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Open source alternatives to Home Assistant Cloud

We track 7 open-source Home Assistant Cloud alternatives, of which 4 currently score 70 or above on Repoly's GitHub health scale and 4 ship a Docker image. Home Assistant leads on health at 100/100 with 4503 commits in the last 90 days; across all 7 projects you are choosing between Apache-2.0, EPL-2.0, GPL-3.0 and 1 other licences.

7
Alternatives
124k
Combined stars
5,343
Commits / 90 days
4
With Docker
Licence family Licence

Showing 7 of 7 tools

All 7 Home Assistant Cloud alternatives, ranked by health

  • Node RED

    97 GOOD

    Browser-based flow editor that helps you wiring hardware devices, APIs and online services to create IoT solutions.

    ★ 24k · ⟳ 5 days ago · 5.0.7 · Apache-2.0

    DockerNodejs
    Website ↗ Source ↗

  • Domoticz

    94 GOOD

    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.

    ★ 3.8k · ⟳ 4 days ago · 2026.3 · GPL-3.0

    DockerCC++
    Website ↗ Source ↗

  • openHAB

    57 SLOWING

    Vendor and technology agnostic open source software for home automation.

    ★ 1.1k · ⟳ today · EPL-2.0

    Java
    Website ↗ Source ↗

  • ioBroker

    55 SLOWING

    Integration platform for the Internet of Things, focused on building automation, smart metering, ambient assisted living, process automation, visualization and data logging.

    ★ 1.4k · ⟳ 8 days ago · 2026-08-30 · MIT

    Nodejs
    Website ↗ Source ↗

  • FHEM

    10 STALE

    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.

    GPL-3.0

    Perl
    Website ↗ Source ↗

Home Assistant Cloud alternatives: common questions

What is the most maintained open source alternative to Home Assistant Cloud?

Home Assistant scores highest at 100/100, with 4503 commits in the last 90 days, 90k GitHub stars and its latest release (2026.9.2) published 3 days ago. It is also the most active by raw commit count.

Which Home Assistant Cloud alternatives use a permissive licence?

4 of 7 are permissively licensed (MIT, Apache, BSD or similar): Home Assistant (Apache-2.0), Node RED (Apache-2.0), Gladys (Apache-2.0), ioBroker (MIT). 3 use copyleft licences such as GPL or AGPL, which require you to publish changes if you distribute a modified version.

Which Home Assistant Cloud alternatives run in Docker?

4 of 7 publish a Docker image or Compose file: Home Assistant, Node RED, Domoticz, Gladys. Docker support contributes 10 of the 100 available health points, because it is the clearest signal that self-hosting is a supported path rather than an afterthought.