diyHue vs Frigate
A side-by-side comparison of two self-hosted home automation options
— licensing, setup difficulty, resource needs, and what each one
replaces.
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Compare diyHue with
choose an app… Home Assistant ntfy Homebridge Tasmota ThingsBoard WLED EMQX Frigate NVR Companion go2rtc Zigbee2MQTT deCONZ HA-Bridge Zigbee2MQTT Frontend
Compare Frigate with
choose an app… Home Assistant ntfy Homebridge Tasmota ThingsBoard WLED EMQX Frigate NVR Companion go2rtc Zigbee2MQTT ESPHome Mosquitto HACS Home Assistant Operating System evcc Scrypted Mushroom Piper Bubble Card OpenMQTTGateway Domoticz Companion DZVents Hyperion Domoticz Home Assistant Companion ESPEasy Sonoff DIY Tools Gladys Assistant Rhasspy Mozilla WebThings Gateway openWakeWord Button Card Awtrix Light OpenBeken Home Assistant Supervisor SmartApp Bridge deCONZ ApexCharts Card OpenRemote card-mod Mini Media Player TinyTuya Server Home Assistant Floorplan HA-Bridge ESPresense Govee2MQTT ioBroker OpenEnergyMonitor Emoncms HASS.Agent Wyoming Satellite Z-Wave JS UI OwnTracks Recorder LocalTuya openHAB Frigate Cards Python Matter Server OpenHASP Tasmoadmin AppDaemon Ring-MQTT EMHASS Domoticz Plugin Hub Zigbee2MQTT Frontend OpenSprinkler Grott Growatt Monitor Zigbee2MQTT Assistant SIP Irrigation Control Jeedom Node-RED Dashboard 2.0 OpenHAB Cloud OpenVoiceOS SmartIR Theengs Gateway Zwave-JS Server SOLECTRUS SmartHomeNG Victron Venus OS Bridge Dahua2MQTT Streamline Smart Home Dashboards Calaos ESPHome Web Tools Habapp FHEM LHA Onloc Find My Device
Feature diyHue Frigate Category Home Automation Home Automation License MIT MIT Language Python TypeScript Setup difficulty Medium Hard Min. RAM 128 MB 2,048 MB Deployment docker, bare-metal docker GitHub stars ★ 1,813 ★ 34,903 First released 2017 2020 Replaces Philips Hue Bridge Google Home
Why pick each one
Choose diyHue if… No physical bridge needed Broad light support diyHue details Choose Frigate if… Smart local NVR Great with Home Assistant Privacy-friendly Frigate details
Frequently asked questions Is diyHue or Frigate better? Neither is universally better. Frigate has the larger community, while diyHue is simpler to set up (medium difficulty). Choose based on the comparison table above and your own setup.
Are diyHue and Frigate free and open-source? Yes. diyHue is licensed under MIT and Frigate under MIT. Both can be self-hosted at no software cost.
Can I run diyHue and Frigate with Docker? diyHue: yes. Frigate: yes.