Sure, Blue Iris is awesome.

But have you considered these open source alternatives?

They are free, self-hostable and community-driven.

Check by yourself: Frigate  Frigate .

  1. So is Frigate Frigate

    NVR with realtime local object detection for IP cameras

    ★ 22.8K NVR Video License: MIT

    A complete and local NVR designed for Home Assistant with AI object detection. Uses OpenCV and Tensorflow to perform realtime object detection locally for IP cameras.

    Use of a GPU or AI accelerator such as a Google Coral or Hailo is highly recommended. AI accelerators will outperform even the best CPUs with very little overhead.