Bluecherry
Closed-circuit television (CCTV) software application which supports IP and Analog cameras.
Description from awesome-selfhosted (CC BY-SA 3.0)
Still maintained? Yes: 23 commits in the last 90 days, latest release v3.1.15 (Oct 2026).
Also an alternative to Ring.
At a glance
Bluecherry quick facts
- Health score
- 72/100 GOOD
- Stars
- 276
- Last commit
- 16 days ago (Oct 2026)
- Latest release
- v3.1.15, Oct 2026
- Licence
- GPL-2.0
Top alternatives to Bluecherry
Full rankings: Ring alternatives
In its own words
The project's README opens: "In the root of bluecherry-apps run the following command."
Why it ranks here
Health score explained
Bluecherry scores 72/100, #5 of 8 in Video Surveillance: 23 commits in the last 90 days earn 26.8 of 35 points, the latest release (v3.1.15, 28 days ago) earns 25.0 of 25, 276 stars add 9.8 of 20, an active, unarchived repository keeps 10 and no advertised Docker image leaves the final 10 unclaimed. That places it in the good band (70 and above). The biggest shortfall is star count, worth 10.2 more points.
Recomputed nightly from the GitHub API. How the score is calculated.
- Commit activity 26.8 / 35
23 commits in 90 days (30+ scores full marks)
- Release recency 25.0 / 25
v3.1.15 released 28 days ago
- Stars biggest shortfall 9.8 / 20
276 stars on GitHub (logarithmic)
- Not archived 10.0 / 10
Repository is active
- Docker support 0.0 / 10
No Docker support advertised
Commit activity
- 23
- Last 90 days
- 54
- Last 12 months
- 16 days ago
- Last push
Ranked #5 of 8 tools in Video Surveillance by health , between Zoneminder (#4) and Strix (#6) .
Details
| Licence | GPL-2.0 |
| Platforms | PHP |
| Latest release | v3.1.15 · 28 days ago |
| Stars | 276 |
| Open issues | 123 |
| Docker | Not advertised |
| Repository | bluecherrydvr/bluecherry-apps ↗ |
Bluecherry vs its top 5 alternatives
Active tools that share a comparison page or a category with Bluecherry (Video Surveillance), scored on the same five terms.
| Tool | Health | Stars | Licence | Last commit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frigate | 98 | 37k | MIT | yesterday |
| motionEye | 95 | 4.7k | GPL-3.0 | yesterday |
| Viseron | 94 | 3.7k | MIT | yesterday |
| Zoneminder | 85 | 6k | GPL-2.0 | yesterday |
| Bluecherry (this tool) | 72 | 276 | GPL-2.0 | 16 days ago |
| Strix | 64 | 925 | MIT | 2 months ago |
Bluecherry: common questions
What does Bluecherry replace?
Repoly lists Bluecherry as an open-source alternative to Ring. Each comparison page ranks every alternative by the same health score, so you can see where Bluecherry stands against the others.
Is Bluecherry still maintained?
Bluecherry had 23 commits in the last 90 days and its last push was 16 days ago; the latest tagged release, v3.1.15, is from 28 days ago. Repoly recomputes this nightly.