Frigate NVR Alternatives

Frigate NVR is described as 'A complete and local NVR with AI object detection. Uses OpenCV and Tensorflow to perform realtime object detection locally for IP cameras. With a very good HomeAssistant integration' and is an app. There are more than 10 alternatives to Frigate NVR for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Self-Hosted, Windows, Mac and Android apps. The best Frigate NVR alternative is Blue Iris. It's not free, so if you're looking for a free alternative, you could try Shinobi or ZoneMinder. Other great apps like Frigate NVR are tinyCam Monitor, Synology Surveillance Station, MotionEye and Contacam.

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  1. Blue Iris icon
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    Video camera software suite that supports up to 64 cameras, livestreaming, and video/image capture.

    47 Blue Iris alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Android
    • iPhone
     
    • Blue Iris is the most popular Windows, Android & iPhone alternative to Frigate NVR.

    • Blue Iris is the most popular commercial alternative to Frigate NVR.

    • Blue Iris is Paid and ProprietaryFrigate NVR is Free and Open Source
  2. Shinobi icon
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    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.

    26 Shinobi alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
     
    • Shinobi is the most popular Web-based, Mac, Linux & Self-Hosted alternative to Frigate NVR.

    • Shinobi is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Frigate NVR.

    • Shinobi is Free Personal and Open SourceFrigate NVR is Free and Open Source
  3. ZoneMinder icon
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    ZoneMinder is a free video camera security application suite, designed for low cost DIY video security including commercial or home CCTV, theft prevention and child or family member monitoring including nanny cam applications.

    51 ZoneMinder alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
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    tinyCam Monitor is an Android app for remote surveillance/control for your private or public network/IP cameras, video encoders, DVRs, and webcams.

    28 tinyCam Monitor alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Android
    • Android Wear
     
  5. MotionEye icon
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    motionEye is a web frontend for the motion daemon, written in Python.

    45 MotionEye alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
    • Raspberry Pi OS
    • Raspberry Pi
     
  6. Contacam icon
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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
     
  7. Motion icon
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    Motion is a program that monitors the video signal from one or more cameras and is able to detect if a significant part of the picture has changed; in other words, it can detect motion.

    20 Motion alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  8. Viseron icon
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    Self-hosted, local only NVR and AI Computer Vision software. With features such as object detection, motion detection, face recognition and more, it gives you the power to keep an eye on your home, office or any other place you want to monitor.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Docker
    • Self-Hosted
     
  9. xeoma icon
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    Xeoma has been actively developed since 2011, it works on Windows, Linux / ARM (Raspberry), Mac OS X, iOS and Android. It supports 99.9% of cameras and has more than 100 different functions, many of which are performed with AI. Test it yourself with free demo licenses on www.xeoma.com

    Cost / License

    • Pay once or Subscription
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
     
    • xeoma is the most popular iPad & Android Tablet alternative to Frigate NVR.

    • xeoma is Paid and ProprietaryFrigate NVR is Free and Open Source
    • xeoma is Privacy focusedFrigate NVR is not according to our users
  10. motionEyeOS icon
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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
     
  11. Yawcam icon
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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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