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Home Automation

12 Best Free and Open Source Solutions for Home Automation

March 10, 2025 Steve Emms Roundup, Utilities

Home automation software lets you control and monitor common home and office appliances using a computer.

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Home Automation

Butler – companion for Home Assistant

February 12, 2025 Steve Emms Utilities

Butler is a hybrid native and web app for Home Assistant. Butler is designed and developed on and for GNOME.

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Home Automation

Gladys Assistant – privacy-first home assistant

June 30, 2024 Steve Emms Utilities

Gladys Assistant is a PWA (Progressive Web App) that lets users craft a smart home experience.

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Home Automation

5 Best Free and Open Source X10 Home Automation Software

January 14, 2024 Steve Emms Programming, Roundup, Utilities

X10 is an open standard for controlling home electrical equipment remotely. It works across home power lines and is extremely low-bandwidth.

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Home Automation

HEYU – X10 automation software

November 10, 2023 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

HEYU is a text-based console program that allows your computer to control devices by transmitting information over your house’s power lines.

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Home Automation

Minerva – home automation suite

November 10, 2023 Steve Emms Utilities

Minerva is a complete, easy to use, home automation suite. Using Minerva you can make your home easier and cheaper to run and more secure.

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MisterHouse – home automation software

November 10, 2023 Steve Emms Utilities

MisterHouse is a cross platform home automation application. It supports X10, voice recognition and several serial devices.

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BottleRocket – home automation software for the X10 FireCracker kit

November 10, 2023 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

BottleRocket is a command-line utility to interact with the Firecracker version of X10’s home control devices.

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BlueLava – CGI interface for x10 home automation

November 10, 2023 Steve Emms Utilities

BlueLava allows users to control x10-compliant electronics and x10 modules from within a web browser or a WAP/WML-enabled device.

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Home Automation

Home Assistant – home automation that puts local control and privacy first

November 7, 2023 Steve Emms Utilities

Home Assistant is an open-source home automation platform running on Python 3. Track and control all devices at home and automate control.

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Home Automation

openHAB – empowering the smart home

November 7, 2023 Steve Emms Utilities

The open Home Automation Bus (openHAB) is an award winning open source solution for smart homes and the Internet of Things.

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Home Automation

Homebridge – HomeKit support

November 7, 2023 Steve Emms Utilities

Homebridge allows you to integrate with smart home devices that do not natively support HomeKit.

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Home Automation

Domoticz – control at your fingertips

November 7, 2023 Steve Emms Utilities

Domoticz is an open source home automation system designed to control various devices and receive input from various sensors.

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Home Automation

Freedomotic – Internet of Things (IoT) development framework

November 7, 2023 Steve Emms Utilities

Freedomotic is an open source, flexible, secure Internet of Things (IoT) development framework, useful to build and manage modern smart spaces.

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Home Automation

Calaos – full solution for home automation

November 7, 2023 Steve Emms Utilities

Calaos is a powerful free and open source home automation software. It features a complete set of parts to automate your house.

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Home Automation

HomeGenie – programmable, home automation server

November 7, 2023 Steve Emms Utilities

HomeGenie is a free and open source, programmable, home automation server for smart connected devices and applications.

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Home Automation

FHEM – house automation software

November 7, 2023 Steve Emms Utilities

FHEM is a Perl server for house automation. It’s used to automate some common tasks in the household like switching lamps, shutters, heating.

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Home Automation

OpenMotics – smart building automation

November 7, 2023 Steve Emms Utilities

OpenMotics is a complete open source home automation platform. This software opens up all aspects of home and building automation.

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Home Automation

ioBroker – integration platform for the Internet of Things

November 7, 2023 Steve Emms Utilities

ioBroker is an integration platform for the Internet of Things, focused on Building Automation, Smart Metering, and more.

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Pytomation – extensible automation system written in Python

November 7, 2023 Steve Emms Utilities

Pytomation is a lightweight extensible open source automation system written in Python. It is supported on any platform that supports Python.

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