Frigate vs Tasmota
Frigate and Tasmota are both home automation software. Frigate is open source under MIT, with 37k GitHub stars. Tasmota is open source under GPL-3.0, with 25k GitHub stars.
Which to pick
- Pick Frigate when
- You run your own cameras and want local AI detection instead of a cloud camera service.
- Pick Tasmota when
- You want cloud-free control of cheap Wi-Fi smart devices and can flash firmware.
Side by side
A network video recorder for IP cameras that runs real-time object detection locally, recording and alerting on people, cars and other objects, with Home Assistant integration.
Alternative firmware for ESP8266 and ESP32 smart plugs, switches and sensors that gives local control through a web UI, MQTT, HTTP and rules.
Needs a GPU or AI accelerator for good performance, and configuration is YAML-heavy.
Many newer commercial devices are hard to flash, and flashing voids warranties.
Production-ready (both)
Self-hosted server (both)
Python, TypeScript, TensorFlow and OpenCV
C, C++ and Berry
Open source, MIT (permissive)
Open source, GPL-3.0 (strong copyleft)
You can build it into a product you sell, as long as you keep its copyright notice.
Use inside your business is unrestricted, but anything you distribute that includes it must be released under the same license.
37k GitHub stars
25k GitHub stars
Established: started 7 years ago, latest release v0.18.2.
Established: started 9 years ago, latest release v16.0.0.
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Both sides were judged on 2026-11-03 from each project's README and GitHub data. License, age and popularity lines are worked out directly.