{"slug": "frigate", "name": "Frigate", "category": "selfhosted", "category_name": "Self-hosted and home server", "description": "", "recommenders": 4, "commenters": 9, "warners": 0, "score": 4.895, "rising": -1.31, "first": "2026-02-13", "latest": "2026-08-17", "why": "", "why_is_quote": false, "has_verdict": false, "sentiment": {"recommend": 4, "neutral": 4, "compare": 1, "warn": 0}, "spark": [0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 2, 1, 0, 0, 0], "listed": true, "loved": [], "caveat": "", "short_quote": "", "icon": true, "domain": "frigate.video", "github_repo": null, "official_url": "https://frigate.video", "pricing": "", "aliases": ["Frigate"], "verdict": null, "praise": [{"label": "", "summary": "", "quotes": [{"id": 783884176, "item_id": 48992761, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48992761", "by": "taylor-tg", "date": "2026-07-21", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I use them paired with Frigate", "excerpt": "I've had really great success with the TP-Link Tapo cameras. I have a number of their models, and they're all rock solid. Both in build, and image quality. What drew me to them is that they have RTSP (and ONVIF for their PTZ models) built in, so you're not beholden to their app. I use them paired with Frigate, but they also all include an SD card slot for local recording. They have on-camera detection for people, pet", "context": "runs cameras on an IoT VLAN", "use_case": "NVR for IP cameras", "switched_from": "", "story": "Motion Sensors and Home Security Gadgets Without Cameras"}, {"id": 777767552, "item_id": 48610472, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48610472", "by": "nirav72", "date": "2026-06-20", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "i\u2019ve been running frigate for couple years", "excerpt": "How many cameras do you have on your frigate instance? i\u2019ve been running frigate for couple years and seemed to have hit a limit of 6 cameras. 3 of them are wireless and 3 are connected to Ethernet. Mainly adding any more seems to adversely impact detection. I suspect it was maybe because the coral TPU board was hitting its limits. So I recently switched to intel arc a380 for inference. I\u2019m going to add more cameras ", "context": "runs 6 cameras at home", "use_case": "camera NVR with object detection", "switched_from": "", "story": "Ubiquiti: Enterprise NAS, Built on ZFS"}, {"id": 777553264, "item_id": 48597079, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48597079", "by": "Fnoord", "date": "2026-06-19", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "think Frigate plus reverse proxy", "excerpt": "You already got a good reply, but I can maybe add n+1 and some details: It works similar, but requires some effort to get working (if you already self-host its peanuts think Frigate plus reverse proxy and I also use Wireguard to have it available from outside). My home connection is fiber 1 gbit, but with DSL (only 30 mbit upload) it worked fine, too. Since I want to decrease my reliance on US cloud, I like to self-h", "context": "self-hosts, wants less reliance on US cloud", "use_case": "self-hosted camera/doorbell recording", "switched_from": "", "story": "Ubiquiti: Enterprise NAS, Built on ZFS"}, {"id": 752068448, "item_id": 47004278, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47004278", "by": "yabones", "date": "2026-02-13", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "Frigate is very good", "excerpt": "Frigate is very good: https://frigate.video/ Personally, I use Zoneminder: https://zoneminder.com/ Zoneminder is very \"janky\" but predictable. I set mine up about three years ago, and it's been nice and boring since: https://nbailey.ca/post/nvr", "context": "", "use_case": "local NVR for cameras", "switched_from": "", "story": "Ring owners are returning their cameras"}]}], "caveats": [], "who": [{"by": "taylor-tg", "context": "runs cameras on an IoT VLAN", "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48992761", "date": "2026-07-21"}, {"by": "nirav72", "context": "runs 6 cameras at home", "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48610472", "date": "2026-06-20"}, {"by": "Fnoord", "context": "self-hosts, wants less reliance on US cloud", "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48597079", "date": "2026-06-19"}, {"by": "acidburnNSA", "context": "homelab owner", "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47299376", "date": "2026-03-08"}], "tags": [], "use_cases": ["camera nvr", "cctv motion detection", "nvr for ip cameras", "camera nvr with object detection", "self-hosted camera/doorbell recording", "security camera nvr"], "compared": [{"slug": "home-assistant", "name": "Home Assistant", "co": 3, "switched_from": 0, "switched_to": 0}, {"slug": "wireguard", "name": "WireGuard", "co": 2, "switched_from": 0, "switched_to": 0}], "makers": [], "threads": [{"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48585866", "title": "Ubiquiti: Enterprise NAS, Built on ZFS", "mentions": 2}, {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49329575", "title": "GPT 5.6 Sol is the best \"vision\" model OpenAI ever released", "mentions": 1}, {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49059398", "title": "Show HN: CheapSecurity \u2013 Lightweight, Self-Hosted CCTV for Linux SBCs", "mentions": 1}, {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48965622", "title": "Motion Sensors and Home Security Gadgets Without Cameras", "mentions": 1}, {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48449187", "title": "Ask HN: What are tools you have made for yourself since the advent of AI", "mentions": 1}, {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47768451", "title": "Ask HN: What's your favorite security cam system?", "mentions": 1}], "sentiment_by_month": {"2025-11": {}, "2025-12": {}, "2026-01": {}, "2026-02": {"recommend": 1}, "2026-03": {"neutral": 1}, "2026-04": {"neutral": 1}, "2026-05": {}, "2026-06": {"neutral": 1, "recommend": 2}, "2026-07": {"recommend": 1, "compare": 1}, "2026-08": {"neutral": 1}, "2026-09": {}, "2026-10": {}}, "quotes": [{"id": 789323872, "item_id": 49332742, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49332742", "by": "eks391", "date": "2026-08-17", "stance": "neutral", "quote": "Plan is to run it through frigate into HomeAssistant", "excerpt": "I've been using Reolink for years and been very satisfied with it. The only quip is the default UI isn't very good. When changing that reaches the top of my priority list, I'll switch it since they don't force you into a walled garden. Plan is to run it through frigate into HomeAssistant and use a UI from them. I've never used frigate before though so it'll be a learning process if plug and play solutions aren't alre", "context": "", "use_case": "camera NVR", "switched_from": "", "story": "GPT 5.6 Sol is the best \"vision\" model OpenAI ever released"}, {"id": 784997136, "item_id": 49062321, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49062321", "by": "wolvoleo", "date": "2026-07-26", "stance": "compare", "quote": "Frigate is pretty cool if you need motion detection. If you don't it's a bit wasteful because it still keeps the whole decoding pipeline active.", "excerpt": "Frigate is pretty cool if you need motion detection. If you don't it's a bit wasteful because it still keeps the whole decoding pipeline active. I've switched to LightNVR that doesn't do that. I have enough alarm sensors (motion and door entry) so I don't need motion on the cams as well. I just record 24/7 for evidence keeping.", "context": "", "use_case": "CCTV motion detection", "switched_from": "", "story": "Show HN: CheapSecurity \u2013 Lightweight, Self-Hosted CCTV for Linux SBCs"}, {"id": 783884176, "item_id": 48992761, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48992761", "by": "taylor-tg", "date": "2026-07-21", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I use them paired with Frigate", "excerpt": "I've had really great success with the TP-Link Tapo cameras. I have a number of their models, and they're all rock solid. Both in build, and image quality. What drew me to them is that they have RTSP (and ONVIF for their PTZ models) built in, so you're not beholden to their app. I use them paired with Frigate, but they also all include an SD card slot for local recording. They have on-camera detection for people, pet", "context": "runs cameras on an IoT VLAN", "use_case": "NVR for IP cameras", "switched_from": "", "story": "Motion Sensors and Home Security Gadgets Without Cameras"}, {"id": 777767552, "item_id": 48610472, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48610472", "by": "nirav72", "date": "2026-06-20", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "i\u2019ve been running frigate for couple years", "excerpt": "How many cameras do you have on your frigate instance? i\u2019ve been running frigate for couple years and seemed to have hit a limit of 6 cameras. 3 of them are wireless and 3 are connected to Ethernet. Mainly adding any more seems to adversely impact detection. I suspect it was maybe because the coral TPU board was hitting its limits. So I recently switched to intel arc a380 for inference. I\u2019m going to add more cameras ", "context": "runs 6 cameras at home", "use_case": "camera NVR with object detection", "switched_from": "", "story": "Ubiquiti: Enterprise NAS, Built on ZFS"}, {"id": 777553264, "item_id": 48597079, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48597079", "by": "Fnoord", "date": "2026-06-19", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "think Frigate plus reverse proxy", "excerpt": "You already got a good reply, but I can maybe add n+1 and some details: It works similar, but requires some effort to get working (if you already self-host its peanuts think Frigate plus reverse proxy and I also use Wireguard to have it available from outside). My home connection is fiber 1 gbit, but with DSL (only 30 mbit upload) it worked fine, too. Since I want to decrease my reliance on US cloud, I like to self-h", "context": "self-hosts, wants less reliance on US cloud", "use_case": "self-hosted camera/doorbell recording", "switched_from": "", "story": "Ubiquiti: Enterprise NAS, Built on ZFS"}, {"id": 775668273, "item_id": 48479267, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48479267", "by": "bri3d", "date": "2026-06-10", "stance": "neutral", "quote": "previously I used the Frigate web UI over VPN to access my cameras", "excerpt": "I used the usual stack of HomeAssistant, Frigate, and a bazillion glue connectors to consolidate devices that were previously cloud apps on my phone. For example, previously I used the Frigate web UI over VPN to access my cameras, but I instead had Claude help set up go2rtc to push the video to HomeKit. I used the Eufy app for my doorbell, which I was instead able to integrate into HomeAssistant and then push to Home", "context": "", "use_case": "camera NVR", "switched_from": "", "story": "Ask HN: What are tools you have made for yourself since the advent of AI"}, {"id": 764337504, "item_id": 47771094, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47771094", "by": "RatchetWerks", "date": "2026-04-14", "stance": "neutral", "quote": "I previously used Frigate and VLANd reolinks.", "excerpt": "I\u2019ve landed on Ubiquiti NVR systems. I previously used Frigate and VLANd reolinks. Having a phone app to instantly view the cameras quickly (late at night) made the difference.", "context": "", "use_case": "security camera NVR", "switched_from": "", "story": "Ask HN: What's your favorite security cam system?"}, {"id": 756790026, "item_id": 47299376, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47299376", "by": "acidburnNSA", "date": "2026-03-08", "stance": "neutral", "quote": "Frigate as my NVR, recording from my security cams", "excerpt": "I have something like this, in the same case. I have beefier specs b/c I use it as a daily workstation in addition to running all my stuff. * nginx with letsencrypt wildcard so I have lots of subdomains * No tailscale, just pure wireguard between a few family houses and for remote access * Jellyfin for movies and TV, serving to my Samsung TV via the Tizen jellyfin app * Mopidy holding my music collection, serving to ", "context": "homelab owner", "use_case": "NVR with object detection", "switched_from": "", "story": "My Homelab Setup"}, {"id": 752068448, "item_id": 47004278, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47004278", "by": "yabones", "date": "2026-02-13", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "Frigate is very good", "excerpt": "Frigate is very good: https://frigate.video/ Personally, I use Zoneminder: https://zoneminder.com/ Zoneminder is very \"janky\" but predictable. I set mine up about three years ago, and it's been nice and boring since: https://nbailey.ca/post/nvr", "context": "", "use_case": "local NVR for cameras", "switched_from": "", "story": "Ring owners are returning their cameras"}]}