Open-source IoT platform for device management, telemetry collection, rule-based processing, alarms, and real-time dashboards using standard IoT protocols.
22.3k stars6.4k forksApache-2.0last commit Actively maintained
5 self-hosted Datacake alternatives
Datacake is a cloud IoT platform for connecting and managing devices (including LoRaWAN), decoding sensor payloads, storing time-series metrics, and building dashboards, alerts and integrations. It provides MQTT, webhooks and GraphQL APIs and supports multi-tenant white‑label deployments.
Alternatives to Datacake
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ESPHome generates custom firmware for ESP32/ESP8266 and other boards from YAML, enabling local smart home devices with Home Assistant, API, and MQTT integration.
11.6k stars5.6k forkslast commit Actively maintained
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Open-source EV charge controller that optimizes vehicle charging with PV, batteries and dynamic tariffs; supports many chargers, vehicles and smart-home integrations.
7.1k stars1.5k forksMITlast commit Actively maintained
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Open source IoT integration and automation platform with an adapter ecosystem, centralized state database, and tools for visualization and data logging.
1.4k stars160 forksMITlast commit Actively maintained
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Open-source web app to collect, process, store, and visualize energy, temperature, and other environmental time-series data with dashboards, graphs, and an API.
1.3k stars529 forksAGPL-3.0last commit Actively maintained
What replacing Datacake actually involves
Every option on this page is open source and free to run on your own hardware, so you own the data and there is no subscription to cancel. 5 of 5 shipped a commit in the last six months. Licences in this list: Apache-2.0, MIT, AGPL-3.0. In exchange you take on hosting, backups and updates yourself.
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