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camera-streamer vs Frigate Mobile Companion

A side-by-side comparison of two self-hosted video surveillance options — licensing, setup difficulty, resource needs, and what each one replaces.

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CA camera-streamer High-performance camera streaming for Raspberry Pi VS FR Frigate Mobile Companion Network video recorder front-end for review and clips
Featurecamera-streamerFrigate Mobile Companion
CategoryVideo SurveillanceVideo Surveillance
LicenseMITApache-2.0
LanguageCHTML
Setup difficultyMediumEasy
Min. RAM128 MB512 MB
Deploymentdocker, binarydocker
GitHub stars★ 442★ 5,150
First released20222015
Replacesmjpg-streamerWowza

Why pick each one

Choose camera-streamer if…

  • Released under the MIT license
  • First-class Docker support for quick deployment
  • Written in C
  • Tiny footprint — runs in 128 MB RAM
camera-streamer details

Choose Frigate Mobile Companion if…

  • Easy to publish camera feeds
  • Polished interface
Frigate Mobile Companion details

Frequently asked questions

Is camera-streamer or Frigate Mobile Companion better?

Frigate Mobile Companion is the stronger all-round pick: it has both the larger community and the simpler easy setup. Consider camera-streamer if its specific feature set fits your needs better.

Are camera-streamer and Frigate Mobile Companion free and open-source?

Yes. camera-streamer is licensed under MIT and Frigate Mobile Companion under Apache-2.0. Both can be self-hosted at no software cost.

Can I run camera-streamer and Frigate Mobile Companion with Docker?

camera-streamer: yes. Frigate Mobile Companion: yes.

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