Zoneminder
Closed-circuit television (CCTV) software application which supports IP, USB and Analog cameras.
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Still maintained? Yes: 885 commits in the last 90 days, latest release 1.38.6 (Oct 2026).
Also an alternative to Ring.
At a glance
Zoneminder quick facts
- Health score
- 85/100 GOOD
- Stars
- 5,973
- Last commit
- yesterday (Oct 2026)
- Latest release
- 1.38.6, Oct 2026
- Licence
- GPL-2.0
Top alternatives to Zoneminder
Full rankings: Ring alternatives
In its own words
The project's README opens: "ZoneMinder is an integrated set of applications which provide a complete surveillance solution allowing capture, analysis, recording and monitoring of any CCTV or security cameras attached to a Linux based machine. It is designed to run on distributions which support the Video For Linux (V4L) interface and has been tested with video cameras attached to BTTV cards, various USB cameras and also supports most IP network cameras."
Why it ranks here
Health score explained
Zoneminder scores 85/100, #4 of 8 in Video Surveillance: 885 commits in the last 90 days earn 35.0 of 35 points, the latest release (1.38.6, 25 days ago) earns 25.0 of 25, 5,973 stars add 15.1 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 Docker support, worth 10.0 more points.
Recomputed nightly from the GitHub API. How the score is calculated.
- Commit activity 35.0 / 35
885 commits in 90 days (30+ scores full marks)
- Release recency 25.0 / 25
1.38.6 released 25 days ago
- Stars 15.1 / 20
6k stars on GitHub (logarithmic)
- Not archived 10.0 / 10
Repository is active
- Docker support biggest shortfall 0.0 / 10
No Docker support advertised
Commit activity
- 885
- Last 90 days
- 3,653
- Last 12 months
- yesterday
- Last push
Ranked #4 of 8 tools in Video Surveillance by health , between Viseron (#3) and Bluecherry (#5) .
Details
| Licence | GPL-2.0 |
| Platforms | PHP, deb |
| Latest release | 1.38.6 · 25 days ago |
| Stars | 5,973 |
| Open issues | 109 |
| Docker | Not advertised |
| Repository | ZoneMinder/ZoneMinder ↗ |
Zoneminder vs its top 5 alternatives
Active tools that share a comparison page or a category with Zoneminder (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 (this tool) | 85 | 6k | GPL-2.0 | yesterday |
| Bluecherry | 72 | 276 | GPL-2.0 | 16 days ago |
| Strix | 64 | 925 | MIT | 2 months ago |
Zoneminder: common questions
What does Zoneminder replace?
Repoly lists Zoneminder as an open-source alternative to Ring. Each comparison page ranks every alternative by the same health score, so you can see where Zoneminder stands against the others.
Is Zoneminder still maintained?
Zoneminder had 885 commits in the last 90 days and its last push was yesterday; the latest tagged release, 1.38.6, is from 25 days ago. Repoly recomputes this nightly.