Open Source Frigate NVR Alternatives

The best open source alternative to Frigate NVR is ZoneMinder. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 10 alternatives to Frigate NVR and 12 is open source so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting open source alternatives to Frigate NVR are Shinobi, motionEye, Motion and Viseron.

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  1. 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.

    54 ZoneMinder alternatives

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  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.

    33 Shinobi alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
     
  3. motionEye icon
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    motionEye is an online interface for the software motion, a video surveillance program with motion detection.

    47 motionEye alternatives

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
    • Raspberry Pi OS
    • Raspberry Pi
     
  4. Motion icon
     11 likes

    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.

    22 Motion alternatives

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  5. 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 (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Docker
    • Self-Hosted
     
  6. 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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Banana Pi
    • Raspberry Pi
    • Orange Pi
    • Odroid
     
  7. CameraUi icon
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    NVR like user Interface for RTSP capable cameras.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
     
  8. Kerberos.IO icon
     5 likes

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

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Chrome OS
    • BSD
    • Self-Hosted
    • Raspbian
    • Raspberry Pi
    • Docker
     
  9. Secluso icon
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    Secluso is a private home security camera that's fully end to end encrypted and verifiable. Watch live video, get alerts, and open recordings from your phone without handing your footage to a cloud provider.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Mac
    • iPhone
    • Linux
    • Android
     
  10. Privastead is a privacy-preserving home security camera solution that uses end-to-end encryption. It has three key benefits:

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Android
    • Self-Hosted
     
  11. VibeNVR icon
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    VibeNVR is a modern, modular, and containerized video surveillance system designed to manage IP cameras, recordings, motion detection, and a unified event timeline. It features a custom high-performance video engine (VibeEngine) built for efficiency and reliability, wrapped in a...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Docker
     
  12. WolfRecorder icon
     1 like

    A high-performance, self-hosted open-source NVR/DVR/CCTV system for capturing and storing video from IP cameras. It can manage hundreds of cameras per host or scale into a powerful cluster.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Self-Hosted
     
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