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Frigate Home Assistant Integration vs Viseron

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 VI Viseron Self-hosted NVR with local AI object detection
FeatureFrigate Home Assistant IntegrationViseron
CategoryVideo SurveillanceVideo Surveillance
LicenseMITMIT
LanguagePythonPython
Setup difficultyEasyMedium
Min. RAM128 MB2,048 MB
Deploymentsourcedocker
GitHub stars★ 1,224★ 3,334
First released20212020
ReplacesCloud camera integrationsNest Cam, Blue Iris

Why pick each one

Choose Frigate Home Assistant Integration if…

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

Choose Viseron if…

  • Fully local processing
  • Supports Coral and GPU acceleration
Viseron details

Frequently asked questions

Is Frigate Home Assistant Integration or Viseron better?

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

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

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

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

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