Home Assistant
Home automation platform that runs on your own hardware and hosts integrations such as ZHA and Matter.
- Licence
- Apache-2.0
- Latest release
- 2026.10.0 · 2026-10-07
- Last commit
- 2026-10-08
- GitHub stars
- 91,313
The open-source smart home stack
The software that keeps a home working when a vendor's cloud does not. Every licence, release and repository status below is read from the GitHub API, not typed by hand, and the snapshot date is printed with it.
Open source
Platforms
Where automations live and devices meet.
openHAB
Vendor-neutral home automation platform written in Java, built around a rule engine and bindings.
- Licence
- EPL-2.0
- Latest release
- no tagged release
- Last commit
- 2026-10-08
- GitHub stars
- 1,147
Node-RED
Flow-based visual programming for wiring devices, APIs and services together, often over MQTT.
- Licence
- Apache-2.0
- Latest release
- 5.0.8 · 2026-10-08
- Last commit
- 2026-10-08
- GitHub stars
- 23,725
Open source
Radios and protocols
The software that speaks Zigbee, Z-Wave, Thread and Matter.
Zigbee2MQTT
Bridges Zigbee devices to MQTT without the vendors' hubs. Needs an MQTT broker.
- Licence
- GPL-3.0
- Latest release
- 2.14.2 · 2026-10-01
- Last commit
- 2026-10-07
- GitHub stars
- 15,701
zigpy
The Python Zigbee library that Home Assistant's ZHA integration is built on.
- Licence
- GPL-3.0
- Latest release
- 2.3.0 · 2026-09-29
- Last commit
- 2026-10-07
- GitHub stars
- 1,064
Z-Wave JS UI
Control panel and MQTT gateway for Z-Wave networks, built on the Z-Wave JS driver.
- Licence
- MIT
- Latest release
- v11.24.2 · 2026-09-29
- Last commit
- 2026-10-08
- GitHub stars
- 1,244
OpenThread
Open implementation of the Thread protocol, the base of many border routers.
- Licence
- BSD-3-Clause
- Latest release
- v2026.10.0 · 2026-10-01
- Last commit
- 2026-10-08
- GitHub stars
- 4,043
Matter SDK (connectedhomeip)
The Matter reference SDK, maintained by the Connectivity Standards Alliance project.
- Licence
- Apache-2.0
- Latest release
- v1.6.1.0 · 2026-09-25
- Last commit
- 2026-10-08
- GitHub stars
- 8,959
matterjs-server
Matter controller server built on matter.js; the basis of Home Assistant's Matter Server app 9.
- Licence
- Apache-2.0
- Latest release
- v1.4.0 · 2026-08-07
- Last commit
- 2026-10-08
- GitHub stars
- 372
Open source
Device firmware
Replacement firmware that takes a device off its vendor's cloud.
ESPHome
Generates firmware for ESP32 and ESP8266 boards from a YAML file, with native Home Assistant support.
- Licence
- MIT AND GPL-3.0
- Latest release
- 2026.9.1 · 2026-09-29
- Last commit
- 2026-10-08
- GitHub stars
- 11,792
Tasmota
Alternative firmware for ESP-based plugs, switches and sensors, controlled locally over MQTT, HTTP or its web page.
- Licence
- GPL-3.0
- Latest release
- v15.6.0 · 2026-08-25
- Last commit
- 2026-10-08
- GitHub stars
- 24,808
OpenBeken
Open firmware for Beken BK7231 and many other non-Espressif Wi-Fi chips, with a Tasmota-like web page and MQTT.
- Licence
- not stated in the repository
- Latest release
- 1.18.317 · 2026-10-05
- Last commit
- 2026-10-05
- GitHub stars
- 2,317
LibreTiny
Platform for BK7231, RTL8710 and LN882H chips; the base of the ESPHome port for those chips.
- Licence
- MIT
- Latest release
- v1.13.0 · 2026-06-29
- Last commit
- 2026-06-29
- GitHub stars
- 548
tuya-cloudcutter
Disconnects unpatched Tuya devices on Beken and Realtek chips from the cloud, and can flash custom firmware over the air.
- Licence
- MIT
- Latest release
- no tagged release
- Last commit
- 2026-10-03
- GitHub stars
- 1,932
Open source
Messaging
The broker that lets everything else talk over MQTT.
Eclipse Mosquitto
Lightweight MQTT broker from the Eclipse Foundation.
- Licence
- EPL-2.0 OR BSD-3-Clause
- Latest release
- no tagged release
- Last commit
- 2026-10-04
- GitHub stars
- 11,253
Open source
Cameras and energy
Local video analysis and solar-aware charging.
Frigate
Network video recorder that runs object detection on your own hardware for IP cameras.
- Licence
- MIT
- Latest release
- v0.18.0 · 2026-09-12
- Last commit
- 2026-10-07
- GitHub stars
- 36,423
evcc
Electric vehicle charging controller that follows solar production, running locally.
- Licence
- MIT
- Latest release
- 0.316.2 · 2026-10-04
- Last commit
- 2026-10-08
- GitHub stars
- 7,335
GitHub snapshot of 2026-10-08. Refreshed by fetch_oss.py; the same data is published as an open dataset.
Why this list is short
We list projects that the guides on this site rely on or that solve a problem those guides describe, not every repository with a smart home tag. A short list you can trust beats a long one you have to check.