Secluso
Private DIY home security camera system for Raspberry Pi, with end-to-end encrypted remote access and mobile apps for live video, alerts, and recording playback.
Description from awesome-selfhosted (CC BY-SA 3.0)
Still maintained? Yes: 3 commits in the last 90 days, latest release v1.0.2 (May 2026).
Comparisons in Video Surveillance: Ring alternatives.
At a glance
Secluso quick facts
- Health score
- 51/100 SLOWING
- Stars
- 1,692
- Last commit
- 1 month ago (Sep 2026)
- Latest release
- v1.0.2, May 2026
- Licence
- GPL-3.0
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In its own words
The project's README opens: "Private DIY home security for Raspberry Pi, with encrypted remote access and a 5-minute software setup."
Why it ranks here
Health score explained
Secluso scores 51/100, #7 of 8 in Video Surveillance: 3 commits in the last 90 days earn 3.5 of 35 points, the latest release (v1.0.2, 5 months ago) earns 25.0 of 25, 1,692 stars add 12.9 of 20, an active, unarchived repository keeps 10 and no advertised Docker image leaves the final 10 unclaimed. That places it in the slowing band (40 to 69). The biggest shortfall is commit activity, worth 31.5 more points.
Recomputed nightly from the GitHub API. How the score is calculated.
- Commit activity biggest shortfall 3.5 / 35
3 commits in 90 days (30+ scores full marks)
- Release recency 25.0 / 25
v1.0.2 released 5 months ago
- Stars 12.9 / 20
1.7k stars on GitHub (logarithmic)
- Not archived 10.0 / 10
Repository is active
- Docker support 0.0 / 10
No Docker support advertised
Commit activity
- 3
- Last 90 days
- 145
- Last 12 months
- 1 month ago
- Last push
Ranked #7 of 8 tools in Video Surveillance by health , between Strix (#6) and SentryShot (#8) .
Details
| Licence | GPL-3.0 |
| Platforms | Rust |
| Latest release | v1.0.2 · 5 months ago |
| Stars | 1,692 |
| Open issues | 32 |
| Docker | Not advertised |
| Repository | secluso/core ↗ |
Secluso vs its top 5 alternatives
Active tools that share a category with Secluso (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 | 72 | 276 | GPL-2.0 | 16 days ago |
| Secluso (this tool) | 51 | 1.7k | GPL-3.0 | 1 month ago |
Secluso: common questions
Is Secluso still maintained?
Secluso had 3 commits in the last 90 days and its last push was 1 month ago; the latest tagged release, v1.0.2, is from 5 months ago. Repoly recomputes this nightly.