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Home Assistant Floorplan vs ThingsBoard

A side-by-side comparison of two self-hosted home automation options — licensing, setup difficulty, resource needs, and what each one replaces.

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HO Home Assistant Floorplan Interactive SVG floorplan UI for Home Assistant VS TH ThingsBoard Open-source IoT platform for device management and data
FeatureHome Assistant FloorplanThingsBoard
CategoryHome AutomationHome Automation
LicenseApache-2.0Apache-2.0
LanguageTypeScriptJava
Setup difficultyMediumHard
Min. RAM64 MB2,048 MB
Deploymentsourcedocker, kubernetes, bare-metal
GitHub stars★ 1,585★ 22,200
First released20162017
ReplacesControl4AWS IoT, Azure IoT

Why pick each one

Choose Home Assistant Floorplan if…

  • Highly visual control
  • Very customizable
Home Assistant Floorplan details

Choose ThingsBoard if…

  • Powerful IoT platform
  • Highly customizable dashboards
ThingsBoard details

Frequently asked questions

Is Home Assistant Floorplan or ThingsBoard better?

Neither is universally better. ThingsBoard has the larger community, while Home Assistant Floorplan is simpler to set up (medium difficulty). Choose based on the comparison table above and your own setup.

Are Home Assistant Floorplan and ThingsBoard free and open-source?

Yes. Home Assistant Floorplan is licensed under Apache-2.0 and ThingsBoard under Apache-2.0. Both can be self-hosted at no software cost.

Can I run Home Assistant Floorplan and ThingsBoard with Docker?

Home Assistant Floorplan: check the project docs for container support. ThingsBoard: yes.

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