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mjpg-streamer

Stream JPEG frames from webcams over HTTP

Video Surveillance ★ 3.3k stars Easy setup GPL-2.0

mjpg-streamer is a command-line application that captures JPEG frames from cameras and serves them over HTTP for browsers and other clients. It is a long-standing lightweight tool for simple webcam monitoring.

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Key features

  • HTTP JPEG streaming
  • Webcam and CSI support
  • Plugin input and output
  • Very low overhead

Strengths

  • Released under the GPL-2.0 license
  • Easy to set up — beginner-friendly
  • Active community (3.3k GitHub stars)
  • Written in C

Is mjpg-streamer secure?

OSV.dev has no published security advisories for mjpg-streamer's repository. No known vulnerabilities is not proof of security: it means none have been publicly catalogued.

Source: OSV.dev, checked 2026-10-14. How this is measured.

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