Shinobi is an Open Source CCTV software written in Node.JS. Streams are img tags, but not MJPEG. Images are transferred through WebSocket. Files are saved in WebM videos, not JPEGs.
Cost / License
- Free Personal
- Open Source
Platforms
- Mac
- Linux
- Online
- Self-Hosted




Some users think Shinobi is a great Blue Iris alternative, some don't.
Shinobi is the most popular Web-based, Mac & Self-Hosted alternative to Blue Iris.
- Shinobi is Free Personal and Open Source

















































Sighthound is extremely basic really. It doesn't support PTZ, it only supports AAC for audio on Mac (does support a few others on Windows), it doesn't support mechanical zooms...basically, anything your camera does more than video recording, Sighthound does not support.
I think it is a pretty good bit of software and one day may be amazing, but it is currently nothing better than an alpha product still developing many features that most other NVR Software packages already support.