Frigate NVR
Open-source NVR with real-time AI object detection and a built-in web UI.
Frigate is a complete, open-source network video recorder (NVR) built around real-time AI object detection. It ingests your IP camera RTSP streams, runs local object detection to tell people, cars, animals and other objects apart from motion, and records only what matters, all on your own hardware with no cloud dependency.
Key features
- Real-time local AI object detection (person, car, animal and many more) so you record events, not noise
- Multi-camera NVR: continuous and event recording, snapshots, and a timeline review UI
- Built-in web UI on port 5000 and an authenticated UI plus JSON API on port 8971
- go2rtc integration for low-latency live view and camera restreaming
- MQTT and Home Assistant integration for automations (optional, off by default)
- Runs the detector on the CPU out of the box; attach a Google Coral or an Nvidia/Intel GPU for many more cameras
Use cases
- Self-hosted home or business video surveillance with private, local AI detection
- Edge NVR close to your cameras to keep bandwidth and latency low
- Event-based recording and review without a monthly cloud camera subscription
Why run it on the NetActuate edge Deploy Frigate into NetActuate PoPs near your cameras to keep camera bandwidth on-net and recordings under your control. The appliance boots straight to the web UI with a CPU detector and no cameras, so you can log in and add cameras immediately. Recordings and configuration persist on the instance disk.
Upstream project: Frigate by Blake Blackshear and contributors, https://frigate.video (MIT license, free, no key). This appliance packages the unmodified official public Frigate container release 0.17.2 on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS. Frigate is a project of its upstream authors; NetActuate packages and distributes it under the MIT license and is not affiliated with or endorsed by the upstream project.
Frequently asked questions
How do I deploy Frigate NVR on NetActuate?
Use the Deploy on NetActuate button to talk to our team. We provision Frigate NVR on a NetActuate virtual machine in the point of presence you choose, close to your audience. Each deployment runs in the single location you select.
What does it cost to run Frigate NVR?
Frigate NVR is open-source software and free to run on the marketplace - you pay only for the NetActuate compute (virtual-machine size and location) it runs on, at standard rates. There are no usage-based software fees.
Where can Frigate NVR run?
Frigate NVR can be deployed in any of NetActuate's 45+ points of presence across every continent, so you can place ingest, transcode, delivery and caching close to your contributors and viewers.
Who supports Frigate NVR?
NetActuate operates and supports the underlying infrastructure - the virtual machine, network and edge platform. The application itself is supported by its vendor, Open Source.
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