ioBroker
Integration platform for the Internet of Things, focused on building automation, smart metering, ambient assisted living, process automation, visualization and data logging.
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Still maintained? Yes: 45 commits in the last 90 days, latest release 2026-10-29 (Oct 2026).
Also an alternative to Home Assistant Cloud and Nest.
At a glance
ioBroker quick facts
- Health score
- 83/100 GOOD
- Stars
- 1,384
- Last commit
- yesterday (Oct 2026)
- Latest release
- 2026-10-29, Oct 2026
- Licence
- MIT
Top alternatives to ioBroker
Full rankings: Home Assistant Cloud alternatives, Nest alternatives
In its own words
The project's README opens: "To install on Windows: mkdir C: iobroker && cd C: iobroker && npx @iobroker/install or use installer."
Why it ranks here
Health score explained
ioBroker scores 83/100, #12 of 20 in Internet of Things (IoT): 45 commits in the last 90 days earn 35.0 of 35 points, the latest release (2026-10-29, yesterday) earns 25.0 of 25, 1,384 stars add 12.6 of 20, an active, unarchived repository keeps 10 and no advertised Docker image leaves the final 10 unclaimed. That places it in the good band (70 and above). The biggest shortfall is Docker support, worth 10.0 more points.
Recomputed nightly from the GitHub API. How the score is calculated.
- Commit activity 35.0 / 35
45 commits in 90 days (30+ scores full marks)
- Release recency 25.0 / 25
2026-10-29 released yesterday
- Stars 12.6 / 20
1.4k stars on GitHub (logarithmic)
- Not archived 10.0 / 10
Repository is active
- Docker support biggest shortfall 0.0 / 10
No Docker support advertised
Commit activity
- 45
- Last 90 days
- 92
- Last 12 months
- yesterday
- Last push
Ranked #12 of 20 tools in Internet of Things (IoT) by health , between Tasmota (#11) and OpenRemote (#13) .
Details
| Licence | MIT |
| Platforms | Nodejs |
| Latest release | 2026-10-29 · yesterday |
| Stars | 1,384 |
| Open issues | 39 |
| Docker | Not advertised |
| Repository | ioBroker/ioBroker ↗ |
ioBroker vs its top 5 alternatives
Active tools that share a comparison page or a category with ioBroker (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 | 94 | 3.8k | GPL-3.0 | today |
| ioBroker (this tool) | 83 | 1.4k | MIT | yesterday |
| openHAB | 57 | 1.2k | EPL-2.0 | yesterday |
ioBroker: common questions
What does ioBroker replace?
Repoly lists ioBroker 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 ioBroker stands against the others.
Is ioBroker still maintained?
ioBroker had 45 commits in the last 90 days and its last push was yesterday; the latest tagged release, 2026-10-29, is from yesterday. Repoly recomputes this nightly.