Self-hosted projects tagged “Home Automation”

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

Apache-2.0Actively maintained

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Google Home+15

Self-hosted NVR for IP cameras with real-time local AI object detection, recording, and low-latency live viewing, with MQTT and Home Assistant integration.

MITActively maintained

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Blue Iris+10

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.

GPL-3.0Actively maintained

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SONOFF Cloud (eWeLink)+6

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

GPL-3.0Actively maintained

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Tuya Zigbee Gateway+16

umbrelOS is a home server operating system that lets you self-host popular apps via a built-in app store, with one-click installs on Raspberry Pi, x86, or Umbrel Home.

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Umbrel+15

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

Actively maintained

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Blynk+15

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

MITActively maintained

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Arduino IoT Cloud+15

Open-source video integration and NVR platform that ingests camera streams and rebroadcasts them to HomeKit, Google Home, Alexa, Home Assistant and web clients via plugins.

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Blue Iris+10

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

GPL-3.0Actively maintained

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Samsung SmartThings+13

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

Apache-2.0Actively maintained

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Google Home+10

Self-hosted voice assistant platform for ESP32 devices with on-device wake-word and command recognition, Home Assistant integration, and an optional inference server for STT/TTS/LLM.

Apache-2.0Actively maintained

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Amazon Alexa+9

Self-hosted music library manager that unifies local and streaming sources and streams to many player ecosystems with Home Assistant integration.

Apache-2.0Actively maintained

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Sonos+12

Self-hosted smart home hub that unifies device control, automation, and floorplan visualization while preserving privacy.

MPL-2.0Actively maintained

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Samsung SmartThings+19

Fluidd is a lightweight, responsive web UI for Klipper that lets you manage prints, configure firmware, monitor hardware, and control multiple 3D printers via Moonraker.

GPL-3.0Actively maintained

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OctoPrint+1

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

MITActively maintained

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Samsung SmartThings+18

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.

EPL-2.0Actively maintained

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Samsung SmartThings+15

Web-based “time machine” for Home Assistant: browse YAML snapshots, view diffs, and restore individual automations, scripts, dashboards, ESPHome and packages.

MITActively maintained

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Acronis Cyber Protect+13

Unified web UI and REST API to process, review, and train facial recognition images across multiple detection backends, with MQTT and NVR integrations.

MITActively maintained

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Ring Protect+10

Open-source Raspberry Pi irrigation controller with responsive web UI, scheduling, plugins (Node-RED, MQTT), and support for relay interfaces, pumps, and hydroponics.

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Rachio+4

WhoRang turns doorbell camera events into AI-analyzed visitor insights with face recognition, multi-provider AI integration, real-time notifications, and mobile-first dashboards.

Slowing down

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Ring Protect+2

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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Samsung SmartThings+15

Self-hosted NVR for IP cameras with low-latency live view, continuous recording, and TensorFlow Lite object detection via a mobile-friendly web UI.

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Blue Iris+7