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Frigate Home Assistant Integration vs motionEye

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 MO motionEye Web frontend for the Motion video surveillance program
FeatureFrigate Home Assistant IntegrationmotionEye
CategoryVideo SurveillanceVideo Surveillance
LicenseMITGPL-3.0
LanguagePythonPython
Setup difficultyEasyEasy
Min. RAM128 MB512 MB
Deploymentsourcedocker, bare-metal
GitHub stars★ 1,224★ 4,651
First released20212013
ReplacesCloud camera integrationsNest Cam

Why pick each one

Choose Frigate Home Assistant Integration if…

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

Choose motionEye if…

  • Easy to set up
  • Great for DIY builds
motionEye details

Frequently asked questions

Is Frigate Home Assistant Integration or motionEye better?

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

Yes. Frigate Home Assistant Integration is licensed under MIT and motionEye under GPL-3.0. Both can be self-hosted at no software cost.

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

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

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