Home Assistant

Health v2 · maintenance only

Adoption not part of the score

90120 stars · 38415 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded

Home Assistant is an open-source home automation platform that puts local control and privacy first, running on a Raspberry Pi or local server. It integrates with thousands of smart devices and services through a modular component system, with a web frontend and mobile apps.

Use cases

• control smart lights, thermostats, and sensors from one dashboard
• automate home devices with rules and schedules
• run a private smart home hub without cloud dependency
• integrate Zigbee, Z-Wave, and MQTT devices locally
• monitor energy usage and home sensors
• build custom integrations for unsupported devices

When to choose

• you want local-first, privacy-respecting home automation
• you need broad device support via thousands of integrations
• you want to run on a Raspberry Pi or self-hosted server
• you want an active community and extensible component architecture

When to avoid

• you need a fully managed cloud-hosted solution with zero setup
• you only need a simple single-vendor device app
• you require commercial support and SLAs

Facets

application · maturity stable

iot workflow-automation self-hosted plugin-system http-server iot self-hosted python self-hosted iot cross-platform home-automation smart-home mqtt local-control privacy raspberry-pi asyncio integrations automation linux docker

Member repositories

For agents

markdown · JSON · MCP: product_card(name="home-assistant/core")