zmNinja Alternatives

zmNinja is described as 'Awesome home security app that works along with ZoneMinder.Various studies have shown its approximately 73% better than warm butter on toast. zmNinja is not backed by a big corporation. It's just one dude, doing things at 2AM in the morning and then at 10PM at' and is an app. There are eight alternatives to zmNinja for a variety of platforms, including Android, iPhone, Self-Hosted, Android Tablet and iPad apps. The best zmNinja alternative is CameraUi, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like zmNinja are Yawcam, Shinobi, Blue Iris and tinyCam Monitor.

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  1. CameraUi icon
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    NVR like user Interface for RTSP capable cameras.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
     
    • CameraUi is the most popular Linux & Self-Hosted alternative to zmNinja.

    • CameraUi is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to zmNinja.

    • CameraUi is Free and Open SourcezmNinja is Paid and Proprietary
  2. 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
     
    • Yawcam is the most popular Windows alternative to zmNinja.

    • Yawcam is Free and ProprietaryzmNinja is Paid and Proprietary
  3. 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 alternative to zmNinja.

    • Shinobi is Free Personal and Open SourcezmNinja is Paid and Proprietary
  4. 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 Android & iPhone alternative to zmNinja.

    • Blue Iris is the most popular commercial alternative to zmNinja.

    • Blue Iris is Paid and ProprietaryzmNinja is also Paid and Proprietary
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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
     
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    With UniFi Protect you can configure your Protect devices, watch live camera streams and recordings, download footage, create recording schedules, customize detection-specific notifications, and much more!.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Self-Hosted
     
    • UniFi Protect is the most popular iPad & Android Tablet alternative to zmNinja.

    • UniFi Protect is Free and ProprietaryzmNinja is Paid and Proprietary
  7. AI Cam icon
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    AI Cam is an iOS application that turns an unused phone into a security camera. It has AI event detection for person, face, animal and smart alerts. AI Cam is privacy-first in that the smart functionality runs offline. No footage is sent to server.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • iPhone
    • iPad
     
  8. aiwatch icon
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    Add AI based person detection, smartthings integration, Alexa notification and many more features to your existing cameras. Make use of your old android phone/tablet. No cloud, fees or privacy scare.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Android
    • Android Tablet
    • Kindle Fire
     
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