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Frigate Home Assistant Integration vs mjpg-streamer

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 MJ mjpg-streamer Stream JPEG frames from webcams over HTTP
FeatureFrigate Home Assistant Integrationmjpg-streamer
CategoryVideo SurveillanceVideo Surveillance
LicenseMITGPL-2.0
LanguagePythonC
Setup difficultyEasyEasy
Min. RAM128 MB64 MB
Deploymentsourcebinary, source
GitHub stars★ 1,224★ 3,246
First released20212013
ReplacesCloud camera integrationsWebcam streaming services

Why pick each one

Choose Frigate Home Assistant Integration if…

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

Choose mjpg-streamer if…

  • Released under the GPL-2.0 license
  • Easy to set up — beginner-friendly
  • Active community (3.2k GitHub stars)
  • Written in C
mjpg-streamer details

Frequently asked questions

Is Frigate Home Assistant Integration or mjpg-streamer better?

Neither is universally better. mjpg-streamer 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 mjpg-streamer free and open-source?

Yes. Frigate Home Assistant Integration is licensed under MIT and mjpg-streamer under GPL-2.0. Both can be self-hosted at no software cost.

Can I run Frigate Home Assistant Integration and mjpg-streamer with Docker?

Frigate Home Assistant Integration: check the project docs for container support. mjpg-streamer: check the project docs for container support.

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