What is Bluecherry?
Bluecherry is a Debian / Ubuntu / CentOS based Linux video surveillance application that supports network (IP) cameras. The Bluecherry software has a low memory footprint, supports ONVIF, and issues GPU for motion detection. This means that a lower end server with a supported GPU (embedded Intel graphics for example) can support multiple streams with low CPU usage.
Bluecherry has both a web view for configuration and live viewing and a open source multi-operating system client (Linux, Windows, OSX). Bluecherry can easily be installed in a virtual machine for testing or deployment and upgraded via standard distribution upgrade methods (ie – no binary blobs to replace manually).
Features

Completely Open Source
As of April 20, 2019 Bluecherry has released the entire software suite as open source under the GPL licensing.
Quickly add network cameras
Quickly add ONVIF supported network cameras automatically with our network scan / detection tool
Cross platform client
Our open source client is available for Linux, Windows and OS X
Quick, easy installation
Copy and paste our repository links and install our software in seconds
User based roles and access
Quickly and easily setup new users and only give them access to cameras or features you want.
Priority support available
We offer Community forums, Live Chat and email based support and phone support can be purchased separately.One command install
Need the version 2 installation instructions? Click here.
# Ubuntu / Debian systems make sure curl AND sudo is installed (apt-get install curl sudo)
# New in July, 2023. Install Bluecherry server on any Linux distribution that supports docker.
sudo bash -c "$(curl -s https://raw.githubusercontent.com/bluecherrydvr/bluecherry-docker/master/scripts/install.sh)"
Once installed, connect to the newly installed server with a web browser (https://bluecherryserver:7001)
Default login: Admin Password: bluecherry
Install the Linux client:
sudo apt-get install bluecherry-client
Community edition
Limited support-
Up to 4 cameras
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Live streaming via mobile apps
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Cross platform desktop client
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Email / web hook notifications
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User access / roles
Licenses
Support by email / forums / live chat-
Up to 150 cameras per server
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Live streaming via mobile apps
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Cross platform desktop client
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Email / web hook notifications
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User access / roles
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bluecherry.app domain
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Auto configured SSL certificate
Bluecherry develops a Linux based video surveillance application with a cross platform client. The entire application is open source under GPL licensing.
Latest GitHub commits
- Update installed_db_version September 16, 2023Update installed_db_version
- Update changelog for rc9 September 16, 2023Update changelog for rc9
- Merge pull request #614 from bluecherrydvr/rc9-testing August 28, 2023Merge pull request #614 from bluecherrydvr/rc9-testing RC9
- Update v3license_processor.h August 27, 2023Update v3license_processor.h Bump version
- Merge pull request #613 from bluecherrydvr/new_api August 13, 2023Merge pull request #613 from bluecherrydvr/new_api Update ffmpeg API