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 25 alternatives to Frigate NVR for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Mac, Windows, Android and Self-Hosted 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 ZoneMinder or Synology Surveillance Station. Other great apps like Frigate NVR are tinyCam Monitor, Shinobi, motionEye and Motion.

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  1. 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.

    63 motionEyeOS alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

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

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
     
  3. Agent DVR icon
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    Agent DVR is a new advanced video surveillance platform for Windows, Mac OS, Linux, Raspberry Pi and Docker. Agent has a unified user interface that runs on all modern computers, mobile devices and even Virtual Reality.

    17 Agent DVR alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Docker
     
  4. Kerberos.IO icon
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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.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Chrome OS
    • BSD
    • Self-Hosted
    • Raspbian
    • Raspberry Pi
    • Docker
     
  5. 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
     
  6. 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
     
  7. Brings motion transfer technology online, allowing users to upload source and target videos or images, generate new character-driven movements, and create unique animations for dance, gestures, or walks in minutes—no local installation, actors, or filming necessary.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  8. 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
     
  9. WolfRecorder icon
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    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
     
  10. Fregata icon
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    Fregata is a native macOS port of the excellent open-source Frigate NVR. AI object detection runs on the Apple Neural Engine (~1–4 ms/frame), video decode/encode uses VideoToolbox, and AI enrichment models run on the GPU, so one Apple Silicon Mac handles many cameras in real...

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  11. An ultra-lightweight, open-source SaaS streaming platform designed to repurpose old laptops, smartphones, and local webcams into an enterprise-ready security network via LiveKit WebRTC and HLS.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
    • Android
     
  12. SmartVision is intelligent video surveillance software that connects to IP cameras via RTSP/HTTP and ONVIF, delivers efficient MP4 recording, AI detection of motion, objects, sound and faces, speech to text, instant alerts, and scalable multi server cloud integration.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Android
     
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