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6 self-hosted PTC ThingWorx alternatives

Industrial IoT (IIoT) platform for connecting devices, ingesting and managing telemetry, and building applications for monitoring, analytics and digital twins in manufacturing and connected products. Provides connectivity, data modeling, rules and UI tools.

Alternatives to PTC ThingWorx

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

ESPHome generates custom firmware for ESP32/ESP8266 and other boards from YAML, enabling local smart home devices with Home Assistant, API, and MQTT integration.

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11.6k stars5.6k forkslast commit Actively maintained

Open-source EV charge controller that optimizes vehicle charging with PV, batteries and dynamic tariffs; supports many chargers, vehicles and smart-home integrations.

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7.1k stars1.5k forksMITlast commit Actively maintained

OpenRemote is a 100% open-source IoT platform for device management, data dashboards, and automation with rules, APIs, and multi-tenant user management.

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1.9k stars464 forkslast commit Actively maintained

Open source IoT integration and automation platform with an adapter ecosystem, centralized state database, and tools for visualization and data logging.

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1.4k stars160 forksMITlast commit Actively maintained

What replacing PTC ThingWorx 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. 6 of 6 shipped a commit in the last six months. Licences in this list: Apache-2.0, MIT, MPL-2.0. In exchange you take on hosting, backups and updates yourself.

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