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Frigate Home Assistant Integration vs OpenALPR

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 OP OpenALPR Automatic license plate recognition library
FeatureFrigate Home Assistant IntegrationOpenALPR
CategoryVideo SurveillanceVideo Surveillance
LicenseMITAGPL-3.0
LanguagePythonC++
Setup difficultyEasyHard
Min. RAM128 MB1,024 MB
Deploymentsourcedocker, bare-metal
GitHub stars★ 1,224★ 11,440
First released20212015
ReplacesCloud camera integrationsRekor Scout, Plate Recognizer

Why pick each one

Choose Frigate Home Assistant Integration if…

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

Choose OpenALPR if…

  • Released under the AGPL-3.0 license
  • First-class Docker support for quick deployment
  • Mature project with 11.4k GitHub stars
  • Written in C++
OpenALPR details

Frequently asked questions

Is Frigate Home Assistant Integration or OpenALPR better?

Neither is universally better. OpenALPR has the larger community, while Frigate Home Assistant Integration is simpler to set up (easy difficulty). Choose based on the comparison table above and your own setup.

Are Frigate Home Assistant Integration and OpenALPR free and open-source?

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

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

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

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