Strix
Auto-discovers working stream URLs for IP cameras and generates ready-to-use Frigate and go2rtc configs.
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Still maintained? Yes: 6 commits in the last 90 days, latest release v2.2.0 (Aug 2026).
Comparisons in Video Surveillance: Ring alternatives.
At a glance
Strix quick facts
- Health score
- 64/100 SLOWING
- Stars
- 925
- Last commit
- 2 months ago (Aug 2026)
- Latest release
- v2.2.0, Aug 2026
- Licence
- MIT
Top alternatives to Strix
Why it ranks here
Health score explained
Strix scores 64/100, #6 of 8 in Video Surveillance: 6 commits in the last 90 days earn 7.0 of 35 points, the latest release (v2.2.0, 2 months ago) earns 25.0 of 25, 925 stars add 11.9 of 20, an active, unarchived repository keeps 10 and Docker support adds the final 10. That places it in the slowing band (40 to 69). The biggest shortfall is commit activity, worth 28.0 more points.
Recomputed nightly from the GitHub API. How the score is calculated.
- Commit activity biggest shortfall 7.0 / 35
6 commits in 90 days (30+ scores full marks)
- Release recency 25.0 / 25
v2.2.0 released 2 months ago
- Stars 11.9 / 20
925 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
- 6
- Last 90 days
- 125
- Last 12 months
- 2 months ago
- Last push
Ranked #6 of 8 tools in Video Surveillance by health , between Bluecherry (#5) and Secluso (#7) .
Details
| Licence | MIT |
| Platforms | Go, Docker |
| Latest release | v2.2.0 · 2 months ago |
| Stars | 925 |
| Open issues | 0 |
| Docker | Yes |
| Repository | eduard256/Strix ↗ |
Strix vs its top 5 alternatives
Active tools that share a category with Strix (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 |
| Strix (this tool) | 64 | 925 | MIT | 2 months ago |
Strix: common questions
Is Strix still maintained?
Strix had 6 commits in the last 90 days and its last push was 2 months ago; the latest tagged release, v2.2.0, is from 2 months ago. Repoly recomputes this nightly.
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