Webcam Motion Detector Alternatives

Webcam Motion Detector is described as 'Motion detection and webcam monitoring. Video surveillance with multiple IP cameras and video capture devices. For each video frame, if motion is detected, the Alarm event occurs, that returns a global motion ratio, depending of the number of cells in which motion has been' and is an app in the video & movies category. There are more than 25 alternatives to Webcam Motion Detector for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Android, Linux, iPhone and iPad apps. The best Webcam Motion Detector alternative is ZoneMinder, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Webcam Motion Detector are Yawcam, AtHome Video Streamer, MotionEye and Blue Iris.

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  1. ZoneMinder icon
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    ZoneMinder is a free video camera security application suite, designed for low cost DIY video security including commercial or home CCTV, theft prevention and child or family member monitoring including nanny cam applications.

    51 ZoneMinder alternatives

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  2. Yawcam icon
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    Yawcam stands for Yet Another Webcam software & that's exactly what it is. More precisely Yawcam is a webcam software for windows written in Java. The main ideas for Yawcam are to keep it simple and easy to use, but to include all the usual features.

    67 Yawcam alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Java
     
  3. AtHome Video Streamer instantly turns your computer or smart devices into a video surveillance camera. Paired with the AtHome Camera app installed on other smartphones or Windows computers, you can access and control the security camera anywhere anytime.

    28 AtHome Video Streamer alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
     
  4. MotionEye icon
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    motionEye is a web frontend for the motion daemon, written in Python.

    45 MotionEye alternatives

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
    • Raspberry Pi OS
    • Raspberry Pi
     
  5. Blue Iris icon
     13 likes

    Video camera software suite that supports up to 64 cameras, livestreaming, and video/image capture.

    47 Blue Iris alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Android
    • iPhone
     
  6. Motion icon
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    Motion is a program that monitors the video signal from one or more cameras and is able to detect if a significant part of the picture has changed; in other words, it can detect motion.

    20 Motion alternatives

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  7. Contacam icon
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    This Free Video Surveillance and Live Webcam software for Windows is extremely easy on system resources, and does not contain unnecessary bloat. It is fast, light, and versatile enough to meet all your security needs while still being very user friendly and able to run on even...

    37 Contacam alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  8. motionEyeOS icon
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    motionEyeOS is a Linux distribution that turns a single-board computer into a video surveillance system. The OS is based on BuildRoot and uses motion as a backend and motionEye for the frontend.

    57 motionEyeOS alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Banana Pi
    • Raspberry Pi
    • Orange Pi
    • Odroid
     
  9. Ivideon icon
     5 likes

    Remote webcam/security monitoring free.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Online
    • Android
    • Chrome OS
    • Android Tablet
     
  10. Sighthound Video detects people and moving objects in video streams for security and monitoring purposes. It runs on a PC or Mac, and uses off-the-shelf USB webcams or network (IP) cameras.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
     
  11. AMcap icon
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    AMCap is a small yet fully functional video capture and preview application compatible with Microsoft DirectShow (formerly ActiveMovie, hence the name). It is based on the sample AMCap source code from the Microsoft DirectX 9...

    45 AMcap alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  12. Kerberos.IO icon
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    Kerberos.io is a low-budget video surveillance solution, that uses computer vision algorithms to detect changes, and that can trigger other devices.

    46 Kerberos.IO alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Chrome OS
    • BSD
    • Self-Hosted
    • Raspbian
    • Raspberry Pi
    • Docker
     
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