Piper
Home AutomationFast, local neural text-to-speech for voice assistants
Replaces Amazon Polly, Google TTS
Best Cross-Platform Home Automation for self-hosting
The 10 best Cross-Platform home automation you can self-host, ranked by community traction.
MQTT Explorer
Home AutomationVisual MQTT client for exploring and debugging topics
Replaces MQTT.fx
Hyperion
Home AutomationAmbient lighting software for screens and media
Replaces Philips Hue Sync, Govee Immersion
openWakeWord
Home AutomationOpen-source wake word detection library
Replaces Picovoice
OpenRemote
Home AutomationIoT Asset management, Flow Rules and WHEN-THEN rules, Data
Home Assistant Floorplan
Home AutomationInteractive SVG floorplan UI for Home Assistant
Replaces Control4
SIP Irrigation Control
Home AutomationOpen source software for sprinkler/irrigation control
ESPHome Web Tools
Home AutomationBrowser-based flasher for ESPHome smart devices
Replaces Tuya Smart
LHA
Home AutomationLight Home Automation application that is fully extensible using
Find My Device
Home AutomationServer for saving location data send by FMD
Replaces Googles FindMyDevice
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At a glance
| App | Deploy effort | Difficulty | Min. RAM | License | ★ Stars |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Piper | Under-an-hour setup | Medium | 256 MB | MIT | 5,867 |
| MQTT Explorer | Under-an-hour setup | Easy | 128 MB | Apache-2.0 | 4,086 |
| Hyperion | Under-an-hour setup | Medium | 128 MB | MIT | 3,885 |
| openWakeWord | Under-an-hour setup | Medium | 256 MB | Apache-2.0 | 2,842 |
| OpenRemote | Read-the-docs project | Medium | 512 MB | AGPL-3.0 | 1,920 |
| Home Assistant Floorplan | Read-the-docs project | Medium | 64 MB | Apache-2.0 | 1,620 |
| SIP Irrigation Control | Read-the-docs project | Medium | 512 MB | GPL-3.0 | 422 |
| ESPHome Web Tools | Read-the-docs project | Easy | 32 MB | MIT | 61 |
| LHA | Read-the-docs project | Medium | 512 MB | MIT | 13 |
| Find My Device | Read-the-docs project | Easy | 70 MB | GPL-3.0-or-later | — |
Quick picks
- Most adopted: Piper (5,867 GitHub stars).
- Lightest footprint: ESPHome Web Tools (from 32 MB RAM, against 512 MB for the heaviest here).
- Licensing: 4 of 10 use MIT; check the rest individually if you plan to modify and redistribute.
Every option here is open-source and self-hostable, tagged Cross-Platform within the home automation category. Deploy effort is graded from published container recipes, not vendor claims — see the methodology.