Self-hosted projects built with MQTT

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

Open-source, browser-based low-code platform and Node.js runtime for wiring devices, APIs and services into event-driven flows for automation, IoT and integrations.

Apache-2.0Actively maintained

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IFTTT+13

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

Eclipse Mosquitto is a lightweight, open-source MQTT broker supporting MQTT 5.0 and 3.1.1, plus client libraries and CLI tools for pub/sub messaging.

Actively maintained

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EMQX Cloud+11

Janus WebRTC Server is a lightweight, general-purpose WebRTC gateway for building real-time audio/video applications via plugins and a JSON-based API.

GPL-3.0Actively maintained

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Ant Media Server Cloud+2

Open-source Tesla telemetry logger that records driving, charging and location data to PostgreSQL and provides Grafana dashboards plus MQTT integration.

AGPL-3.0Actively maintained

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TeslaFi+2

Self-hosted Node.js server for remote monitoring, web-based remote desktop, terminal, file access and multi-DB device management.

Apache-2.0Actively maintained

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TeamViewer+14

Lightweight OwnTracks location data recorder that ingests MQTT/HTTP publishes, stores them locally without an external DB, and exposes a REST/WebSocket API and web UI.

Actively maintained

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Life360+1

Open source weather station software that collects sensor data, stores it in a database, generates reports/graphs, and publishes updates to websites and services.

GPL-3.0Actively maintained

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Ambient Weather Network+2

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

Lightweight Go service that forwards events from a standalone Frigate NVR to Discord, Matrix, SMTP, webhooks and many services (via Apprise). Supports MQTT or direct API and Docker.

MITSlowing down

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Pushover+3

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

MITActively maintained

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Samsung SmartThings+11