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The best alternative to Blue Iris is Yawcam, which is free. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 25 alternatives to Blue Iris and seven of them are so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting alternatives to Blue Iris are Contacam, Milestone Xprotect, motionEyeOS and AMcap.

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  1. Yawcam icon

    Yawcam

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    Yawcam stands for Yet Another Webcam software & that's exactly what it is. More precisely Yawcam is a webcam software for windows written in Java. The main ideas for Yawcam are to keep it simple and easy to use, but to include all the usual features.

    67 Yawcam alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Java
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    Comments about Yawcam as an Alternative to Blue Iris
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    How many cameras are supported on Yawcam? Blueiris supports upto 64.

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    • Most users think Yawcam is a great Blue Iris alternative.

    • Yawcam is the most popular Windows alternative to Blue Iris.

    • Yawcam is Free and ProprietaryBlue Iris is Paid and Proprietary
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    Contacam

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    This Free Video Surveillance and Live Webcam software for Windows is extremely easy on system resources, and does not contain unnecessary bloat. It is fast, light, and versatile enough to meet all your security needs while still being very user friendly and able to run on even...

    37 Contacam alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
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    Great free alternative to BlueIris. Lacks rtps support, but works great with jpegs. The best alternative I have found so far.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    • Contacam is Free and ProprietaryBlue Iris is Paid and Proprietary
  4. Milestone Xprotect icon

    Milestone Xprotect

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    Video management system with browser and mobile access, integration for over 14,000 devices, third-party app support, cloud or on-premises deployment, centralized surveillance, secure encryption, failover reliability, analytics, and 24/7 technical support.

    20 Milestone Xprotect alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Android
    • Android Tablet
    • iPhone
    • iPad
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  5. motionEyeOS icon

    motionEyeOS

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    motionEyeOS is a Linux distribution that turns a single-board computer into a video surveillance system. The OS is based on BuildRoot and uses motion as a backend and motionEye for the frontend.

    57 motionEyeOS alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Banana Pi
    • Raspberry Pi
    • Orange Pi
    • Odroid
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    AMcap

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    AMCap is a small yet fully functional video capture and preview application compatible with Microsoft DirectShow (formerly ActiveMovie, hence the name). It is based on the sample AMCap source code from the Microsoft DirectX 9...

    45 AMcap alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    AMcap screenshot 1
     
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    Kerberos.IO

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    Kerberos.io is a low-budget video surveillance solution, that uses computer vision algorithms to detect changes, and that can trigger other devices.

    46 Kerberos.IO alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Chrome OS
    • BSD
    • Self-Hosted
    • Raspbian
    • Raspberry Pi
    • Docker
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    webcamXP

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    webcamXP is a powerful webcams and network cameras monitoring, recording and streaming software for private and professional use. it offers unique features and unequaled ease of use to let you manage multiple video sources on the same computer.

    44 webcamXP alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
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