Domoticz
Home automation system for monitoring and controlling smart devices
Domoticz is an open-source home automation system that helps you monitor sensors and meters and control devices such as lights and switches. It provides a responsive web interface that adapts to desktop and mobile browsers and supports running on multiple platforms.
Key Features
- Web-based HTML5 dashboard optimized for desktop and mobile
- Monitoring for many sensor and meter types (for example temperature, rain, wind, UV, power, gas, and water)
- Device control for switches, lights, and other home automation actuators
- Broad hardware and ecosystem support, including integrations such as Z-Wave, Zigbee, 1-Wire, P1 smart meters, and Philips Hue
- Notifications and alerts, including mobile push notifications
- Extended logging for troubleshooting and historical tracking
- Automation capabilities via scripting support (for example Lua)
Use Cases
- Centralized smart home dashboard for mixed-brand devices and sensors
- Energy and utility monitoring using smart meters and pulse counters
- Alerting for home conditions (temperature thresholds, water usage anomalies, and similar events)
Domoticz is a flexible option for building a unified smart home control plane with a lightweight web UI and broad device integration support. It is especially suited to users who want a locally managed system with scripting and strong sensor and meter monitoring features.
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