Viseron
Self-hosted, local-only NVR and AI Computer Vision software. With features such as object detection, motion detection, face recognition and more, it gives you the power to keep an eye on your home, office or any other place you want to monitor.
Description from awesome-selfhosted (CC BY-SA 3.0)
Still maintained? Yes: 469 commits in the last 90 days, latest release v3.7.0 (Sep 2026).
Also an alternative to Ring.
At a glance
Viseron quick facts
- Health score
- 94/100 GOOD
- Stars
- 3,673
- Last commit
- yesterday (Oct 2026)
- Latest release
- v3.7.0, Sep 2026
- Licence
- MIT
Top alternatives to Viseron
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In its own words
The project's README opens: "Self-hosted, local only NVR and AI Computer Vision software."
Why it ranks here
Health score explained
Viseron scores 94/100, #3 of 8 in Video Surveillance: 469 commits in the last 90 days earn 35.0 of 35 points, the latest release (v3.7.0, 1 month ago) earns 25.0 of 25, 3,673 stars add 14.3 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 5.7 more points.
Recomputed nightly from the GitHub API. How the score is calculated.
Health over time
- Commit activity 35.0 / 35
469 commits in 90 days (30+ scores full marks)
- Release recency 25.0 / 25
v3.7.0 released 1 month ago
- Stars biggest shortfall 14.3 / 20
3.7k 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
- 469
- Last 90 days
- 1,232
- Last 12 months
- yesterday
- Last push
Ranked #3 of 8 tools in Video Surveillance by health , between motionEye (#2) and Zoneminder (#4) .
Details
| Licence | MIT |
| Platforms | Docker |
| Latest release | v3.7.0 · 1 month ago |
| Stars | 3,673 |
| Open issues | 43 |
| Docker | Yes |
| Repository | roflcoopter/viseron ↗ |
Viseron vs its top 5 alternatives
Active tools that share a comparison page or a category with Viseron (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 (this tool) | 94 | 3.7k | MIT | yesterday |
| Zoneminder | 85 | 6k | GPL-2.0 | yesterday |
| Bluecherry | 72 | 276 | GPL-2.0 | 16 days ago |
| Strix | 64 | 925 | MIT | 2 months ago |
Viseron: common questions
What does Viseron replace?
Repoly lists Viseron as an open-source alternative to Ring. Each comparison page ranks every alternative by the same health score, so you can see where Viseron stands against the others.
Is Viseron still maintained?
Viseron had 469 commits in the last 90 days and its last push was yesterday; the latest tagged release, v3.7.0, is from 1 month ago. Repoly recomputes this nightly.
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