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Shinobi vs motionEye
August 20, 2025 | Author: Michael Stromann
9★
Shinobi is Open Source, written in Node.js, and real easy to use. It is the future of CCTV and NVR for developers and end-users alike. It is catered to by professionals and most importantly by the one who created it.
7★
motionEye is a web-based frontend for Motion - highly configurable program that monitors video signals from many types of cameras and depending upon how they are configured, perform actions when movement is detected.
Shinobi and motionEye are both open‑source video surveillance software. They are designed to work with RTSP/IP cameras and local cameras, support automatic motion detection and recording when triggered, have a web interface for managing and viewing video streams. Both products are suitable for running on edge equipment - single-board computers.
But Shinobi (developed in 2016) has a more modern and user-friendly interface, the setup of which usually takes a few minutes. The system supports processing a large number of video streams and integration with S3 storage, uses WebSocket for real-time events, but may require a GPU for optimal performance.
motionEye is actually a web-frontend (add-on) for the Linux NVR platform Motion (which has been developed since 2000). Together with this back-end part, motionEye provides a more flexible system for creating any video surveillance system. This is a lighter and more efficient NVR that is better suited for limited resources (there is even a ready-made firmware for Raspberry Pi - motionEyeOS)
See also: Top 10 Video Surveillance Systems
But Shinobi (developed in 2016) has a more modern and user-friendly interface, the setup of which usually takes a few minutes. The system supports processing a large number of video streams and integration with S3 storage, uses WebSocket for real-time events, but may require a GPU for optimal performance.
motionEye is actually a web-frontend (add-on) for the Linux NVR platform Motion (which has been developed since 2000). Together with this back-end part, motionEye provides a more flexible system for creating any video surveillance system. This is a lighter and more efficient NVR that is better suited for limited resources (there is even a ready-made firmware for Raspberry Pi - motionEyeOS)
See also: Top 10 Video Surveillance Systems
