Easiest Video Surveillance to self-host

10 video surveillance apps that are easy to get running, ranked by verified deploy effort, project health, and popularity.

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MediaMTX

Video Surveillance

Ready-to-use media server and RTSP/WebRTC proxy

Replaces Wowza

★ 20.2k Easy setup MIT

motionEye

Video Surveillance

Web frontend for the Motion video surveillance program

Replaces Nest Cam

★ 4.7k Easy setup GPL-3.0

RtspToWeb

Video Surveillance

Restream RTSP camera feeds to web browsers

Replaces go2rtc

★ 1.7k Easy setup MIT

Restreamer

Video Surveillance

Self-hosted streaming server for publishing live video

Replaces Wowza

★ 5.2k Easy setup Apache-2.0

Frigate Notify

Video Surveillance

Standalone notification tool for Frigate NVR events

Replaces Nest Cam

★ 413 Easy setup MIT

Frigate Home Assistant Integration

Video Surveillance

Connects Frigate NVR detections into Home Assistant

Replaces Cloud camera integrations

★ 1.3k Easy setup MIT

uStreamer

Video Surveillance

Lightweight MJPEG streamer for USB and CSI cameras

Replaces mjpg-streamer

★ 2k Easy setup GPL-3.0

DVR-Scan

Video Surveillance

Detect and extract motion events from video footage

Replaces Blue Iris motion review

★ 523 Easy setup BSD-2-Clause

mjpg-streamer

Video Surveillance

Stream JPEG frames from webcams over HTTP

Replaces Webcam streaming services

★ 3.3k Easy setup GPL-2.0

RPi Cam Web Interface

Video Surveillance

Web-based control and streaming for the Raspberry Pi camera

Replaces Nest Cam

★ 1.6k Easy setup MIT