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Frigate Mobile Companion vs mjpg-streamer

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 MJ mjpg-streamer Stream JPEG frames from webcams over HTTP
FeatureFrigate Mobile Companionmjpg-streamer
CategoryVideo SurveillanceVideo Surveillance
LicenseApache-2.0GPL-2.0
LanguageHTMLC
Setup difficultyEasyEasy
Min. RAM512 MB64 MB
Deploymentdockerbinary, source
GitHub stars★ 5,150★ 3,246
First released20152013
ReplacesWowzaWebcam streaming services

Why pick each one

Choose Frigate Mobile Companion if…

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

Choose mjpg-streamer if…

  • Released under the GPL-2.0 license
  • Easy to set up — beginner-friendly
  • Active community (3.2k GitHub stars)
  • Written in C
mjpg-streamer details

Frequently asked questions

Is Frigate Mobile Companion or mjpg-streamer better?

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

Are Frigate Mobile Companion and mjpg-streamer free and open-source?

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

Can I run Frigate Mobile Companion and mjpg-streamer with Docker?

Frigate Mobile Companion: yes. mjpg-streamer: check the project docs for container support.

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