Self-hosted alternatives to Home Assistant
Want a different self-hosted home automation hub than Home Assistant? These 6 apps control smart-home devices on your own hardware.
About Home Assistant: Open-source home automation platform.
| App | Health | Stars | License | Docker | RAM (est.) | From |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Domoticz | Active | 3.8k | GPL-3.0 | ✓ | 512 MB | $3.5/mo |
| Gladys | Active | 3.3k | Apache-2.0 | ✓ | 1 GB | $5/mo |
| ioBroker | Active | 1.4k | MIT | – | 1 GB | $5/mo |
| openHAB | Active | 1.2k | EPL-2.0 | – | 2 GB | $10/mo |
| LHA | Active | 13 | MIT | – | 1 GB | $5/mo |
| FHEM | Unknown | – | GPL-3.0 | – | 512 MB | $3.5/mo |
The options in detail
1. Domoticz
Home Automation System that lets you monitor and configure various devices like: Lights, Switches, various sensors/meters like Temperature, Rain, Wind, UV, Electra, Gas, Water and much more.
Active Last commit 2026-11-08. 4 releases in the past year. Latest release 2026.4 (2026-10-01). Needs roughly 512 MB RAM. How to run it →
2. Gladys
Privacy-first home assistant.
Active Last commit 2026-11-09. 10+ releases in the past year. Latest release v5.3.2 (2026-11-06). Needs roughly 1 GB RAM. How to run it →
3. ioBroker
Integration platform for the Internet of Things, focused on building automation, smart metering, ambient assisted living, process automation, visualization and data logging.
Active Last commit 2026-11-09. 10+ releases in the past year. Latest release 2026-11-09 (2026-11-09). Needs roughly 1 GB RAM. How to run it →
4. openHAB
Vendor and technology agnostic software for home automation.
Active Last commit 2026-11-08. 10+ releases in the past year. Latest release 5.3.0.M4 (2026-11-08). Needs roughly 2 GB RAM. How to run it →
5. LHA
Light Home Automation application that is fully extensible using Blockly, HTML or Lua. It includes extensions such as ConBee, Philips Hue or Z-Wave JS.
Active Last commit 2026-10-18. Latest release v0.2.3 (2025-05-18). Needs roughly 1 GB RAM. How to run it →
6. FHEM
Automate common tasks in the household like switching lamps and heating. It can also be used to log events like temperature or power consumption. You can control it via web or smartphone frontends, telnet or TCP/IP directly.
Unknown Needs roughly 512 MB RAM. How to run it →
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