Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (MIT)
Platforms
- Linux
- Self-Hosted
zmNinja is described as 'Awesome home security app that works along with ZoneMinder.Various studies have shown its approximately 73% better than warm butter on toast. zmNinja is not backed by a big corporation. It's just one dude, doing things at 2AM in the morning and then at 10PM at' and is an app. There are nine alternatives to zmNinja for a variety of platforms, including Android, iPhone, Self-Hosted, Android Tablet and iPad apps. The best zmNinja alternative is CameraUi, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like zmNinja are Yawcam, Blue Iris, Shinobi and tinyCam Monitor.
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.




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




Shinobi is an Open Source CCTV software written in Node.JS. Streams are img tags, but not MJPEG. Images are transferred through WebSocket. Files are saved in WebM videos, not JPEGs.




tinyCam Monitor is an Android app for remote surveillance/control for your private or public network/IP cameras, video encoders, DVRs, and webcams.




With UniFi Protect you can configure your Protect devices, watch live camera streams and recordings, download footage, create recording schedules, customize detection-specific notifications, and much more!.




AI Cam is an iOS application that turns an unused phone into a security camera. It has AI event detection for person, face, animal and smart alerts. AI Cam is privacy-first in that the smart functionality runs offline. No footage is sent to server.



An ultra-lightweight, open-source SaaS streaming platform designed to repurpose old laptops, smartphones, and local webcams into an enterprise-ready security network via LiveKit WebRTC and HLS.


Add AI based person detection, smartthings integration, Alexa notification and many more features to your existing cameras. Make use of your old android phone/tablet. No cloud, fees or privacy scare.


