Viseron
Self-hosted, local-only NVR and AI Computer Vision software. With features such as object detection, motion detection, face recognition and more, it gives you the power to keep an eye on your home, office or any other place you want to monitor.
Actively maintained with regular releases.
Commit activity more than 79% of tracked projects; popularity more than 60%. How this is calculated.
Commits, last 11 months
| Stars | 3.6k |
|---|---|
| Latest release | v3.7.0 · 17 Sept 2026 |
| Repo updated | 24 Sept 2026 |
| Licence | MIT |
| Built with | Docker |
Is Viseron actively maintained?
Development is ongoing. The repository recorded 1002 commits over the same window, and the last three months alone account for 268 of them.
The most recent tagged release, v3.7.0, shipped within the last month — a current, installable version exists today.
Viseron ranks #3 of 8 in Video Surveillance, placing it mid-table for maintenance activity.
What Viseron actually does
Viseron is a self-hosted network video recorder and computer vision system designed to run entirely locally. It processes video feeds to handle tasks such as motion and object detection without relying on external cloud services.
Best fit: Home labs and privacy-conscious users wanting local-only video surveillance with AI detection capabilities running on their own infrastructure.
Worth knowing: Running local computer vision models requires significant processing resources, and setup may involve tuning detection parameters to avoid false positives.
Deployment notes
As a containerised application, deployment typically requires configuring persistent storage volumes for camera footage and adequate hardware passthrough for video decoding.
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