OpenALPR
Automatic license plate recognition library
OpenALPR is an open-source automatic license plate recognition library that analyzes images and camera feeds to detect and read vehicle plates. It can be self-hosted to add plate recognition to surveillance systems.
Key features
- License plate detection
- Works on images and video
- Self-hosted recognition
- Programmatic API
Strengths
- Released under the AGPL-3.0 license
- First-class Docker support for quick deployment
- Mature project with 11.4k GitHub stars
- Written in C++
OpenALPR replaces
Compare OpenALPR
45 head-to-head comparisons.
- OpenALPR vs MediaMTX
- OpenALPR vs go2rtc
- OpenALPR vs CompreFace
- OpenALPR vs OpenCvSharp
- OpenALPR vs ZoneMinder
- OpenALPR vs Frigate Mobile Companion
- OpenALPR vs Cameradar
- OpenALPR vs CameraView
- OpenALPR vs motionEye
- OpenALPR vs Motion
- OpenALPR vs Shinobi
- OpenALPR vs Viseron
- OpenALPR vs mjpg-streamer
- OpenALPR vs WebRTC Camera
- OpenALPR vs OpenIPC
- OpenALPR vs uStreamer
- OpenALPR vs RTSPtoWebRTC
- OpenALPR vs Moonfire NVR
- OpenALPR vs RtspToWeb
- OpenALPR vs iSpy
- OpenALPR vs RPi Cam Web Interface
- OpenALPR vs Double Take
- OpenALPR vs Picamera2
- OpenALPR vs Frigate Home Assistant Integration
- OpenALPR vs Kerberos Agent
- OpenALPR vs Camera.UI
- OpenALPR vs zmNinja
- OpenALPR vs CodeProject.AI Server
- OpenALPR vs DeepStack
- OpenALPR vs Neolink
- OpenALPR vs rpisurv
- OpenALPR vs DVR-Scan
- OpenALPR vs Kerberos.io Machinery
- OpenALPR vs camera-streamer
- OpenALPR vs ZoneMinder Event Notification Server
- OpenALPR vs Frigate Notify
- OpenALPR vs MotionPlus
- OpenALPR vs datarhei Core
- OpenALPR vs Sighthound Surveillance Station
- OpenALPR vs Bluecherry
- OpenALPR vs Pikrellcam
- OpenALPR vs Agent DVR
- OpenALPR vs Kerberos Vault
- OpenALPR vs Kerberos Factory
- OpenALPR vs SentryShot
Similar video surveillance apps
MediaMTX
Video SurveillanceReady-to-use media server and RTSP/WebRTC proxy
Replaces Wowza
go2rtc
Video SurveillanceUltimate camera streaming gateway with low latency
Replaces Nest Cam
CompreFace
Video SurveillanceSelf-hosted face recognition service with REST API
Replaces Amazon Rekognition
OpenCvSharp
Video Surveillance.NET wrapper for OpenCV computer vision
Replaces Commercial vision SDKs
ZoneMinder
Video SurveillanceFull-featured closed-circuit television software suite
Replaces Blue Iris, Milestone XProtect
Frigate Mobile Companion
Video SurveillanceNetwork video recorder front-end for review and clips
Replaces Wowza