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Motion-UI vs Bluecherry: catalog facts
Motion-UI	Bluecherry
Best for: Home users who want a self-hosted camera recorder without a cloud subscription	Best for: Running your own CCTV recorder for mixed IP and analog cameras on Linux
Free Free and open source under the GPL-3.0 licence.	Free The server application source is free under the GPL-2.0 licence.
Android, Web, Self-hosted	Linux, Self-hosted
Live camera view with sound Records on motion detection All 4 strengths for Motion-UI Live camera view with sound Records on motion detection Scheduled automatic start of detection Docker deployment and an Android companion app	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
Depends on the motion program for detection Requires running your own server	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
Downloadable app, Self-hosted	Self-hosted
Open source	Open source
License: GPL-3.0	License: GPL-2.0
Not stated if an account is needed	Not stated if an account is needed
Not stated if it works offline	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Sources for Motion-UI github.com/lbr38/motion-UI f-droid.org/packages/app.motionui.android Catalog checked October 2, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Sources for Bluecherry github.com/bluecherrydvr/bluecherry-apps Catalog checked October 2, 2026

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