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Viseron vs Motion-UI: catalog facts
Viseron	Motion-UI

Best for: Home camera setups that want AI detection without sending video to a cloud	Best for: Home users who want a self-hosted camera recorder without a cloud subscription
Free Free and open source under the MIT licence, with optional sponsorship.	Free Free and open source under the GPL-3.0 licence.
Self-hosted	Android, Web, Self-hosted
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	Live camera view with sound Records on motion detection Scheduled automatic start of detection Docker deployment and an Android companion app
Configuration is YAML-based, which takes some learning Docker is the expected way to run it	Depends on the motion program for detection Requires running your own server
Self-hosted	Downloadable app, Self-hosted
Open source	Open source
License: MIT	License: GPL-3.0
Not stated if an account is needed	Not stated if an account is needed
Offline features available	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Sources for Viseron viseron.netlify.app github.com/roflcoopter/viseron Catalog checked October 2, 2026	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

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