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Best API Video Surveillance for self-hosting

The 20 best API video surveillance you can self-host, ranked by community traction.

At a glance

AppDeploy effortDifficultyMin. RAMLicense★ Stars
go2rtcUnder-an-hour setupMedium128 MBMIT14,367
OpenALPRUnder-an-hour setupHard1,024 MBAGPL-3.011,470
CompreFaceUnder-an-hour setupMedium4,096 MBApache-2.08,345
OpenCvSharpRead-the-docs projectMedium512 MBApache-2.06,114
ZoneMinderUnder-an-hour setupHard2,048 MBGPL-2.05,941
RestreamerUnder-an-hour setupEasy512 MBApache-2.05,219
CameraViewRead-the-docs projectMedium256 MBMIT5,133
ShinobiUnder-an-hour setupMedium2,048 MBGPL-3.04,000
RTSPtoWebRTCUnder-an-hour setupMedium128 MBMIT1,791
Double TakeUnder-an-hour setupMedium512 MBMIT1,443

Quick picks

Every option here is open-source and self-hostable, tagged API within the video surveillance category. Deploy effort is graded from published container recipes, not vendor claims — see the methodology.

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