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Frigate Home Assistant Integration vs MediaMTX

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 ME MediaMTX Ready-to-use media server and RTSP/WebRTC proxy
FeatureFrigate Home Assistant IntegrationMediaMTX
CategoryVideo SurveillanceVideo Surveillance
LicenseMITMIT
LanguagePythonGo
Setup difficultyEasyEasy
Min. RAM128 MB128 MB
Deploymentsourcedocker, binary
GitHub stars★ 1,224★ 19,747
First released20212019
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 MediaMTX if…

  • Extremely lightweight
  • Wide protocol support
MediaMTX details

Frequently asked questions

Is Frigate Home Assistant Integration or MediaMTX better?

Neither is universally better. MediaMTX 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 MediaMTX free and open-source?

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

Can I run Frigate Home Assistant Integration and MediaMTX with Docker?

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

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