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Motion-UI vs Viseron: catalog facts
Motion-UI	Viseron
Best for: Home users who want a self-hosted camera recorder without a cloud subscription	Best for: Home camera setups that want AI detection without sending video to a cloud
Free Free and open source under the GPL-3.0 licence.	Free Free and open source under the MIT licence, with optional sponsorship.
Android, Web, Self-hosted	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	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
Depends on the motion program for detection Requires running your own server	Configuration is YAML-based, which takes some learning Docker is the expected way to run it
Downloadable app, Self-hosted	Self-hosted
Open source	Open source
License: GPL-3.0	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 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 Viseron viseron.netlify.app github.com/roflcoopter/viseron Catalog checked October 2, 2026

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