Recent Free, Open-Source NVR Solutions

Network Video Recorders, or NVRs, are used in conjunction with IP cameras. Among the free, open-source systems of such kinds, ZoneMinder (its entry on Wikipedia), which runs on various flavors of Linux, but not on Windows, has been well known. I also knew about iSpy, which runs on Windows only.

There’s a new kid in the block: Shinobi is a node.js based system, and thus runs on Windows, Linux and Mac OS. They claim it stacks well against ZoneMinder.

Others:

• “Top best free/paid video management software for IP cameras” lists more.
• Motion (surveillance software) is basically a motion-detection utility that is available on OpenWrt. MotionEye is a Web frontend to Motion, which is written in Python and runs on Linux.
• “What Is the State of Linux Security DVR Software? – Slashdot” — a pre-2010 discussion, very probably outdated for the most part.

This article is a byproduct of my research into IP cameras from WyzeLabs.