motionEye vs Zoneminder
Both are self-hosted video surveillance projects. This page compares how well each one is actually maintained — the part you cannot see from a feature list.
| motionEye | Zoneminder | |
|---|---|---|
| Health score | 72/100 | 84/100 |
| Commits (11 mo) | 369 | 3107 |
| Commits (last 3 mo) | 57 | 799 |
| Stars | 4.7k | 5.9k |
| Latest release | 20 Jun 2026 | 11 Aug 2026 |
| Licence | GPL-3.0 | GPL-2.0 |
| Built with | Python, Docker | PHP, deb |
| Typical RAM | 1 GB | 1 GB |
motionEye
Online interface for the software Motion, a video surveillance program with motion detection.
Actively maintained with regular releases.
Commit activity more than 57% of tracked projects; popularity more than 65%. How this is calculated.
Commits, last 11 months
Zoneminder
Closed-circuit television (CCTV) software application which supports IP, USB and Analog cameras.
High commit volume, frequent releases and growing activity.
Commit activity more than 94% of tracked projects; popularity more than 70%. How this is calculated.
Commits, last 11 months
How to read this
Everything above is measured, not opinion: commit counts and release dates come from the public repositories, and the health score ranks each project against all 1352 projects we track. Read the full method.
What this comparison deliberately does not do is tell you which has the better feature set. Maintenance health tells you which project will still be receiving security fixes in two years. Decide that first, then compare features on the projects that survive the filter.
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