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Best Plugins Home Automation for self-hosting

The 23 best Plugins home automation you can self-host, ranked by community traction.

Home Assistant

Home Automation

Open-source home automation that puts privacy first

Replaces SmartThings, Google Home

★ 91.5k Medium setup Apache-2.0

Homebridge

Home Automation

Bring non-HomeKit smart devices into Apple Home

Replaces Apple HomeKit hubs

★ 25.5k Easy setup Apache-2.0

HACS

Home Automation

Community store for custom Home Assistant integrations and themes

Replaces SmartThings community add-ons

★ 7.8k Easy setup MIT

Home Assistant Operating System

Home Automation

Embedded operating system optimized for Home Assistant

Replaces SmartThings, Hubitat

★ 7.5k Easy setup Apache-2.0

Scrypted

Home Automation

High-performance smart home and camera platform

Replaces Google Home

★ 6k Medium setup Apache-2.0

Mushroom

Home Automation

Modern minimalist card collection for Home Assistant dashboards

Replaces proprietary smart home apps

★ 5.2k Easy setup Apache-2.0

Bubble Card

Home Automation

Minimalist mobile-first card pack for Home Assistant

Replaces SmartThings app

★ 4.6k Easy setup MIT

Button Card

Home Automation

Highly customizable button card for Home Assistant Lovelace

Replaces proprietary smart home dashboards

★ 2.5k Easy setup MIT

Home Assistant Supervisor

Home Automation

Manages the Home Assistant add-on ecosystem

Replaces SmartThings

★ 2.2k Medium setup Apache-2.0

ApexCharts Card

Home Automation

Advanced graphing card for Home Assistant dashboards

Replaces Grafana panels

★ 1.9k Medium setup MIT

card-mod

Home Automation

Apply custom CSS styles to Home Assistant Lovelace cards

Replaces proprietary dashboard theming tools

★ 1.8k Medium setup MIT

Mini Media Player

Home Automation

Compact media player card for Home Assistant dashboards

Replaces Sonos app

★ 1.7k Easy setup MIT

Home Assistant Floorplan

Home Automation

Interactive SVG floorplan UI for Home Assistant

Replaces Control4

★ 1.6k Medium setup Apache-2.0

ioBroker

Home Automation

Integration platform for the Internet of Things

Replaces SmartThings, Hubitat

★ 1.4k Medium setup MIT

Frigate Cards

Home Automation

Advanced camera card for Home Assistant dashboards

Replaces Ring app

★ 1.2k Easy setup MIT

openHAB

Home Automation

Vendor-neutral open-source home automation

Replaces SmartThings, Google Home

★ 1.2k Hard setup EPL-2.0

AppDaemon

Home Automation

Python apps and automation framework for Home Assistant

Replaces SmartThings

★ 971 Medium setup Apache-2.0

Pimatic

Home Automation

Node.js home automation framework for the Raspberry Pi

Replaces SmartThings

★ 598 Medium setup GPL-2.0

Jeedom

Home Automation

Flexible open-source home automation platform

Replaces SmartThings, Hubitat

★ 414 Medium setup GPL-2.0

Node-RED Dashboard 2.0

Home Automation

Modern data-driven dashboard for Node-RED flows

Replaces Home Assistant Lovelace

★ 355 Easy setup Apache-2.0

OpenVoiceOS

Home Automation

Open-source voice AI platform and assistant

Replaces Amazon Alexa, Google Assistant

★ 296 Hard setup Apache-2.0

SmartHomeNG

Home Automation

Modular home automation framework with KNX focus

Replaces Loxone

★ 128 Hard setup GPL-3.0

FHEM

Home Automation

Perl-based server for home automation tasks

Replaces SmartThings

★ 23 Hard setup GPL-2.0

At a glance

App	Deploy effort	Difficulty	Min. RAM	License	★ Stars
Home Assistant	≈5-minute setup	Medium	1,024 MB	Apache-2.0	91,548
Homebridge	Under-an-hour setup	Easy	256 MB	Apache-2.0	25,509
HACS	Read-the-docs project	Easy	64 MB	MIT	7,797
Home Assistant Operating System	≈5-minute setup	Easy	1,024 MB	Apache-2.0	7,535
Scrypted	Under-an-hour setup	Medium	1,024 MB	Apache-2.0	6,007
Mushroom	Read-the-docs project	Easy	32 MB	Apache-2.0	5,205
Bubble Card	Read-the-docs project	Easy	64 MB	MIT	4,642
Button Card	Read-the-docs project	Easy	32 MB	MIT	2,510
Home Assistant Supervisor	Under-an-hour setup	Medium	512 MB	Apache-2.0	2,235
ApexCharts Card	Read-the-docs project	Medium	32 MB	MIT	1,878

Quick picks

Most adopted: Home Assistant (91,548 GitHub stars).
Lightest footprint: Mushroom (from 32 MB RAM, against 2,048 MB for the heaviest here).
Fastest to deploy: Home Assistant (verified single-container compose).
Licensing: 10 of 23 use Apache-2.0; check the rest individually if you plan to modify and redistribute.

Every option here is open-source and self-hostable, tagged Plugins within the home automation category. Deploy effort is graded from published container recipes, not vendor claims — see the methodology.

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