Best Free Video Surveillance for self-hosting

MediaMTX

Video Surveillance

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

Replaces Wowza

go2rtc

Video Surveillance

Ultimate camera streaming gateway with low latency

Replaces Nest Cam

Automatic license plate recognition library

Replaces Rekor Scout, Plate Recognizer

CompreFace

Video Surveillance

Self-hosted face recognition service with REST API

Replaces Amazon Rekognition

.NET wrapper for OpenCV computer vision

Replaces Commercial vision SDKs

Full-featured closed-circuit television software suite

Replaces Blue Iris, Milestone XProtect

RTSP stream discovery and access-auditing tool for cameras

Replaces Commercial camera audit tools

Restreamer

Video Surveillance

Self-hosted streaming server for publishing live video

Replaces Wowza

Android library for camera capture and streaming apps

Replaces Proprietary camera SDKs

motionEye

Video Surveillance

Web frontend for the Motion video surveillance program

Replaces Nest Cam

Lightweight motion-detection video surveillance daemon

Replaces Nest Cam

Open-source NVR and CCTV software for IP cameras

Replaces Blue Iris

Viseron

Video Surveillance

Self-hosted NVR with local AI object detection

Replaces Nest Cam, Blue Iris

Stream JPEG frames from webcams over HTTP

Replaces Webcam streaming services

Open-source firmware for IP cameras and surveillance devices

Replaces Stock IP camera firmware

Low-latency camera streaming integration for Home Assistant

Replaces Cloud camera streaming

Lightweight MJPEG streamer for USB and CSI cameras

Replaces mjpg-streamer

Low-latency RTSP camera streaming to browsers over WebRTC

Replaces commercial camera viewer software

Lightweight always-recording network video recorder

Replaces Blue Iris

Restream RTSP camera feeds to web browsers

Replaces go2rtc

Open-source camera security and surveillance software

Replaces Blue Iris

Web-based control and streaming for the Raspberry Pi camera

Replaces Nest Cam

Double Take

Video Surveillance

Unified UI and API for face recognition on camera feeds

Replaces Nest Cam

Connects Frigate NVR detections into Home Assistant

Replaces Cloud camera integrations

Python library for the Raspberry Pi camera with streaming support

Replaces Proprietary camera SDKs

Lightweight video surveillance agent for a single camera

Replaces Nest Cam

Web interface and NVR for RTSP and camera streams

Replaces Nest Cam

CodeProject.AI Server

Video Surveillance

Self-hosted AI server for surveillance object detection

Replaces Amazon Rekognition

Self-hosted AI server for object and face detection

Replaces Amazon Rekognition

RTSP bridge for Reolink cameras without cloud

Replaces Reolink Cloud

Raspberry Pi surveillance video wall for IP cameras

Replaces Blue Iris display

Detect and extract motion events from video footage

Replaces Blue Iris motion review

High-performance camera streaming for Raspberry Pi

Replaces mjpg-streamer

Standalone notification tool for Frigate NVR events

Replaces Nest Cam

Self-hosted media server for video and camera stream processing

Replaces Wowza, commercial video servers

REST and gRPC object detection service for images and streams

Replaces Nest Cam

Open-source IP camera surveillance and NVR application

Replaces Milestone XProtect

Raspberry Pi motion-detection camera with web interface

Replaces Nest Cam

Agent DVR

Video Surveillance

Cross-platform DVR with AI object detection

Replaces Blue Iris

Storage and lifecycle management for surveillance recordings

Replaces Milestone XProtect

Video surveillance management system