Home Assistant
Community-built smart home control system emphasizing privacy and local operation
- Also known as
- home-assistant
Available worldwide
What is Home Assistant?
A freely-available home automation solution that runs entirely on local hardware, allowing users to connect and control smart devices while keeping data on-premises and private.
Home Assistant pricing
We don't have Home Assistant's full plan breakdown yet (its pricing page resisted automated reading). Here's what we could confirm. Always check live pricing for exact numbers.
Platform & deployment
Independently observed- iOS
- Android
- Self-hosted
Integrations (3)
Independently observed- Discord
- Huawei LTE•
- NodeRed
Security & compliance
Known vulnerabilities: 0 (0 in the last 12 months) sourcea count reflects scale & disclosure, not quality
Home Assistant FAQ
Common questions about Home Assistant, answered from independent, dated evidence.
What is Home Assistant?
An open source system for automating and controlling smart home devices locally without cloud dependency. Includes support for over 1500 integrations, customizable dashboards, natural language voice assistant, energy management, and runs on affordable hardware—keeping all data private and under user control. It is indexed under Self-Hosted Apps.
Source: https://www.home-assistant.io
Is Home Assistant free to use?
Home Assistant is open source, so it can be self-hosted and used at no licence cost. It is released under the MIT licence. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.
Source: https://www.home-assistant.io
What platforms does Home Assistant support?
Home Assistant supports the web, Linux, iOS and Android. Platforms we have not confirmed are simply not listed here rather than ruled out.
Source: https://www.home-assistant.io
Can Home Assistant be self-hosted?
Yes. Home Assistant can be deployed on-premise and self-hosted, so it does not have to run on the vendor's infrastructure.
Source: https://www.home-assistant.io
What does Home Assistant integrate with?
We have confirmed 3 integrations for Home Assistant, including Huawei LTE, NodeRed and Discord. This is what we could verify from public sources, so the vendor may support others we have not indexed.
Source: https://www.home-assistant.io
Is Home Assistant open source?
Yes. Home Assistant is published under the MIT licence, a permissive licence that generally allows commercial use and modification. Licence terms can change between releases, so verify against the repository for the version you intend to use.
Home Assistant alternatives
Other self-hosted apps we track, ranked by the same independent score.
Compare Home Assistant
Side by side against other self-hosted apps, attribute by attribute, with a source on every value.
The vioscaleAI score: one lens on the evidence
Not user reviews and not a paid placement: a confidence-weighted blend of the independent signals below (adoption, activity, security posture, and more), which you can sort and re-weight yourself. Vendors can correct their listing but can never move their rank, and stars are weighted low as a vanity metric. It is one way to read the evidence for Home Assistant, not the verdict.
| Signal | Score | Weight | Contribution | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Integrations | 91 | 0.05 | 4.8 | ✓ |
| Stars | 45 | 0.03 | 1.5 | ✓ |
| Capabilities | 0 | 0.08 | 0.0 | - |
| Dependent projects | 0 | 0.08 | 0.0 | ✓ |
| Development activity | 0 | 0.12 | 0.0 | ✓ |
| Release cadence | 0 | 0.07 | 0.0 | ✓ |
| Security posture | 0 | 0.09 | 0.0 | - |
| Package downloads | 0 | 0.17 | 0.0 | - |
| Security score | 0 | 0.05 | 0.0 | - |
| Developer Q&A activity | 0 | 0.08 | 0.0 | - |
Computed . Re-weight it by intent, or see the full method.
All data & sourcesshow ↓
Every value we hold, with its source, retrieval date, and confidence. This is the evidence behind the score: don't trust it, verify it.
Activity
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Commits last 30d | 0 | mediumsource · 2026-10-12 · 65% |
Adoption
Content
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Faq | 6 items | mediumsource · 2026-09-10 · 66% |
Integrations
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Count | 1,500 | mediumsource · 2026-10-12 · 60% |
Language
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Primary | SCSS | highsource · 2026-10-12 · 90% |
License
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Spdx | MIT | highsource · 2026-10-12 · 95% |
Market
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Availability | PrimaryMarkets: … · AvailabilityScope: global · AvailableCountries: … · NotAvailableCountries: … | highsource · 2026-09-01 · 75% |
Pricing
Release
Security
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Vulnerabilities | Count: 0 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=rubygems&package_name=oscailte&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0 | highsource · 2026-10-12 · 90% |
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