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Frigate Mobile Companion vs MediaMTX

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 Mobile Companion Network video recorder front-end for review and clips VS ME MediaMTX Ready-to-use media server and RTSP/WebRTC proxy
FeatureFrigate Mobile CompanionMediaMTX
CategoryVideo SurveillanceVideo Surveillance
LicenseApache-2.0MIT
LanguageHTMLGo
Setup difficultyEasyEasy
Min. RAM512 MB128 MB
Deploymentdockerdocker, binary
GitHub stars★ 5,150★ 19,747
First released20152019
ReplacesWowzaWowza

Why pick each one

Choose Frigate Mobile Companion if…

  • Easy to publish camera feeds
  • Polished interface
Frigate Mobile Companion details

Choose MediaMTX if…

  • Extremely lightweight
  • Wide protocol support
MediaMTX details

Frequently asked questions

Is Frigate Mobile Companion or MediaMTX better?

Neither is universally better. MediaMTX has the larger community; both share a easy setup difficulty, so the decision comes down to features and licensing.

Are Frigate Mobile Companion and MediaMTX free and open-source?

Yes. Frigate Mobile Companion is licensed under Apache-2.0 and MediaMTX under MIT. Both can be self-hosted at no software cost.

Can I run Frigate Mobile Companion and MediaMTX with Docker?

Frigate Mobile Companion: yes. MediaMTX: yes.

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