head to head · open source
frigate vs mini-graph-card
frigate has 37,405 GitHub stars, 3,819 forks, 95 open issues and last shipped yesterday. mini-graph-card has 3,914 stars, 278 forks, 137 open issues and last shipped 2 days ago. frigate leads on adoption by 856% (37,405 vs 3,914 stars). frigate is written in Python under MIT; mini-graph-card is written in JavaScript under MIT. frigate has attracted 10% as many forks as stars, mini-graph-card 7%. frigate was the more recently maintained of the two, and both are self-hostable with no licence fee. The two share 1 topic tag (home-assistant), so they are genuine substitutes rather than adjacent tools.
Two open source projects, one decision. Both are free and self-hostable — the differences are community size, license terms, language stack and release pace.
← all 20902 open source comparisons
Side by side
| frigate | mini-graph-card | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 37K | ★ 3.9K |
| License | MIT | MIT |
| Written in | Python | JavaScript |
| Last push | 2026-11-11 | 2026-11-10 |
| Forks | ⑂ 3.8K | ⑂ 278 |
| Self-hosting | Yes | Yes |
| Data ownership | Your server | Your server |
pick frigate if
- You weight community size — 37K stars and counting
- You want the MIT license terms
- Your stack matches Python
- You value the larger contributor base for long-term maintenance
pick mini-graph-card if
- You want the mini-graph-card feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the MIT license terms
- Your stack matches JavaScript
- You evaluated both and mini-graph-card fits your workflow better
About frigate
Frigate NVR™ Realtime Object Detection for IP Cameras \[English\] 简体中文 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 is highly recommended. AI accelerators will outperform even the best CPUs with very little overhead. See Frigate's supported object detectors. Tight integration with Home Assistant via a custom component Designed to minimize resource use and maximize performance by only looking for objects when and where it is necessary Leverages multiprocessing…
read the full frigate overview →
About mini-graph-card
Lovelace Mini Graph Card A minimalistic and customizable graph card for Home Assistant Lovelace UI. The card works with entities from within the sensor & binary sensor domain and displays the sensors current state as well as a line graph representation of the history. Install HACS (recommended) This card is available in HACS (Home Assistant Community Store). HACS is a third party community store and is not included in Home Assistant out of the box. Manual install 1. Download and copy mini graph card bundle.js from the latest release into your config/www directory. 2. Add the resource reference as decribed below…
read the full mini-graph-card overview →
More in Miscellaneous
Related comparisons
More Internet of Things (IoT) projects
Compare either of these against the rest of the Internet of Things (IoT) field.
Frequently asked questions
Is frigate or mini-graph-card more popular?
frigate has 37,405 GitHub stars and mini-graph-card has 3,914. frigate has the larger community by that measure.
Are frigate and mini-graph-card free?
Both are open source. frigate is licensed under MIT and mini-graph-card under MIT. Neither carries a licence fee.
What is the difference between frigate and mini-graph-card?
frigate is written in Python and mini-graph-card in JavaScript. The practical differences are community size, licence terms, language stack and release cadence — all compared in the table above.
Which should I choose, frigate or mini-graph-card?
Choose frigate if you want the larger community (37,405 stars) or its MIT licence terms. Choose mini-graph-card if its feature set, stack or MIT licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.