Smart home

Controlling lights and devices at home.

1open alternative 1does the whole job

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Google Home Amazon Alexa SmartThings

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Open-source apps that replace Google Home, Amazon Alexa and more

Home Assistant

92kActiveLinux · In your browserVerifiedApache-2.0Runs on your own server

Home Assistant is free software that runs smart home devices and automations from one place, with control kept on your own hardware. It is for people who want to manage their home devices locally and privately, often on a Raspberry Pi or local server.

Runs on your own server · GitHub

What's missing

What people still miss here, and wish existed. Upvote what matters to you.

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Before you build

Planning something for smart home? See what exists first, so you can reuse parts or explain what's different. Paste this into any AI assistant:

Read the list of open-source alternatives at https://opensourceeverything.org/data/groups/smart-home.json. Compare it with my project or idea below. Tell me which projects overlap, what I could reuse instead of rewriting, and what mine does that none of them do. My project or idea:

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Replaces fully means it does the main job of these apps; Replaces partly means it covers some of it.

Licenses: every project here uses an open-source license (what each one means). Open core means some parts are paid or under another license.

GitHub stars are shown for reference. They measure popularity, not whether it replaces anything.

Verified means r/TrueOpenSource mods checked it: open-source license, maintained, and it really does the job.

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