Guides

Domoticz is a lightweight home automation system for monitoring and controlling lights, switches and a wide range of sensors, officially distributed as a Docker image with a documented Compose setup.

ESPHome lets you create and flash custom firmware for ESP8266/ESP32 and similar microcontrollers using simple YAML configuration files, usable either as a Home Assistant add-on or standalone via Docker.

A self-hosted network video recorder with real-time AI object detection — it only alerts and saves clips for actual people, cars, or animals, instead of every motion event a plain security camera would trigger on.

Open-source home automation platform — control and automate smart-home devices from every ecosystem in one place.

The Container installation method for Home Assistant — running just Home Assistant Core as a Docker container on an existing Linux server, alongside other services, instead of dedicating a whole machine to Home Assistant OS.

A lightweight server that emulates the HomeKit API, letting non-HomeKit smart-home devices (and hubs like Home Assistant) show up and work natively in Apple's Home app.

A free, open-source, lightweight MQTT message broker -- the standard messaging backbone connecting smart-home sensors/devices to automation platforms like Home Assistant and Node-RED.

Free, open-source firmware for controlling individually-addressable LED strips from an ESP8266/ESP32 board, with a huge library of effects, presets, and integrations (including Home Assistant).

A full-featured web UI and MQTT gateway for Z-Wave JS, turning a USB Z-Wave controller stick into a manageable smart-home hub that Home Assistant or openHAB can connect to.

A free, open-source bridge that connects a USB Zigbee adapter to an MQTT broker -- lets Home Assistant/Node-RED control Zigbee smart-home devices without needing each vendor's own proprietary hub.

openHAB is a vendor-neutral, technology-agnostic home automation platform that ties together diverse smart-home devices and protocols; its officially maintained Docker image is the most portable way to run it.