SmartThings vs Tasmota
SmartThings and Tasmota are both home automation software. SmartThings is a commercial product from Samsung Electronics. Tasmota is open source under GPL-3.0, with 25k GitHub stars.
Which to pick
- Pick SmartThings when
- You own Samsung appliances or TVs and want broad device support from a mainstream app.
- Pick Tasmota when
- You want cloud-free control of cheap Wi-Fi smart devices and can flash firmware.
Side by side
Samsung's smart home platform and app for controlling and automating Zigbee, Z-Wave, Matter and Wi-Fi devices, often via Samsung TVs and hubs.
Alternative firmware for ESP8266 and ESP32 smart plugs, switches and sensors that gives local control through a web UI, MQTT, HTTP and rules.
Most automations rely on Samsung's cloud, and past platform changes broke custom integrations.
Many newer commercial devices are hard to flash, and flashing voids warranties.
Production-ready (both)
Cloud service and mobile app
Self-hosted server
Not published
C, C++ and Berry
Closed source, sold by Samsung Electronics
Open source, GPL-3.0 (strong copyleft)
Closed source: you use it under the maker's terms and cannot change or resell the code.
Use inside your business is unrestricted, but anything you distribute that includes it must be released under the same license.
486 Wikipedia readers a month on phones
25k GitHub stars
Not known
Established: started 9 years ago, latest release v16.0.0.
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Both sides were judged on 2026-11-03 from makers' descriptions, Wikipedia, READMEs and GitHub data. License, age and popularity lines are worked out directly.