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Consumer automation that links apps, devices, and web services.
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Home Assistant
Ranking score 100/100
Local home automation hub for devices and routines.
- Licence
- Apache-2.0
- Platforms
- web, self-hosted
- Self-hostable
- Yes
- Repo activity
- Last release October 24, 2026
- GitHub stars
- 91,739
- Last verified
- October 24, 2026
Why this rank
Score breakdown for Home Assistant Factor Points Weight Licence opennessApache-2.0 licence (open); self-hostable 25 25% Repository activityLast activity 0 day(s) before 2026-10-26 25 25% Popularity91739 GitHub stars 20 20% Feature coverage6 of 6 curated capability tags covered 20 20% Costfree pricing model 10 10% Points add up to the score. Factors without data are left out and the remaining weights are renormalised.
Node-RED
Ranking score 94.3/100
Flow-based automation for APIs, devices, and home systems.
- Licence
- Apache-2.0
- Platforms
- web, self-hosted
- Self-hostable
- Yes
- Repo activity
- Last release October 21, 2026
- GitHub stars
- 23,785
- Last verified
- October 24, 2026
Why this rank
Score breakdown for Node-RED Factor Points Weight Licence opennessApache-2.0 licence (open); self-hostable 25 25% Repository activityLast activity 0 day(s) before 2026-10-26 25 25% Popularity23785 GitHub stars 18.6 20% Feature coverage11 of 14 curated capability tags covered 15.7 20% Costfree pricing model 10 10% Points add up to the score. Factors without data are left out and the remaining weights are renormalised.
Huginn
Ranking score 92.5/100
Self-hosted agents that monitor sources and trigger actions.
- Licence
- MIT
- Platforms
- web, self-hosted
- Self-hostable
- Yes
- Repo activity
- Last release October 26, 2026
- GitHub stars
- 50,146
- Last verified
- October 24, 2026
Why this rank
Score breakdown for Huginn Factor Points Weight Licence opennessMIT licence (open); self-hostable 25 25% Repository activityLast activity 0 day(s) before 2026-10-26 25 25% Popularity50146 GitHub stars 20 20% Feature coverage5 of 8 curated capability tags covered 12.5 20% Costfree pricing model 10 10% Points add up to the score. Factors without data are left out and the remaining weights are renormalised.