WebThings Gateway
WebThings is an open source implementation of the Web of Things, including the WebThings Gateway and the WebThings Framework.
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Still maintained? Yes: 1 commit in the last 90 days, latest release 2.0.0 (Dec 2025).
Comparisons in Internet of Things (IoT): Home Assistant Cloud alternatives, Nest alternatives.
At a glance
WebThings Gateway quick facts
- Health score
- 44/100 SLOWING
- Stars
- 2,646
- Last commit
- 1 month ago (Sep 2026)
- Latest release
- 2.0.0, Dec 2025
- Licence
- MPL-2.0
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In its own words
The project's README opens: "WebThings Gateway is a self-hosted web application for monitoring and controlling a building over the web."
Why it ranks here
Health score explained
WebThings Gateway scores 44/100, #18 of 20 in Internet of Things (IoT): 1 commit in the last 90 days earns 1.2 of 35 points, the latest release (2.0.0, 11 months ago) earns 18.7 of 25, 2,646 stars add 13.7 of 20, an active, unarchived repository keeps 10 and no advertised Docker image leaves the final 10 unclaimed. That places it in the slowing band (40 to 69). The biggest shortfall is commit activity, worth 33.8 more points.
Recomputed nightly from the GitHub API. How the score is calculated.
- Commit activity biggest shortfall 1.2 / 35
1 commits in 90 days (30+ scores full marks)
- Release recency 18.7 / 25
2.0.0 released 11 months ago
- Stars 13.7 / 20
2.6k stars on GitHub (logarithmic)
- Not archived 10.0 / 10
Repository is active
- Docker support 0.0 / 10
No Docker support advertised
Commit activity
- 1
- Last 90 days
- 27
- Last 12 months
- 1 month ago
- Last push
Ranked #18 of 20 tools in Internet of Things (IoT) by health , between SIP Irrigation Control (#17) and LHA (#19) .
Details
| Licence | MPL-2.0 |
| Platforms | Nodejs |
| Latest release | 2.0.0 · 11 months ago |
| Stars | 2,646 |
| Open issues | 314 |
| Docker | Not advertised |
| Repository | WebThingsIO/gateway ↗ |
WebThings Gateway vs its top 5 alternatives
Active tools that share a category with WebThings Gateway (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 |
| EMQX | 97 | 17k | Apache-2.0 | today |
| ioBroker | 83 | 1.4k | MIT | yesterday |
| OpenRemote | 83 | 1.9k | AGPL-3.0 | today |
| WebThings Gateway (this tool) | 44 | 2.6k | MPL-2.0 | 1 month ago |
WebThings Gateway: common questions
Is WebThings Gateway still maintained?
WebThings Gateway had 1 commit in the last 90 days and its last push was 1 month ago; the latest tagged release, 2.0.0, is from 11 months ago. Repoly recomputes this nightly.