Alternatives to SmartThings in 2026

Core home-assistant

:house_with_garden: Open source home automation that puts local control and privacy first.

Complete system Production-ready You want local control of a smart home across many brands without relying on vendor clouds.

★ 92k Apache-2.0 Python Active, pushed today

Frigate blakeblackshear

NVR with realtime local object detection for IP cameras

Complete system Production-ready You run your own cameras and want local AI detection instead of a cloud camera service.

★ 37k MIT Python Active, pushed today

Tasmota arendst

Alternative firmware for ESP8266 and ESP32 based devices with easy configuration using webUI, OTA updates, automation using timers or rules, expandability and entirely local control over MQTT, HTTP, Serial or KNX. Full documentation at

Complete system Production-ready You want cloud-free control of cheap Wi-Fi smart devices and can flash firmware.

★ 25k GPL-3.0 C Active, pushed today

Zigbee2MQTT Koenkk

Zigbee 🐝 to MQTT bridge 🌉, get rid of your proprietary Zigbee bridges 🔨

Integration Production-ready You run Home Assistant or another MQTT-based system and want broad Zigbee device support without proprietary bridges.

★ 16k GPL-3.0 TypeScript Active, pushed 2 days ago

Local Deep Research LearningCircuit

~95% on SimpleQA (e.g. Qwen3.6-27B on a 3090). Supports all local and cloud LLMs (llama.cpp, Ollama, Google, ...). 10+ search engines - arXiv, PubMed, your private documents. Everything Local & Encrypted.

Complete system Usable You want deep-research style reports while keeping models and data on your own machine.

★ 9.5k MIT Python Active, pushed today

TeslaMate teslamate-org

A self-hosted data logger for your Tesla 🚘 [main maintainer=@JakobLichterfeld]

Complete system Production-ready You own a Tesla and want detailed history of trips, charging costs and battery health on your own server.

★ 9.2k AGPL-3.0 Elixir Active, pushed today

Evcc evcc-io

smart charging ☀️🚘

Complete system Production-ready You have solar panels and a compatible wallbox and want to charge your EV from your own generation.

★ 7.5k MIT Go Active, pushed today

Frontend home-assistant

:lollipop: Frontend for Home Assistant

Building block Production-ready You want to contribute to Home Assistant's interface or understand how custom cards plug in.

★ 5.8k Apache-2.0 TypeScript Active, pushed today

OpenMQTTGateway 1technophile

MQTT gateway for ESP8266 or ESP32 with bidirectional 433mhz/315mhz/868mhz, Infrared communications, BLE, Bluetooth, beacons detection, mi flora, mi jia, LYWSD02, LYWSD03MMC, Mi Scale, TPMS, BBQ thermometer compatibility & LoRa.

Integration Production-ready You want cheap sensors and remotes on various radio protocols to show up in Home Assistant or openHAB.

★ 4.1k GPL-3.0 C++ Active, pushed 15 days ago

Android home-assistant

Home Assistant Companion for Android

Complete system Production-ready You run Home Assistant and use Android devices.

★ 4k Apache-2.0 Kotlin Active, pushed today

Domoticz domoticz

Free open source home automation system for Linux, Windows, Raspberry Pi. Supports Z-Wave, Zigbee, MQTT, and 150+ devices.

Complete system Production-ready You want a light home automation hub on modest hardware and prefer Lua scripting.

★ 3.8k GPL-3.0 C++ Active, pushed today

IRremoteESP8266 crankyoldgit

Infrared remote library for ESP8266/ESP32: send and receive infrared signals with multiple protocols. Based on: https://github.com/shirriff/Arduino-IRremote/

Building block Production-ready You are building an ESP-based IR blaster or receiver, for example to control air conditioners.

★ 3.7k LGPL-2.1 C++ Active, pushed 2 months ago

Gladys GladysAssistant

A privacy-first, open-source home assistant

Complete system Usable You want a simpler home automation hub than Home Assistant, especially if you are in France where its community is strongest.

★ 3.3k Apache-2.0 JavaScript Active, pushed today

Willow HeyWillow

Open source, local, and self-hosted Amazon Echo/Google Home competitive Voice Assistant alternative

Complete system Usable You want an Alexa-style voice assistant that keeps audio on your own network.

★ 3.1k Apache-2.0 C Active, pushed 2 days ago

Button Card custom-cards

❇️ Lovelace button-card for home assistant

Integration Production-ready Your Home Assistant dashboard needs buttons that change look and behaviour with state and the built-in cards are too rigid.

★ 2.5k MIT TypeScript Active, pushed 2 months ago

iOS home-assistant

:iphone: Home Assistant for Apple platforms

Complete system Production-ready You run Home Assistant and use Apple devices, and want push notifications, location presence and phone sensors in your automations.

★ 2.4k Apache-2.0 Swift Active, pushed today

Supervisor home-assistant

:house_with_garden: Home Assistant Supervisor

Building block Production-ready You are running Home Assistant OS or Supervised and want to understand or contribute to how add-ons and updates are managed; most users never touch it directly.

★ 2.3k Apache-2.0 Python Active, pushed today

HomeSpan HomeSpan

HomeKit Library for the Arduino-ESP32

Building block Production-ready You are building your own sensor, switch or controller on an ESP32 and want it to appear in the Apple Home app and Siri.

★ 2.2k MIT C++ Active, pushed 2 months ago

Home-assistant-config frenck

:house: My Home Assistant configuration, a bit different that others :) Be sure to :star2: this repository for updates!

Template or starter Usable You want a well-organised reference for structuring a large Home Assistant YAML configuration and are happy to copy ideas rather than the whole thing.

★ 2k MIT Active, pushed 7 days ago

HomeAssistant-Tapo-Control JurajNyiri

Control for Tapo cameras as a Home Assistant component

Integration Production-ready You own Tapo cameras and want them controlled and recorded from Home Assistant instead of only the Tapo app.

★ 2k Apache-2.0 Python Active, pushed 10 days ago

Home Assistant config basnijholt

Home Assistant config files, rewritten to use the latest features, 100+ documented automations, automatically generated ToC :house: :robot:

Template or starter Usable You are looking for worked examples of real Home Assistant automations to adapt for your own home.

★ 2k MIT JavaScript Active, pushed 25 days ago

deCONZ REST plugin dresden-elektronik

deCONZ REST-API plugin to control ZigBee devices

Complete system Production-ready You already own ConBee or RaspBee hardware and want a vendor-backed Zigbee gateway with a REST API.

★ 1.9k BSD-3-Clause C++ Active, pushed 2 months ago

HTTP-Shortcuts Waboodoo

Android app to create home screen shortcuts that trigger arbitrary HTTP requests and more

Complete system Production-ready You want one-tap phone buttons for webhooks, home automation endpoints or your own APIs without writing an app.

★ 1.9k MIT Kotlin Active, pushed today

OpenCCU OpenCCU

:house: Buildroot-based, cloud-free smart-home platform for a Homematic IP CCU (CCU3/ELV-Charly). Runs on Raspberry Pi & x86/ARM or as a virtual appliance (Proxmox VE, Home Assistant, Docker/LXC/K8s)...

Complete system Production-ready Your home uses Homematic or Homematic IP devices and you want a local controller instead of the vendor's cloud or stock CCU3 firmware.

★ 1.9k Apache-2.0 JavaScript Active, pushed today

Spook frenck

A scary 👻 powerful toolbox 🧰 for Home Assistant 🏡

Integration Usable You maintain a large Home Assistant setup and want automations to manage Home Assistant itself and flag broken references.

★ 1.8k MIT Python Active, pushed today

Better Thermostat KartoffelToby

This custom component for Home Assistant will add crucial features to your climate-controlling TRV (Thermostatic Radiator Valves) to save you the work of creating automations to make it smart. It combines a room-temperature sensor, window/door sensors, weather forecasts, or an ambient temperature probe to decide when it should call for heat and automatically calibrate your TRVs to fix the imprecise measurements taken in the radiator's vicinity.

Integration Usable Your Zigbee or Tuya radiator valves misread room temperature and you want smarter heating without writing your own automations.

★ 1.5k AGPL-3.0 Python Active, pushed today

ESPresense ESPresense

An ESP32 based node for gathering indoor positioning and transmitting to mqtt

Complete system Usable You want per-room presence detection from phones or BLE tags and are willing to put an ESP32 in each room.

★ 1.5k AGPL-3.0 C Active, pushed today

ioBroker ioBroker

Automate your life!

Framework or platform Production-ready You want a Home Assistant alternative with a large German-speaking community and adapter catalogue, and are comfortable scripting in JavaScript.

★ 1.4k MIT Shell Active, pushed today

Room-assistant mKeRix

Presence tracking and more for automation on the room-level

Complete system Usable You want room-level presence from several small Linux boxes and already run Home Assistant or MQTT.

★ 1.4k MIT TypeScript Active, pushed yesterday

Python-miio rytilahti

Python library & console tool for controlling Xiaomi smart appliances

Building block Usable You want to script or integrate Xiaomi devices locally.

★ 4.3k GPL-3.0 Python Slowing, pushed 3 months ago

Amazon Alexa Amazon

Explore Alexa+. Your AI assistant across Echo speakers, displays, tablets, smart glasses, and smart home devices. Free with Prime. Shop, browse, and more.

Complete system Production-ready You want cheap voice-controlled speakers and the widest range of compatible smart home devices.

6.3k readers a month Commercial

Apple Home Apple Inc.

Enjoy seamless connectivity through the Home app. With Adaptive Temperature, Adaptive Lighting, Home Key, HomeKit Secure Video, and more.

Complete system Production-ready Everyone in the house uses Apple devices and you value privacy and local control.

1.7k readers a month Commercial

Google Home Google

Discover a smarter way to run your home. Powered by Gemini, Google Home connects thousands of devices to manage & automate your entire home.

Complete system Production-ready You use Nest devices and Android and want voice control of a mainstream smart home.

243 readers a month Commercial

Hubitat Elevation Hubitat

Hubitat Elevation® is a local, reliable, fast and private home automation hub to connect your smart home devices. Elevate Your Environment™ with the solution that is not cloud-dependent. Shop now!

Complete system Production-ready You want reliable local smart home automation in a ready-made box, without running Home Assistant.

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