Alternatives to Scrypted
Connect cameras and smart-home video systems through a plugin-based server. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.
The original
Scrypted
Connect cameras and smart-home video systems through a plugin-based server.
Replacements
Listings that take over the same core job as Scrypted.
Frigate
Record IP cameras and detect objects locally on your own server.
Frigate is MIT-licensed and records IP cameras with local object detection on your server, integrating with Home Assistant, while Scrypted focuses on bridging camera streams to platforms.
Homebridge
A self-hosted server that adds Apple HomeKit support to smart home devices that lack it.
Homebridge is an open-source self-hosted server that brings non-HomeKit devices, including cameras, into Apple Home, but it only works within HomeKit.
Similar software
Related functionality, not a direct replacement.
Home Assistant
A home automation server that talks to smart devices on your own network instead of through their clouds.
Apple Home
Apple's Home app for pairing and controlling HomeKit smart home accessories across Apple devices.
Google Home
Google's app for connecting, controlling and automating smart home devices, with a web version and Gemini voice assistant.
openHAB
Automate home devices from different manufacturers through one local server.
