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Bluecherry vs Viseron: catalog facts
Bluecherry	Viseron
Best for: Running your own CCTV recorder for mixed IP and analog cameras on Linux	Best for: Home camera setups that want AI detection without sending video to a cloud
Free The server application source is free under the GPL-2.0 licence.	Free Free and open source under the MIT licence, with optional sponsorship.
Linux, Self-hosted	Self-hosted
Supports both IP and analog cameras Packaging for Debian and RPM based distributions All 3 strengths for Bluecherry Supports both IP and analog cameras Packaging for Debian and RPM based distributions Actively maintained with frequent commits	Object, face and license plate recognition run locally Camera agnostic with ONVIF control All 4 strengths for Viseron Object, face and license plate recognition run locally Camera agnostic with ONVIF control GPU, NPU and TPU acceleration Configuration editor built into the web interface
Linux only on the server side Building from source requires the project's custom scripts All 3 limitations for Bluecherry Linux only on the server side Building from source requires the project's custom scripts Depends on MySQL and PHP	Configuration is YAML-based, which takes some learning Docker is the expected way to run it
Self-hosted	Self-hosted
Open source	Open source
License: GPL-2.0	License: MIT
Not stated if an account is needed	Not stated if an account is needed
Not stated if it works offline	Offline features available
Official website Full listing and sources Sources for Bluecherry github.com/bluecherrydvr/bluecherry-apps Catalog checked October 2, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Sources for Viseron viseron.netlify.app github.com/roflcoopter/viseron Catalog checked October 2, 2026

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