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15 self-hosted Tuya Smart (Tuya Cloud) alternatives

Cloud IoT platform for building, deploying and managing smart-home and industrial devices. Provides device connectivity and provisioning, OTA firmware/firmware management, app and voice-assistant integrations, telemetry analytics, and developer APIs/SDKs.

Alternatives to Tuya Smart (Tuya Cloud)

Open-source platform to control smart home devices, build automations and dashboards, with broad third-party integrations and local-first privacy.

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90.1k stars38.4k forksApache-2.0last commit Actively maintained

Alternative open source firmware for ESP8266/ESP32 IoT devices, providing local control via MQTT/HTTP/Web UI, OTA updates, and built-in automation rules and timers.

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24.7k stars5.2k forksGPL-3.0last commit Actively maintained

Self-hosted Zigbee-to-MQTT bridge that lets you control Zigbee devices without vendor gateways and integrate them with home automation platforms via MQTT.

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15.6k stars2k forksGPL-3.0last 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

Open-source home automation platform to monitor sensors and control switches, lights, meters, and smart home devices from a responsive web interface with alerts.

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3.8k stars1.2k forksGPL-3.0last commit Actively maintained

Privacy-first, open-source home assistant for dashboards, device integrations, scenes, alerts, and local-first automation with optional secure remote access.

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3.2k stars317 forksApache-2.0last 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

openHAB is a Java-based, modular open-source smart home platform providing a rules engine, extensible add-ons, multi-protocol device integration and mobile/web UIs.

1.1k stars471 forksEPL-2.0last commit Actively maintained

Administrative web interface for managing, monitoring, and updating Tasmota-flashed IoT devices, including device discovery, bulk actions, and OTA firmware updates.

975 stars148 forksGPL-3.0last commit Actively maintained

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Light home automation application in Lua with web UI, Blockly scripting, WoT Thing Description API, MQTT and support for ZigBee/Z-Wave/Hue devices.

13 stars4 forksMITlast commit Actively maintained

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FHEM is a Perl-based open-source home automation server with a modular architecture, web frontends, and broad device protocol support.

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What replacing Tuya Smart (Tuya Cloud) 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. 14 of 15 shipped a commit in the last six months. Licences in this list: Apache-2.0, GPL-3.0, MIT, MPL-2.0, EPL-2.0. In exchange you take on hosting, backups and updates yourself.

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