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Best Docker Video Surveillance for self-hosting

The 28 best Docker video surveillance you can self-host, ranked by community traction.

MediaMTX

Video Surveillance

Ready-to-use media server and RTSP/WebRTC proxy

Replaces Wowza

★ 19.7k Easy setup MIT

go2rtc

Video Surveillance

Ultimate camera streaming gateway with low latency

Replaces Nest Cam

★ 13.8k Medium setup MIT

OpenALPR

Video Surveillance

Automatic license plate recognition library

Replaces Rekor Scout, Plate Recognizer

★ 11.4k Hard setup AGPL-3.0

CompreFace

Video Surveillance

Self-hosted face recognition service with REST API

Replaces Amazon Rekognition

★ 8.2k Medium setup Apache-2.0

ZoneMinder

Video Surveillance

Full-featured closed-circuit television software suite

Replaces Blue Iris, Milestone XProtect

★ 5.9k Hard setup GPL-2.0

Frigate Mobile Companion

Video Surveillance

Network video recorder front-end for review and clips

Replaces Wowza

★ 5.2k Easy setup Apache-2.0

Cameradar

Video Surveillance

RTSP stream discovery and access-auditing tool for cameras

Replaces Commercial camera audit tools

★ 5.1k Medium setup MIT

motionEye

Video Surveillance

Web frontend for the Motion video surveillance program

Replaces Nest Cam

★ 4.7k Easy setup GPL-3.0

Shinobi

Video Surveillance

Open-source NVR and CCTV software for IP cameras

Replaces Blue Iris

★ 4k Medium setup GPL-3.0

Viseron

Video Surveillance

Self-hosted NVR with local AI object detection

Replaces Nest Cam, Blue Iris

★ 3.3k Medium setup MIT

Moonfire NVR

Video Surveillance

Lightweight always-recording network video recorder

Replaces Blue Iris

★ 1.7k Medium setup GPL-3.0

RtspToWeb

Video Surveillance

Restream RTSP camera feeds to web browsers

Replaces go2rtc

★ 1.7k Easy setup MIT

Double Take

Video Surveillance

Unified UI and API for face recognition on camera feeds

Replaces Nest Cam

★ 1.4k Medium setup MIT

Kerberos Agent

Video Surveillance

Lightweight video surveillance agent for a single camera

Replaces Nest Cam

★ 1.1k Medium setup MIT

Camera.UI

Video Surveillance

Web interface and NVR for RTSP and camera streams

Replaces Nest Cam

★ 1.1k Medium setup MIT

CodeProject.AI Server

Video Surveillance

Self-hosted AI server for surveillance object detection

Replaces Amazon Rekognition

★ 973 Medium setup SSPL-1.0

DeepStack

Video Surveillance

Self-hosted AI server for object and face detection

Replaces Amazon Rekognition

★ 818 Medium setup Apache-2.0

Neolink

Video Surveillance

RTSP bridge for Reolink cameras without cloud

Replaces Reolink Cloud

★ 775 Medium setup AGPL-3.0

Kerberos.io Machinery

Video Surveillance

Open-source video surveillance recording engine

Replaces Milestone XProtect, Blue Iris

★ 486 Medium setup Apache-2.0

camera-streamer

Video Surveillance

High-performance camera streaming for Raspberry Pi

Replaces mjpg-streamer

★ 442 Medium setup MIT

Frigate Notify

Video Surveillance

Standalone notification tool for Frigate NVR events

Replaces Nest Cam

★ 399 Easy setup MIT

datarhei Core

Video Surveillance

Self-hosted media server for video and camera stream processing

Replaces Wowza, commercial video servers

★ 277 Medium setup Apache-2.0

Sighthound Surveillance Station

Video Surveillance

NVR with object detection for connected IP cameras

Replaces Nest Cam

★ 276 Medium setup MIT

Bluecherry

Video Surveillance

Open-source IP camera surveillance and NVR application

Replaces Milestone XProtect

★ 274 Medium setup GPL-2.0

Agent DVR

Video Surveillance

Cross-platform DVR with AI object detection

Replaces Blue Iris

★ 48 Medium setup Freeware

Kerberos Vault

Video Surveillance

Storage and lifecycle management for surveillance recordings

Replaces Milestone XProtect

★ 42 Hard setup MIT

Kerberos Factory

Video Surveillance

Scalable video analytics platform for cameras

Replaces Milestone XProtect, Genetec

★ 35 Hard setup MIT

SentryShot

Video Surveillance

Video surveillance management system

Medium setup GPL-2.0

Every option here is open-source and self-hostable, tagged Docker within the video surveillance category. Compare them on the individual app pages for setup difficulty and resource requirements.