Frigate

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Frigate is ranked #3 of 23 in AI video analytics software on Inferse. It runs on API, Linux, Self-hosted, Web. There is a free plan. Paid plans start at $4.17/mo.

Compared on AI video analytics software

Free plan: Yesfrigate.video
Real-time alerts: Yesfrigate.video
Object detection: Yesfrigate.video
Behavior and event detection: Yesfrigate.video
Deployment model: edgefrigate.video
Industry templates: Yesfrigate.video

Facts

Purpose: Frigate is an open source NVR for IP cameras that performs real-time AI object detection locally on the user’s hardware.frigate.video · 29 Sept 2026
Privacy: The maker says all processing is local and camera feeds never leave the home.frigate.video · 29 Sept 2026
False positives: With a supported AI accelerator, Frigate uses object detection to distinguish objects such as people and cars from motion.frigate.video · 29 Sept 2026
Detection speed: The site says Frigate can run 100+ object detections per second with a supported AI accelerator.frigate.video · 29 Sept 2026
Zones: Frigate tracks objects in real time and lets users refine notifications based on precise locations.frigate.video · 29 Sept 2026
Integrations: The maker lists Home Assistant, OpenHab, NodeRed and systems with MQTT support as integrations.frigate.video · 29 Sept 2026
Installation: Frigate runs as a Docker container on Docker hosts, including as a Home Assistant App.docs.frigate.video · 29 Sept 2026
Recommended setup: The documentation recommends Docker Compose and says Frigate runs best with Docker on bare-metal Debian-based distributions.docs.frigate.video · 29 Sept 2026
Windows support: Windows is not officially supported, though the documentation says some users have run Frigate under WSL or VirtualBox.docs.frigate.video · 29 Sept 2026
Recording: Frigate records video with retention settings based on detected objects and supports 24/7 recording.github.com · 29 Sept 2026
Home Assistant integration: The integration provides camera, image, sensor, switch and binary sensor entities, plus browsing for snapshots and recordings.docs.frigate.video · 29 Sept 2026
API: Frigate provides an HTTP API with endpoints covering areas including cameras, classification, events, media and recordings.docs.frigate.video · 29 Sept 2026
Authentication: Frigate stores user information in its database and hashes passwords with PBKDF2-SHA256 using 600,000 iterations.docs.frigate.video · 29 Sept 2026
Security limit: The documentation says Frigate does not implement OIDC, SAML or LDAP natively and can use upstream authentication proxies for those protocols.docs.frigate.video · 29 Sept 2026
Frigate+ limit: Frigate+ model training supports only specific labels and does not yet allow custom labels.frigate.video · 29 Sept 2026