Zoneminder
Zoneminder is an open-source, self-hosted app in the Video Surveillance category, licensed GPL-2.0 and written mainly in PHP. It is a self-hosted alternative to Ring. It has 5,964 GitHub stars and its last commit was on Oct 26, 2026 (data as of Oct 26, 2026).
GitHub stats
- GitHub stars
- 5,964
- Forks
- 1,311
- Open issues
- 105
- Commits, last 12 months
- 3,693
- Last commit
- Oct 26, 2026
- Latest release
- 1.38.6Oct 5, 2026
- Created
- Apr 12, 2013
- License
- GPL-2.0Open source
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Project health
ActiveActive: last commit Oct 26, 2026, 3,693 commits in 12 months.
- Regular releases8 releases in 12 months
- Security policyPublishes a security policy on GitHub
| Last commit | Oct 26, 2026 |
|---|---|
| Commits, last 12 months | 3,693 |
| Latest release | 1.38.6 (Oct 5, 2026) |
| Releases, last 12 months | 8 |
| Releases, all time | 99 |
| Open issues | 105 |
| Open pull requests | 32 |
| Good first issues | 0 |
| Contributing guide | Yes |
| Security policy | Yes |
| Created | Apr 12, 2013 |
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About Zoneminder
Closed-circuit television (CCTV) software application which supports IP, USB and Analog cameras.
Description adapted from awesome-selfhosted (CC BY-SA 3.0). Source code: github.com/ZoneMinder/zoneminder.
Topics
- zoneminder
- cctv
- video
- vms
- h264
- h265
- scalable
- distributed
- zmninja
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Is Zoneminder free and open source?
Yes. Zoneminder is open-source software released under the GPL-2.0 license, so you can self-host it at no cost. You only pay for the server it runs on, and some projects also offer an optional paid cloud plan.
Can I run Zoneminder with Docker?
Zoneminder does not list an official Docker image. It installs natively (PHP and deb), so follow the install steps in its README or look for a community-maintained container.
What are the best alternatives to Zoneminder?
Popular self-hosted alternatives to Zoneminder include Frigate, Scrypted and motionEye. Zoneminder itself is a self-hosted alternative to Ring.
Is Zoneminder actively maintained?
The most recent commit to Zoneminder was on Oct 26, 2026 with 3,693 commits in the past twelve months. The latest release is 1.38.6, published Oct 5, 2026. It had 105 open issues on GitHub. appsgit's project-health label for it is "Active" as of Oct 26, 2026.