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Frigate Home Assistant Integration 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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FR Frigate Home Assistant Integration Connects Frigate NVR detections into Home Assistant VS FR Frigate Mobile Companion Network video recorder front-end for review and clips
FeatureFrigate Home Assistant IntegrationFrigate Mobile Companion
CategoryVideo SurveillanceVideo Surveillance
LicenseMITApache-2.0
LanguagePythonHTML
Setup difficultyEasyEasy
Min. RAM128 MB512 MB
Deploymentsourcedocker
GitHub stars★ 1,224★ 5,150
First released20212015
ReplacesCloud camera integrationsWowza

Why pick each one

Choose Frigate Home Assistant Integration if…

  • Tight Home Assistant integration
  • Local and private
Frigate Home Assistant Integration details

Choose Frigate Mobile Companion if…

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

Frequently asked questions

Is Frigate Home Assistant Integration or Frigate Mobile Companion better?

Neither is universally better. Frigate Mobile Companion has the larger community; both share a easy setup difficulty, so the decision comes down to features and licensing.

Are Frigate Home Assistant Integration and Frigate Mobile Companion free and open-source?

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

Can I run Frigate Home Assistant Integration and Frigate Mobile Companion with Docker?

Frigate Home Assistant Integration: check the project docs for container support. Frigate Mobile Companion: yes.

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