# home-screens vs motionEye

> Two self-hosted projects, compared on the numbers selfhost.directory tracks live: score, popularity, release cadence and setup effort.

| | home-screens | motionEye |
|---|---|---|
| Score | 50/100 | 65/100 ✓ |
| Rank in category | #63 of 104 in Home Automation | #4 of 24 in Video Surveillance |
| GitHub stars | 94 | 4 721 ✓ |
| Stars, last 30 days | +25 | +36 ✓ |
| Stable releases, 12 months | 9 ✓ | 6 |
| Latest release | v1.14.0 · 25 Oct 2026 ✓ | 0.44.0 · 21 Jun 2026 |
| Setup | Moderate | Easy ✓ |
| Official Docker image | No | No |
| License | MIT | GPL-3.0 |
| Main language | Typescript | Python |

## Which one should you pick?

motionEye scores 65/100 against 50/100 for home-screens, so it is the safer default.

home-screens ships more often: 9 stable releases in the past year, against 6 for motionEye.

If you want the quickest setup, motionEye is easier to run; home-screens needs more configuration.

## Details

- [home-screens](https://selfhost.directory/project/home-screens) (markdown: https://selfhost.directory/project/home-screens.md)
- [motionEye](https://selfhost.directory/project/motioneye) (markdown: https://selfhost.directory/project/motioneye.md)

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Source: https://selfhost.directory/compare/home-screens-vs-motioneye