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📊 Home Automation & Monitoring

Free and open-source tools to connect sensors and smart devices locally, without a cloud, and to collect and draw measurements over time. Home Assistant is in the Self-hosting section, ESPHome in Programming & Development.

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• Node-RED

  nodered.org

  Connect devices, APIs and services by drawing flows in the browser. Ideal for automations that are too odd for anything else.

  • #OPEN-SOURCE
  • #FLOWS
  • #AUTOMATION
  • #LOW-CODE

• Eclipse Mosquitto

  mosquitto.org

  A small, reliable MQTT broker – the post office through which sensors, switches and Home Assistant exchange messages.

  • #OPEN-SOURCE
  • #MQTT
  • #BROKER
  • #LIGHTWEIGHT

• MQTT Explorer

  mqtt-explorer.com

  Shows all MQTT topics as a tree with their latest values and history. The first tool to open when a device does not report.

  • #OPEN-SOURCE
  • #MQTT
  • #DEBUG
  • #CROSS-PLATFORM

• Zigbee2MQTT

  zigbee2mqtt.io

  Use Zigbee sensors, bulbs and buttons of different brands with one USB stick and no manufacturer hubs or apps.

  • #OPEN-SOURCE
  • #ZIGBEE
  • #MQTT
  • #LOCAL

• Tasmota

  tasmota.github.io

  Alternative firmware for ESP-based smart plugs, switches and relays. Removes the cloud and adds MQTT and a local web interface.

  • #OPEN-SOURCE
  • #FIRMWARE
  • #ESP
  • #LOCAL

• Grafana

  grafana.com

  Draws dashboards and graphs from databases such as InfluxDB, Prometheus and PostgreSQL. Temperatures, power use, server load – all on one screen.

  • #OPEN-SOURCE
  • #DASHBOARD
  • #GRAPHS
  • #SELF-HOSTED

• InfluxDB

  influxdata.com

  A database built for time series – measurements with a timestamp, such as sensor readings. Open-source edition for self-hosting.

  • #OPEN-SOURCE
  • #TIME-SERIES
  • #DATABASE
  • #SENSORS

• Prometheus

  prometheus.io

  Collects metrics from servers and services at regular intervals and sends alerts when something goes wrong. Usually shown in Grafana.

  • #OPEN-SOURCE
  • #METRICS
  • #ALERTS
  • #MONITORING

• Netdata

  netdata.cloud

  Install it and immediately see hundreds of live graphs of CPU, disks, network and services on a Linux server. The agent is open source.

  • #OPEN-SOURCE
  • #MONITORING
  • #REAL-TIME
  • #LINUX