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Grott Growatt Monitor 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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GR Grott Growatt Monitor Local monitoring proxy for Growatt solar inverters VS TH ThingsBoard Open-source IoT platform for device management and data
FeatureGrott Growatt MonitorThingsBoard
CategoryHome AutomationHome Automation
LicenseGPL-3.0Apache-2.0
LanguagePythonJava
Setup difficultyMediumHard
Min. RAM128 MB2,048 MB
Deploymentdocker, bare-metaldocker, kubernetes, bare-metal
GitHub stars★ 532★ 22,200
First released20202017
ReplacesGrowatt ShinePhoneAWS IoT, Azure IoT

Why pick each one

Choose Grott Growatt Monitor if…

  • Released under the GPL-3.0 license
  • First-class Docker support for quick deployment
  • Written in Python
  • Tiny footprint — runs in 128 MB RAM
Grott Growatt Monitor details

Choose ThingsBoard if…

  • Powerful IoT platform
  • Highly customizable dashboards
ThingsBoard details

Frequently asked questions

Is Grott Growatt Monitor or ThingsBoard better?

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

Are Grott Growatt Monitor and ThingsBoard free and open-source?

Yes. Grott Growatt Monitor is licensed under GPL-3.0 and ThingsBoard under Apache-2.0. Both can be self-hosted at no software cost.

Can I run Grott Growatt Monitor and ThingsBoard with Docker?

Grott Growatt Monitor: yes. ThingsBoard: yes.

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