motionEye
Online interface for the software Motion, a video surveillance program with motion detection.
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Still maintained? Yes: 82 commits in the last 90 days, latest release 0.44.0 (Jun 2026).
Also an alternative to Ring.
At a glance
motionEye quick facts
- Health score
- 95/100 GOOD
- Stars
- 4,721
- Last commit
- yesterday (Oct 2026)
- Latest release
- 0.44.0, Jun 2026
- Licence
- GPL-3.0
Top alternatives to motionEye
Full rankings: Ring alternatives
Why it ranks here
Health score explained
motionEye scores 95/100, #2 of 8 in Video Surveillance: 82 commits in the last 90 days earn 35.0 of 35 points, the latest release (0.44.0, 4 months ago) earns 25.0 of 25, 4,721 stars add 14.7 of 20, an active, unarchived repository keeps 10 and Docker support adds the final 10. That places it in the good band (70 and above). The biggest shortfall is star count, worth 5.3 more points.
Recomputed nightly from the GitHub API. How the score is calculated.
- Commit activity 35.0 / 35
82 commits in 90 days (30+ scores full marks)
- Release recency 25.0 / 25
0.44.0 released 4 months ago
- Stars biggest shortfall 14.7 / 20
4.7k stars on GitHub (logarithmic)
- Not archived 10.0 / 10
Repository is active
- Docker support 10.0 / 10
Docker image or Compose file available
Commit activity
- 82
- Last 90 days
- 451
- Last 12 months
- yesterday
- Last push
Ranked #2 of 8 tools in Video Surveillance by health , between Frigate (#1) and Viseron (#3) .
Details
| Licence | GPL-3.0 |
| Platforms | Python, Docker |
| Latest release | 0.44.0 · 4 months ago |
| Stars | 4,721 |
| Open issues | 885 |
| Docker | Yes |
| Repository | motioneye-project/motioneye ↗ |
motionEye vs its top 5 alternatives
Active tools that share a comparison page or a category with motionEye (Video Surveillance), scored on the same five terms.
| Tool | Health | Stars | Licence | Last commit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frigate | 98 | 37k | MIT | yesterday |
| motionEye (this tool) | 95 | 4.7k | GPL-3.0 | yesterday |
| Viseron | 94 | 3.7k | MIT | yesterday |
| Zoneminder | 85 | 6k | GPL-2.0 | yesterday |
| Bluecherry | 72 | 276 | GPL-2.0 | 16 days ago |
| SentryShot | 51 | 36 | GPL-2.0 | 6 months ago |
motionEye: common questions
What does motionEye replace?
Repoly lists motionEye as an open-source alternative to Ring. Each comparison page ranks every alternative by the same health score, so you can see where motionEye stands against the others.
Is motionEye still maintained?
motionEye had 82 commits in the last 90 days and its last push was yesterday; the latest tagged release, 0.44.0, is from 4 months ago. Repoly recomputes this nightly.
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