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ZoneMinder vs Viseron: catalog facts
ZoneMinder	Viseron
Best for: A mature self-hosted CCTV recorder on a Linux server	Best for: Home camera setups that want AI detection without sending video to a cloud
Free Free and open source under the GPL-2.0 licence.	Free Free and open source under the MIT licence, with optional sponsorship.
Linux, Self-hosted	Self-hosted
Supports IP, USB and analog cameras Packaged in many Linux distribution repositories All 4 strengths for ZoneMinder Supports IP, USB and analog cameras Packaged in many Linux distribution repositories Mature project with a large community Motion analysis and recording in one system	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 Setup and tuning take more effort than newer Docker-first systems	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 ZoneMinder zoneminder.com github.com/ZoneMinder/zoneminder 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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