Open Source ZoneMinder Alternatives for Linux

There are many alternatives to ZoneMinder for Linux if you are looking for a replacement. The best open source Linux alternative is Motion. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 50 alternatives to ZoneMinder and 13 are open source and available for Linux so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting open source Linux alternatives to ZoneMinder are Frigate NVR, Shinobi, motionEye and motionEyeOS.

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  1. Motion icon

    Motion

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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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    Much lower resource usage and very flexible configuration

    • Motion is Free and Open SourceZoneMinder is also Free and Open Source
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    Frigate NVR

     10 likes

    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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  4. Shinobi icon

    Shinobi

     17 likes

    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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  5. motionEye icon

    motionEye

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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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    motionEyeOS

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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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  8. Kerberos.IO icon

    Kerberos.IO

     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
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  9. CameraUi icon

    CameraUi

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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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    Bluecherry

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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
     
  12. ONVIFViewer icon

    ONVIFViewer

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    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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
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  14. Secluso icon

    Secluso

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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
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