MediaMTX
Video SurveillanceReady-to-use media server and RTSP/WebRTC proxy
Replaces Wowza
Best Real-Time Video Surveillance for self-hosting
The 21 best Real-Time video surveillance you can self-host, ranked by community traction.
go2rtc
Video SurveillanceUltimate camera streaming gateway with low latency
Replaces Nest Cam
Restreamer
Video SurveillanceSelf-hosted streaming server for publishing live video
Replaces Wowza
CameraView
Video SurveillanceAndroid library for camera capture and streaming apps
Replaces Proprietary camera SDKs
Shinobi
Video SurveillanceOpen-source NVR and CCTV software for IP cameras
Replaces Blue Iris
Viseron
Video SurveillanceSelf-hosted NVR with local AI object detection
Replaces Nest Cam, Blue Iris
mjpg-streamer
Video SurveillanceStream JPEG frames from webcams over HTTP
Replaces Webcam streaming services
WebRTC Camera
Video SurveillanceLow-latency camera streaming integration for Home Assistant
Replaces Cloud camera streaming
uStreamer
Video SurveillanceLightweight MJPEG streamer for USB and CSI cameras
Replaces mjpg-streamer
RTSPtoWebRTC
Video SurveillanceLow-latency RTSP camera streaming to browsers over WebRTC
Replaces commercial camera viewer software
RtspToWeb
Video SurveillanceRestream RTSP camera feeds to web browsers
Replaces go2rtc
Double Take
Video SurveillanceUnified UI and API for face recognition on camera feeds
Replaces Nest Cam
Frigate Home Assistant Integration
Video SurveillanceConnects Frigate NVR detections into Home Assistant
Replaces Cloud camera integrations
Camera.UI
Video SurveillanceWeb interface and NVR for RTSP and camera streams
Replaces Nest Cam
CodeProject.AI Server
Video SurveillanceSelf-hosted AI server for surveillance object detection
Replaces Amazon Rekognition
DeepStack
Video SurveillanceSelf-hosted AI server for object and face detection
Replaces Amazon Rekognition
rpisurv
Video SurveillanceRaspberry Pi surveillance video wall for IP cameras
Replaces Blue Iris display
camera-streamer
Video SurveillanceHigh-performance camera streaming for Raspberry Pi
Replaces mjpg-streamer
datarhei Core
Video SurveillanceSelf-hosted media server for video and camera stream processing
Replaces Wowza, commercial video servers
DOODS2
Video SurveillanceREST and gRPC object detection service for images and streams
Replaces Nest Cam
Kerberos Factory
Video SurveillanceScalable video analytics platform for cameras
Replaces Milestone XProtect, Genetec
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At a glance
| App | Deploy effort | Difficulty | Min. RAM | License | ★ Stars |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MediaMTX | Under-an-hour setup | Easy | 128 MB | MIT | 20,409 |
| go2rtc | Under-an-hour setup | Medium | 128 MB | MIT | 14,367 |
| Restreamer | Under-an-hour setup | Easy | 512 MB | Apache-2.0 | 5,219 |
| CameraView | Read-the-docs project | Medium | 256 MB | MIT | 5,133 |
| Shinobi | Under-an-hour setup | Medium | 2,048 MB | GPL-3.0 | 4,000 |
| Viseron | Under-an-hour setup | Medium | 2,048 MB | MIT | 3,579 |
| mjpg-streamer | Read-the-docs project | Easy | 64 MB | GPL-2.0 | 3,255 |
| WebRTC Camera | Read-the-docs project | Medium | 256 MB | MIT | 2,187 |
| uStreamer | Read-the-docs project | Easy | 64 MB | GPL-3.0 | 2,034 |
| RTSPtoWebRTC | Under-an-hour setup | Medium | 128 MB | MIT | 1,791 |
Quick picks
- Most adopted: MediaMTX (20,409 GitHub stars).
- Lightest footprint: mjpg-streamer (from 64 MB RAM, against 4,096 MB for the heaviest here).
- Licensing: 13 of 21 use MIT; check the rest individually if you plan to modify and redistribute.
Every option here is open-source and self-hostable, tagged Real-Time within the video surveillance category. Deploy effort is graded from published container recipes, not vendor claims — see the methodology.