Gladys Assistant is a self-hosted smart home platform designed to make home automation accessible without depending on a mandatory cloud service. It provides a web interface for managing connected devices, monitoring household activity and creating automations.
The software brings together devices from different manufacturers using open communication standards and integrations. It places particular emphasis on local control and privacy, allowing household information and automation routines to remain on the user’s own hardware.
Its interface can be accessed from computers, tablets and smartphones, while optional services provide additional remote access and other capabilities.
This is free and open source software.
Key Features
- Customisable dashboards with widgets for devices, sensors, cameras and household activity.
- Multiple dashboards with private or shared visibility settings.
- Graphical scene editor for building automations without writing code.
- Trigger scenes from schedules, device events, presence changes and other conditions.
- Local Zigbee device integration through Zigbee2MQTT.
- Matter controller support for compatible devices using Wi-Fi, Ethernet and Thread networks.
- MQTT integration for custom devices, sensors and other automation systems.
- Support for Z-Wave devices through compatible external integrations.
- Community integration catalogue with isolated container-based extensions.
- Integrations for popular devices including Philips Hue, Shelly, Sonos and supported security cameras.
- Energy monitoring for electricity consumption, solar production and battery systems.
- Presence detection and household occupancy tracking.
- Built-in assistant capabilities for interacting with devices and automation functions.
- Light and dark interface themes and full-screen dashboard display for wall-mounted tablets.
- Optional encrypted remote access and other connected services through Gladys Plus.
Website: gladysassistant.com
Support:
Developer: Pierre-Gilles Leymarie and Gladys Assistant contributors
License: Apache License 2.0
Gladys Assistant is written JavaScript. Learn JavaScript with our recommended free books and free tutorials.
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