Frigate vs Zwave-JS Server
A side-by-side comparison of two self-hosted home automation options
— licensing, setup difficulty, resource needs, and what each one
replaces.
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Compare Frigate with
choose an app… Home Assistant ntfy Homebridge Tasmota ThingsBoard WLED EMQX Frigate NVR Companion go2rtc Zigbee2MQTT ESPHome Mosquitto HACS Home Assistant Operating System evcc Scrypted Mushroom Piper Bubble Card OpenMQTTGateway Domoticz Companion DZVents Hyperion Domoticz Home Assistant Companion ESPEasy Sonoff DIY Tools Gladys Assistant Rhasspy Mozilla WebThings Gateway openWakeWord Button Card Awtrix Light OpenBeken Home Assistant Supervisor SmartApp Bridge deCONZ ApexCharts Card OpenRemote diyHue card-mod Mini Media Player TinyTuya Server Home Assistant Floorplan HA-Bridge ESPresense Govee2MQTT ioBroker OpenEnergyMonitor Emoncms HASS.Agent Wyoming Satellite Z-Wave JS UI OwnTracks Recorder LocalTuya openHAB Frigate Cards Python Matter Server OpenHASP Tasmoadmin AppDaemon Ring-MQTT EMHASS Domoticz Plugin Hub Zigbee2MQTT Frontend OpenSprinkler Grott Growatt Monitor Zigbee2MQTT Assistant SIP Irrigation Control Jeedom Node-RED Dashboard 2.0 OpenHAB Cloud OpenVoiceOS SmartIR Theengs Gateway SOLECTRUS SmartHomeNG Victron Venus OS Bridge Dahua2MQTT Streamline Smart Home Dashboards Calaos ESPHome Web Tools Habapp FHEM LHA Onloc Find My Device
Compare Zwave-JS Server with
choose an app… Home Assistant ntfy Homebridge Tasmota ThingsBoard WLED EMQX Frigate NVR Companion go2rtc Zigbee2MQTT ESPHome Mosquitto Home Assistant Operating System evcc Domoticz Gladys Assistant Mozilla WebThings Gateway Home Assistant Supervisor SmartApp Bridge ioBroker Z-Wave JS UI openHAB AppDaemon Domoticz Plugin Hub Jeedom OpenHAB Cloud FHEM
Feature Frigate Zwave-JS Server Category Home Automation Home Automation License MIT Apache-2.0 Language TypeScript TypeScript Setup difficulty Hard Medium Min. RAM 2,048 MB 128 MB Deployment docker docker, binary GitHub stars ★ 34,903 ★ 162 First released 2020 2021 Replaces Google Home SmartThings
Why pick each one
Choose Frigate if… Smart local NVR Great with Home Assistant Privacy-friendly Frigate details
Frequently asked questions Is Frigate or Zwave-JS Server better? Neither is universally better. Frigate has the larger community, while Zwave-JS Server is simpler to set up (medium difficulty). Choose based on the comparison table above and your own setup.
Are Frigate and Zwave-JS Server free and open-source? Yes. Frigate is licensed under MIT and Zwave-JS Server under Apache-2.0. Both can be self-hosted at no software cost.
Can I run Frigate and Zwave-JS Server with Docker? Frigate: yes. Zwave-JS Server: yes.