Alternatives and competitors

Sites like Home Assistant

The 20 closest home automation software alternatives to Home Assistant, ranked by what they actually offer, and the 11 technologies behind it.

Looking for an alternative to Home Assistant? The closest matches are lifeaiot.com, TP-Link and Houzz. We match sites by what they actually offer, from their homepages, Wikidata and a summary by Claude, in any language. Vote on each alternative and leave a short note to help the next person choose.

Neighbours: k = 20
Sites searched: 4,032
Vector: 384-d
Query: 13 ms

01 · Entity

About Home Assistant

Home Assistant home-assistant.io

Home Assistant

Open source home automation that puts local control and privacy first. Powered by a worldwide community of tinkerers and DIY enthusiasts. Perfect to run on a...

Wikidata: home automation software

Top 10K · #2,488 English 11 technologies Crawled Nov 6, 2026

Visit Home Assistant

Summary by Claude

Free, open-source home automation software that runs locally and controls smart home devices from many brands through a single hub, along with official hardware such as Zigbee/Thread and Z-Wave adapters and a voice assistant device.

Who it’s for: Smart home owners and DIY enthusiasts
Business model: Nonprofit; hardware sales, cloud subscription and donations

02 · Embedding space

Competitor map

Each alternative by how close its vector is to Home Assistant’s (x) and how much traffic it gets, how much of the stack it shares, or where it sits in the embedding space itself (y). Lines split each axis at the median. Hover for the numbers, click to jump to it in the list.

similarity × popularity

03 · Nearest neighbours

Alternatives to Home Assistant

Thumbs up if it’s a real alternative to Home Assistant, thumbs down if it isn’t.

Only in English

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lifeaiot.com Top 10K English

SmartLife
- Google Search Console
- Amazon Route 53
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TP-Link tp-link.com Top 1K English

TP-Link: Your Smart Home, Simplified

We are a US-based leader in Wi-Fi and smart home technology. See why families trust TP-Link to make their home smart, secure, and effortlessly connected.
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Houzz houzz.com Top 10K English

Houzz for Pros and Homeowners | Build and Design Software | Try Free for 30 Days

Houzz has powerful software for construction and design professionals. For homeowners, find inspiration, products, and pros to design your dream home.
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Ezviz ezvizru.com Top 10K English

EZVIZ - Creating Easy Smart Homes

EZVIZ, a global smart home security brand, creates a safe, convenient and smart life for users through its smart devices and cloud-based platform.
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quicksetcloud.com Top 10K English

discover. interact. personalize.

Smart Home Interoperability, Occupancy & Presence Detection, Entertainment Control and Content Services - For Connected TV, Energy Management and Home Automation Device Manufacturers QuickSet is Universal Electronics’ software product family and the de facto solution for simplifying universal discovery, control, and interaction of devices within the home. First introduced in September 2009, QuickSet solution is a widely…
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Ayla Networks aylanetworks.com Top 10K English

Simplifying Smart Home IoT | Ayla Networks

For smart home IoT solutions, highlight your differentiated devices using a proven cloud platform to reliably deliver custom-built, smart-connected products, improving customers' experience. Ayla Networks is your one-stop US-based shop for devices, firmware, cloud platform, and a 5-star mobile app.
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Wyze wyze.com Top 10K English

Wyze | Smart Home Security Cameras & Devices

Wyze smart home cameras offer 1080p to 4K video quality with advanced motion detection and alerts. Safe for indoor and outdoor use. Wireless battery-powered cams available. Build your complete smart home security system without breaking the bank. Premium tech, affordable price.
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XDA Developers xda-developers.com Top 10K English

XDA

The world’s best source for computing news, reviews, editorials guides, and more.
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SimpliSafe simplisafe.com Top 10K English

SimpliSafe Home Security Systems | Wireless Home Security Alarms

Shop award-winning home security systems from SimpliSafe. Professional monitoring, protection from break-ins and hazards, and no contracts.
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doxygen.org Top 10K English

Doxygen homepage

Source code documentation and analysis tool
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eufylife.com Top 10K English

eufy - Built with Care | Home Security System & Robovacs - eufy US

eufy has developed a new generation of easy-to-use smart home devices that are designed to enhance your life at home.
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WordPress wordpress.org Top 100 English

Blog Tool, Publishing Platform, and CMS | WordPress.org

Open source software which you can use to easily create a beautiful website, blog, or app.
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UserWay userway.org Top 10K English

UserWay | Web Accessibility Solutions

Explore web accessibility solutions for any stage of your journey. Improve UX and work toward conformance with WCAG standards.
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How-To Geek howtogeek.com Top 10K English

How-To Geek - We Explain Technology

We explain technology. Learn more with our articles, reviews, tips, and the best answers to your most pressing tech questions.
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Zapier zapier.com Top 10K English

Zapier: Automate AI Workflows, Agents, and Apps

Build and scale AI workflows and agents across 9,000+ apps with Zapier—the most connected AI orchestration platform. Trusted by 3 million+ businesses.
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Strava strava.com Top 10K English

Strava | Running, Cycling & Hiking App - Train, Track & Share

Strava connects millions of runners, cyclists, hikers, walkers and other active people through the sports they love – all on our mobile app and website.
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GitHub github.com Top 100 English

GitHub · Change is constant. GitHub keeps you ahead. · GitHub · GitHub

Join the world's most widely adopted, AI-powered developer platform where millions of developers, businesses, and the largest open source community build software that advances humanity.
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Matomo matomo.org Top 10K English

Privacy-first analytics you can trust - Analytics Platform - Matomo

Popular analytics tools can miss up to 40% of traffic. Matomo delivers accurate, GDPR-compliant analytics with full data ownership in a platform teams can set up in minutes.
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Ring ring.com Top 1K English

Home Security Systems - Cameras, Alarms, Doorbells | Ring

Protect your home & watch over what's important from your phone with video doorbells, security cameras, alarms, smart lighting & more.
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Good Housekeeping goodhousekeeping.com Top 10K English

Good Housekeeping: Trusted Home Advice, Product Reviews & Recipes

Discover expert-tested product reviews, modern home tips, cleaning hacks, new recipes, health advice and more from Good Housekeeping. Since 1885, we've helped you make smart choices for your home and life.
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Ranked by score: the cosine similarity of each site’s vector to home-assistant.io’s, less a small penalty for generic sites that are close to everything. Highlighted technologies are ones Home Assistant uses too. Votes and comments come from visitors and don’t change the ranking.

04 · Fingerprints

Technology

What Home Assistant is built with, and what its closest competitors use, from its homepage’s code and its DNS records.

Built with

Fonts: Google Fonts asset https://fonts.googleapis.com/
Live chat & support: Zendesk TXT v=spf1 include:_spf.google.com include:mailgun.org include:_spf.mlsen…
CDN: Cloudflare header cf-ray: a5630b84edb399cd-HAM
jsDelivr asset https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/@justinribeiro/lite-youtube@1.3.1/lite-youtube.js
Hosting: Netlify header x-nf-request-id: 01M6R04MMVFZ5SK94Z5Y18DHBC
Video: YouTube embeds page source: youtube-nocookie.com/embed/
Email hosting: Google Workspace MX aspmx.l.google.com
Email delivery: Mailgun TXT v=spf1 include:_spf.google.com include:mailgun.org include:_spf.mlsen…
DNS hosting: Cloudflare DNS NS kate.ns.cloudflare.com
SaaS tools (verified in DNS): Google Search Console TXT google-site-verification=LHk-GqdlpFjeN2bUBI8R-XdlBUXTEmlrY2TWdjrkzZc
Meta Business Suite TXT facebook-domain-verification=kr4f8uhq1k9yriphnc8supjb9aqjjn

Stack changes

No changes yet. Each new crawl is compared with the last one, and what Home Assistant adds or drops shows up here.

What competitors use

Across the 20 closest sites.