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Home Assistant

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The de-facto open-source home automation hub — thousands of integrations, fully local control.

Home Assistant does the job of SmartThings, HomeKit subscriptions and Hubitat, self-hosted. It is Apache-2.0-licensed, so you can do essentially what you like with it, and setting it up is an afternoon, not a weekend. SmartThings bills $7 for it. 78k stars on GitHub.

Open-source replacement for SmartThings, HomeKit subscriptions, Hubitat.

Licence
Apache-2.0
Self-hosting
Medium
The paid one costs
$7
GitHub stars
78k
view the code →official site →

Is it actually a replacement?

We have not written a verdict on SmartThings or HomeKit subscriptions or Hubitat yet, so this page says what Home Assistant is rather than judging what you would give up. When that product gets a page, this one will link to it.

How Home Assistant runs

Where it runs

Home Assistant runs on your server.

What setup takes

not verified by us yet — check the repo README.

Home Assistant questions

Is Home Assistant open source?

Yes — it is released under Apache-2.0.

Can I self-host Home Assistant?

Yes — we rate it medium to self-host, and it runs on your server.

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