Open Source ZoneMinder Alternatives

The best open source alternative to ZoneMinder is Motion. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 50 alternatives to ZoneMinder and 17 is open source so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting open source alternatives to ZoneMinder are Frigate NVR, Shinobi, motionEye and motionEyeOS.

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  1. 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.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Linux
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  2. Frigate NVR icon
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    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.

    28 Frigate NVR alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
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  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.

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Open Source

    Platforms

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

    52 motionEye alternatives

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
    • Raspberry Pi OS
    • Raspberry Pi
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  5. 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
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  6. 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
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  7. 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.

    22 Viseron alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Docker
    • Self-Hosted
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  8. Haven icon
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    Haven is for people who need a way to protect their personal spaces and possessions without compromising their own privacy. It is an Android application that leverages on-device sensors to provide monitoring and protection of physical spaces.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Android
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  9. CameraUi icon
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    NVR like user Interface for RTSP capable cameras.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
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  10. The goal of this project is to implement a Onvif Device Manager similar to the windows client, compatible for linux. I'm also working on adding some Profile T capabilities, such as bidirectional audio.

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    Platforms

    • Linux
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  11. Bluecherry icon
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    Bluecherry is a leader in Linux based surveillance software and equipment. Bluecherry also sells analog and network cameras and equipment.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  12. The goal of this project is to replace the proprietary app that was needed to configure and view my IP camera. The ONVIF protocol can be used to view and configure many types of camera's and is a open standard that can be implemented using standard SOAP libraries.

    8 ONVIFViewer alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
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