SpyCam Alternatives

SpyCam is described as 'Secure your home or office with SpyCam - Home Security Monitor, the ultimate solution for real-time surveillance directly from your Mac. Seamlessly integrating with your device's menu bar, SpyCam offers a discreet yet powerful monitoring tool that's always at your' and is an app in the video & movies category. There are more than 10 alternatives to SpyCam for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Windows, Self-Hosted, Mac and Raspberry Pi apps. The best SpyCam alternative is ZoneMinder, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like SpyCam are Shinobi, CameraUi, MotionEye and Motion.

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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.

    51 ZoneMinder alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
    • ZoneMinder is the most popular Linux alternative to SpyCam.

    • ZoneMinder is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to SpyCam.

    • ZoneMinder is Free and Open SourceSpyCam is Freemium and Proprietary
  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 & Self-Hosted alternative to SpyCam.

    • Shinobi is Free Personal and Open SourceSpyCam is Freemium and Proprietary
  3. CameraUi icon
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    NVR like user Interface for RTSP capable cameras.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
     
  4. 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
     
  5. 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
     
  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
     
    • Contacam is the most popular Windows alternative to SpyCam.

    • Contacam is Free and ProprietarySpyCam is Freemium and Proprietary
  7. 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
     
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    Motion detection and webcam monitoring. Video surveillance with multiple IP cameras and video capture devices. For each video frame, if motion is detected, the Alarm event occurs, that returns a global motion ratio, depending of the number of cells in which motion has been...

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
    • Webcam Motion Detector is the most popular commercial alternative to SpyCam.

    • Webcam Motion Detector is Paid and ProprietarySpyCam is Freemium and Proprietary
  9. 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.

    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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    Video surveillance and motion capture software. Some key features are: unlimited cameras (including IP and USB cameras), motion detection, SMS and MMS and Email alerts, play sound file (useful on motion detection), adjustable sensitivity for each zone, record on detection, save...

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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    Webcam Surveyor is optimal solution for you surveillance system. With intelligent motion detection algorithm you can easy monitoring your home or office. WebCam Surveyor even makes it possible to send out predefined E-mail with surveillance images attached or.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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    WebCam Monitor keeps watch over your home, office, or any location. This webcam surveillance software detects motion or noise, and triggers alerts that can record video and audio of the incident, notify you by e-mail or text message, or sound an audible alarm.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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