Domoticz

Home Automation System that lets you monitor and configure various devices like: Lights, Switches, various sensors/meters like Temperature, Rain, Wind, UV, Electra, Gas, Water and much more.

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Still maintained? Yes: 390 commits in the last 90 days, latest release 2026.4 (Oct 2026).

Also an alternative to Home Assistant Cloud and Nest.

Docker #6 of 20 in Internet of Things (IoT)

At a glance

Domoticz quick facts

Health score: 94/100 GOOD
Stars: 3,827
Last commit: today (Oct 2026)
Latest release: 2026.4, Oct 2026
Licence: GPL-3.0

View domoticz/domoticz on GitHub ↗ Website ↗

Top alternatives to Domoticz

Full rankings: Home Assistant Cloud alternatives, Nest alternatives

In its own words

The project's README opens: "Domoticz is a free, open source home automation system for Linux, Windows, macOS, and Raspberry Pi. Monitor and control lights, switches, and sensors for temperature, rain, wind, UV, energy, gas, water and much more. Supports 150+ hardware devices including Z-Wave, Zigbee, MQTT, Philips Hue, and RFXCOM. Notifications and alerts can be sent to any mobile device."

Why it ranks here

Health score explained

Domoticz scores 94/100, #6 of 20 in Internet of Things (IoT): 390 commits in the last 90 days earn 35.0 of 35 points, the latest release (2026.4, 29 days ago) earns 25.0 of 25, 3,827 stars add 14.3 of 20, an active, unarchived repository keeps 10 and Docker support adds the final 10. That places it in the good band (70 and above). The biggest shortfall is star count, worth 5.7 more points.

Recomputed nightly from the GitHub API. How the score is calculated.

Commit activity 35.0 / 35

390 commits in 90 days (30+ scores full marks)
Release recency 25.0 / 25

2026.4 released 29 days ago
Stars biggest shortfall 14.3 / 20

3.8k stars on GitHub (logarithmic)
Not archived 10.0 / 10

Repository is active
Docker support 10.0 / 10

Docker image or Compose file available

Commit activity

390
Last 90 days: 1,685
Last 12 months: today
Last push

Ranked #6 of 20 tools in Internet of Things (IoT) by health , between evcc (#5) and Gladys (#7) .

Details

Licence	GPL-3.0
Platforms	C, C++, Docker, Shell
Latest release	2026.4 · 29 days ago
Stars	3,827
Open issues	8
Docker	Yes
Repository	domoticz/domoticz ↗

Visit website ↗ Source code ↗

Domoticz vs its top 5 alternatives

Active tools that share a comparison page or a category with Domoticz (Internet of Things (IoT)), scored on the same five terms.

Tool	Health	Stars	Licence	Last commit
Home Assistant	100	92k	Apache-2.0	today
Node RED	98	24k	Apache-2.0	4 days ago
evcc	95	7.5k	MIT	yesterday
Domoticz (this tool)	94	3.8k	GPL-3.0	today
ioBroker	83	1.4k	MIT	yesterday
openHAB	57	1.2k	EPL-2.0	yesterday

Domoticz: common questions

What does Domoticz replace?

Repoly lists Domoticz as an open-source alternative to Home Assistant Cloud and Nest. Each comparison page ranks every alternative by the same health score, so you can see where Domoticz stands against the others.

Is Domoticz still maintained?

Domoticz had 390 commits in the last 90 days and its last push was today; the latest tagged release, 2026.4, is from 29 days ago. Repoly recomputes this nightly.

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