS, server, or configured cloud drive.
Software: free. Hardware and storage: supplied by you.
Tested on 2026 Model 3 (HW4). Check compatibility →
THE GLOVEBOX FIELD NOTESA head start for
All guides A head start for
the hands-on crowd.
01 / GET GOING
Hello, Glovebox.
From box to backups.
Flash a card or bring your own board. Start here.
Read the setup guide 02 / MAKE IT YOURSThere’s no place like home.
Give your footage a home.
Connect a Synology, Unraid, TrueNAS, or another server.
Connect your NAS 03 / PLAN AHEADRoom for the long way home.
A little storage wisdom.
Pick a card and estimate how long your backups will take.
Explore storageWhat is Glovebox?
Glovebox is free, open-source software that turns a Raspberry Pi into a TeslaCam USB drive. When your car gets home, it backs up Sentry Mode events and saved dashcam clips over Wi-Fi to your NAS or a cloud drive you configure.
What hardware do I need?
A compatible board with USB gadget support, storage, a USB data cable, and a backup destination. Flash the ready-made image on a Pi Zero 2 W, or use the installer on other supported Pi and Debian-based boards. Pi 4/5 power requirements need checking. See the compatibility guide.
Will it work with my Tesla?
Glovebox has been tested on a 2026 Model 3 with HW4. It uses the standard TeslaCam drive structure, so other models may work, but are not confirmed. Check your car’s data-capable USB port and the compatibility guide before buying hardware.
Does it support encrypted recordings?
Yes. Glovebox backs up encrypted clips without changing them. Download an event or whole drive, then view it at dashcam.tesla.com while signed in to your Tesla account. Encrypted clips cannot play in Glovebox’s six-camera player.
Does it keep my car awake?
Optional Bluetooth pairing lets Glovebox keep the car awake for its first backup after arriving home, for at most an hour. It then lets the car sleep for at least six hours. Its limited Charging Manager key can wake the car; it cannot unlock or drive it.
Is there a subscription or a cloud account?
Glovebox is free software under GPL-3.0 and requires no Glovebox account or subscription. You supply the hardware and storage. NAS backups stay on your local network; an optional cloud destination may have its own storage fees.
Can I access it away from home?
The device web interface is designed for a trusted local network and has no login. Do not expose it directly to the internet. Anyone on that network can view clips and change settings.
Your next drive.
Already looked after.
Free to use. Open to everyone. Built for the way you drive.
Let’s build your Glovebox See you in the driveway.