---
title: "motionEye"
description: "motionEye is a built-in integration for Home Assistant. It has 2.5k installs sharing analytics and works locally."
canonical: "https://vulpo.app/integrations/core/motioneye"
url: "https://vulpo.app/integrations/core/motioneye.md"
last-updated: "2026-10-22"
version: "1.4"
---

# motionEye

> motionEye is a built-in integration for Home Assistant. It has 2.5k installs sharing analytics and works locally.

motionEye is a built-in Home Assistant integration that connects to a motionEye video surveillance server. It works locally and is set up in the UI with the server URL plus admin and surveillance credentials. It adds cameras, a sensor for actions, and switches for motion detection, movies, still images, text overlay, upload and video streaming. Three actions are available: triggering a motionEye action, setting the text overlay for a camera, and taking a still snapshot. Options let motionEye webhooks report events back to Home Assistant, allow overwriting unrecognized webhooks, and set a stream URL template.

Automatic summary of Home Assistant's source code. Something wrong? [Get in touch](https://vulpo.app/contact)

[Open in My Home Assistant](https://my.home-assistant.io/redirect/config_flow_start/?domain=motioneye)

## Supports

- **Works locally**: Talks to your devices on your own network. No vendor cloud in between.
- **Set up in the UI**: Add it in Settings, Devices and services. Nothing to download.
- **Updated with Home Assistant**: Ships and updates with every Home Assistant release.

## Setting it up

It is added under Settings, Devices and services, with Add integration.

### Connect

- **Admin password**
- **Admin username**
- **Surveillance password**
- **Surveillance username**
- **URL**

### After setup

- **Configure motionEye webhooks to report events to Home Assistant**
- **Overwrite unrecognized webhooks**
- **Stream URL template**

Texts from Home Assistant's source code, [Apache License 2.0](https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0).

## Entities

- **Sensors**: Actions
- **Switches**: Motion detection, Movies, Still images, Text overlay, Upload enabled, Video streaming

## Actions

- **Action**: Triggers a motionEye action.
  Fields: Action
- **Set text overlay**: Sets the text overlay for a camera.
  Fields: Left custom text, Right custom text, Left text overlay, Right text overlay
- **Snapshot**: Triggers a motionEye still snapshot.

## At a glance

- Kind: Built-in integration
- Category: [Security and safety](https://vulpo.app/integrations/category/security-and-safety.md), Cameras
- Brand: [motionEye](https://vulpo.app/integrations/motioneye.md)
- Number: 2.5k installs sharing analytics
- Connection: Works locally
- Upkeep: Part of Home Assistant
- Needs: Built into Home Assistant
- Domain: `motioneye`
- Source: <https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/motioneye/>

In Vulpo: Quick Toggle card, Camera card, Chart card, Apple Watch, Control Center

## Other ways in for motionEye

| Name | Kind | Installs or stars | Connection | Upkeep |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [motionEye](https://vulpo.app/integrations/apps/motioneye.md) | App | 7.5k installs sharing analytics | Connection not stated | Updated in the last 6 months |

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Last updated 2026-10-22. Source: https://vulpo.app/integrations/core/motioneye

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