Open source Google Home alternatives
Every project in the catalog is MIT, Apache or BSD licensed. 0 projects explicitly describe themselves as a Google Home alternative; 43 more are in the category where Google Home is a typical product.
Open source projects in the same category: IoT & Home Automation
Category-level information: these projects are the same kind of software as Google Home; they have not claimed to be a one-to-one replacement.
home-assistant · IoT & Home Automation
Common commercial products in this category: Amazon Alexa, Google Home, Apple Home
- You run the local control and privacy-oriented home automation system on the Raspberry Pi or a local server.
- With modular architecture, you add integrations for different devices and actions.
- Once you find and integrate devices on the network, you run your home by rules with an advanced automation engine.
- • High number of open issues (3,484)
- • NeutralHacker News
I hired an illustrator to draw my house. Now it's my Home Assistant dashboard
“The one "smart home" thing I've done is a garage door switch hooked into Apple HomeKit. I have Home Assistant running on a small server, just for kicks, but mostly it serves as a quick dashboard for my network devices. But being able to control my garage door when I'm not home…”
- • NeutralHacker News
Home Assistant – open-source home automation
“I think that's a fair response! It's worth clarifying a few things. In general, I think people tend to have that reaction because there's a growing assumption that "technology" = "the cloud"--i.e. a Google or Alexa kind of smart speaker that is very clearly vacuuming all kinds…”
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IceWhaleTech · IoT & Home Automation
Common commercial products in this category: Amazon Alexa, Google Home, Apple Home
- You can perform driver and file management through the interface suitable for home scenarios.
- Using the app store, you can install apps like Nextcloud, HomeAssistant and Jellyfin in one click.
- With the system and application widget, you can track resource usage and application status instantly.
- • High number of open issues (837)
- ↓ NegativeGitHub Issue
[Bug] Compatibility with Raspberry Pi 5
“**Describe the bug** > Finally got the Raspberry Pi 5, ran the CasaOS install script and it failed. **To Reproduce** > Steps to reproduce the behavior: 1. Raspberry Pi 5 2. Clean install Raspberry Pi OS Lite 64-bit (Bookworm) 3. sudo apt update & sudo apt upgrade -y 4. curl…”
- • NeutralGitHub Issue
View hidden dotfiles
“First time using CasaOS and felt there was something missing when browsing through my files. I noticed there wasnt any way for me to view hidden dot files. It would be nice when viewing the contents of a directory to view hidden dot files or not. Maybe something small like a…”
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InfluxDB
95influxdata · IoT & Home Automation
Common commercial products in this category: Amazon Alexa, Google Home, Apple Home
- You monitor server, network, and application performance metrics in real time.
- You store and analyze sensor data from IoT devices.
- You make inquiries on financial market data and user behavior.
- • High number of open issues (2,178)
- • NeutralHacker News
InfluxDB Cloud shuts down in Belgium; some weren't notified before data deletion
“> At AWS, the hierarchy of service priorities is crystal clear: Security, Durability, and Availability. In that order. Durability, the assurance that data will not be lost, is a cornerstone of trust, only surpassed by security. Availability, while important, can vary. Different…”
- • NeutralHacker News
InfluxDB Cloud shuts down in Belgium; some weren't notified before data deletion
“Well that sucks big time. Thankfully we switched from InfluxDB to QuestDB, and this news here just make me more convict that we made the right call. We have a netflow analyzer with more than 350 b2b customers (regional ISPs) and we use to run InfluxDB as TSDB. A few things were…”
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ProxmoxVE
100community-scripts · IoT & Home Automation
Common commercial products in this category: Amazon Alexa, Google Home, Apple Home
- You can install popular services with one command over the Proxmox shell.
- With advanced mode, you can configure container network and storage settings.
- You can manage updates and configuration changes of installed services through scripts.
- • NeutralGitHub Issue
Frigate NVR 0.16
“### 🌟 Briefly describe the feature Add Frigate 0.16 based on Debian 12 ### 📝 Detailed description Hello. Please think to add Frigate 0.16 based on Debian 12 LXC. Many thanks ### 💡 Why is this useful? .”
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Dashy
100Lissy93 · IoT & Home Automation
Common commercial products in this category: Amazon Alexa, Google Home, Apple Home
- You can monitor the status of self-hosted services in real time.
- You can configure the dashboard layout and components with the YAML file or interface editor.
- With multi-user support and SSO, you can gain secure access to their services.
- ↑ PositiveHacker News
Dashy – A self-hosted homepage for your homelab
“One, my URLs look like , so they aren’t easy to remember when you have a few devices. Two, I need to communicate the same to my wife and so, if the solution were bookmarking, we’d both have to do those. Tools like Dashy or Flame (the one I use) are great for that.”
- • NeutralHacker News
Dashy – A self-hosted homepage for your homelab
“For those interested, here is the last discussion about Dashy from when it previously appeared here on 05/08/22.”
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Node-RED
100node-red · IoT & Home Automation
Common commercial products in this category: Amazon Alexa, Google Home, Apple Home
- You can create event-driven application streams using the visual interface.
- You can integrate between different systems using ready nodes in the Node-RED library.
- You can manage the development process by incorporating shared streams and private node collections into your projects.
- • NeutralHacker News
Node-RED: Low-code programming for event-driven applications
“Some past threads. Others? Node-RED 2.0 - - July 2021 (62 comments) How-to normalize home volume levels with Node-RED - - May 2020 (28 comments) Node-Red – Flow-Based Programming for the Internet of Things - - Jan 2019 (77 comments) Replacing a Pool and Spa Controller with…”
- ↑ PositiveHacker News
Node-RED: Low-code programming for event-driven applications
“I am personally not a huge fan because my brain is not wired to do visual programming. I have Node-RED installed and running alongside HomeAssistant, but I never use it because automations that are easy to do in NR are just as simple to create directly in HA. Automations that…”
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microsoft · IoT & Home Automation
Common commercial products in this category: Amazon Alexa, Google Home, Apple Home
- By following the 12-week curriculum, you can learn the basic principles of IoT technologies.
- By applying project-based courses, you can develop IoT solutions for sectors such as agriculture, logistics and production.
- You can reinforce the technical skills you acquire by completing end-of-course tests and assignments.
- • No published release
- • NeutralGitHub Issue
Translation - Hindi
“Translation of this curriculum to Hindi. This issue is to be used for all discussions during this work.”
zephyr
90zephyrproject-rtos · IoT & Home Automation
Common commercial products in this category: Amazon Alexa, Google Home, Apple Home
- You can develop software for resource-restricted embedded systems and sensors.
- You can configure the operating system for smart watches and wearable devices.
- You can run applications on IoT gateways and various hardware architectures.
- • High number of open issues (4,700)
- • NeutralHacker News
StableLM Zephyr 3B
“> Hardware: StableLM Zephyr 3B was trained on the Stability AI cluster across 8 nodes with 8 A100 80GBs GPUs for each nodes. I might be missing it but do they say the number of training tokens that was used to train this? This would help with efforts like TinyLlama in trying to…”
- • NeutralHacker News
StableLM Zephyr 3B
“After the Unity re-licensing fiasco, and OpenAI yanking old models, is there any protections in place to allow the use of StableLM-Zephyr-3B indefinitely or will you be able to just deny any continuing access to models?”
rt-thread
100RT-Thread · IoT & Home Automation
Common commercial products in this category: Amazon Alexa, Google Home, Apple Home
- Using the Nano version, you run a system with low memory consumption on microcontrollers with limited resources.
- With the online package management tool, you select modular components and import software packages for complex IoT devices.
- You use objects in the core layer, such as multiple threads, timers, and message queues, in real-time system design.
- • High number of open issues (540)
- • NeutralGitHub Issue
How to create a new i2c project to stm32f469 discovery kit to see Terminal (Logs)
“Hi, I have SmartDrive in C++ (to PlatFormIo) AND in Java to Android I need help to transpose this driver to rt-thread/stm32f469 disco kit I saw it on this site: that the I2C1 (Bus) is already used by the screen that comes with the kit, **correct**? I tried several sites, like…”
Homer
100bastienwirtz · IoT & Home Automation
Common commercial products in this category: Amazon Alexa, Google Home, Apple Home
- You manage your services on a single page by grouping them through the YAML configuration file
- Fast access to the services you need with Fuzzy search and keyboard shortcuts
- With PWA support, you use the application as a web application by uploading it to your device.
- • NeutralHacker News
Map showing the homeland of every character in Homer’s Iliad
“"it was surprising to me how geographically widespread the hometowns of the characters were" On the contrary, that was quite unsurprising, because the story describes a fight of two large alliances, and talks about the lords and rulers of these places. It doesn't talk about the…”
- • NeutralHacker News
Map showing the homeland of every character in Homer’s Iliad
“There were pretty extensive trading networks in the late Bronze Age[1]. I'm not sure what the accepted timeframe for the Trojan War is now, whether it is in that late bronze age period or has been pushed up into the following dark age, but it does increasingly seem that voyages…”
Grocy
92grocy · IoT & Home Automation
Common commercial products in this category: Amazon Alexa, Google Home, Apple Home
- You display the generic demo environment in your browser to test the latest stable version
- To run the application on your own server, you download PHP files and configure the data directory
- Using the update script, you get a backup of your existing installation and go to the latest version.
- • NeutralHacker News
Grocy: web-based, self-hosted grocery and household management
“The main challenge (as other pointed out) is in the data entrey (and update). I see the options as: Grocery Input (easiest): - Receipt Scanning and OCR - Easiest as people don't change supermarkets and groceries too often, so identify once the item in the receipt and it will be…”
- • NeutralGitHub Issue
Install on Ionos webspace
“Hi I'm new with this can you PLS give me instructions on how to install this on my Ionos web space. I created a domain and pointed it to a directory under root I uploaded the files directly to this folder to this folder 
wasm3
72wasm3 · IoT & Home Automation
Common commercial products in this category: Amazon Alexa, Google Home, Apple Home
- You can run WebAssembly applications in a wide range of processor architectures and platforms.
- You can integrate Wasm3 as a library in your projects.
- You can run WASI applications on microcontrollers and embedded systems.
- • NeutralHacker News
Wasm3 – A high performance WebAssembly interpreter in C
“Yeah, but... It's not only the "threaded code" approach, that makes Wasm3 so fast. In fact, Intel's WAMR also utilizes this method, yet is 30 times slower..”
- • NeutralHacker News
Wasm3 – A high performance WebAssembly interpreter in C
“It's not only the "threaded code" approach, that makes Wasm3 so fast. In fact, Intel's WAMR also utilizes this method, yet is 30 times slower..”
Traccar
95traccar · IoT & Home Automation
Common commercial products in this category: Amazon Alexa, Google Home, Apple Home
- You monitor the position of devices by tracking GPS in real time
- You define boundary areas and use geographic fence functionality
- You benefit from driver behavior monitoring and detailed reporting features
- ↓ NegativeHacker News
Traccar – Modern GPS Tracking Platform
“Many cheap gps trackers support "vibration wake up", they go to sleep after a while they've been still and wake up when you start the car. They run in sleep mode at least a week on an internal battery so charging them only whole the car is on is not a problem. Traccar supports…”
- • NeutralHacker News
Traccar – Modern GPS Tracking Platform
“Author of Traccar here. Pricing is for SaaS solution hosted on our servers. Software itself is completely free and open source. As for GDPR compliance, users are in full control of their data. You can delete anything you want from the system. We do collect some anonymous…”
kubeedge
70kubeedge · IoT & Home Automation
Common commercial products in this category: Amazon Alexa, Google Home, Apple Home
- Using Kubernetes API, you manage end applications and end devices from the cloud.
- You provide reliable message delivery without loss of data on unstable cloud-end networks.
- You run applications such as machine learning and image recognition directly at the end and process local data.
- • High number of open issues (1,353)
- • NeutralHacker News
KubeEdge: Kubernetes Native Edge Computing Framework (Project Under CNCF)
“KubeEdge is the first Kubernetes Native Edge Computing Platform with both Edge and Cloud components open sourced!”
home-assistant · IoT & Home Automation
Common commercial products in this category: Amazon Alexa, Google Home, Apple Home
- Using the Docker container engine, you run Home Assistant and its applications.
- You perform system updates with Over The Air (OTA) or offline methods.
- With SquashFS and ZRAM components, you use a lightweight and memory-efficient storage infrastructure.
- ↓ NegativeGitHub Issue
HASS unstable
“## The problem Since the 2020.12.0 update and the 2020.12.7 Supervisor update, my Hass has been drinking 1 or 2 a day and the interface is no longer accessible either locally or remotely. I have to make an electric power stop to restore. The 2020.12.1 version does not solve my…”
- • NeutralGitHub Issue
HassOS on SSD
“Is it possible ton install HassOS on an SSD disk on a Raspberry Pi 3? Does anybody knows how?”
evcc
80evcc-io · IoT & Home Automation
Common commercial products in this category: Amazon Alexa, Google Home, Apple Home
- You manage electric vehicle chargers and home energy systems locally.
- You integrate chargers, inverters and meter systems in a large number of brands and models.
- You connect heat pumps, electric heaters, and smart switches to the system.
- • NeutralGitHub Issue
Integration in Home Assistant als Addon
“Home-Assistant (genau genomme Hass.io) bietet die Möglichkeit Addons ins Frontend zu integrieren und vollständig über HA zu verwalten. Dazu müssen die Applikationen als speziell angepasste Dockercontainer bereitgestellt werden. Es wäre genial, wenn das für evcc klappen würde.…”
- • NeutralGitHub Issue
Wärmepumpen - Unterstützung von Buderus/Bosch/Junkers Wärmepumpen mit ems-esp
“Hallo, ich würde auch noch gerne um Unterstützung von Buderus/Bosch Wärmepumpen bitten. Meine Buderus Wärmepumpe ist über ein ems-esp Modul eingebunden, ein Open Source Projekt: Damit ist auf unterschiedliche Varianten möglich die Wärmepumpe auszulesen und zu steuern: über die…”
bblanchon · IoT & Home Automation
Common commercial products in this category: Amazon Alexa, Google Home, Apple Home
- You serialize JSON documents by targeting memory or flow (stream).
- You parse JSON data by filtering input data or by supporting comments.
- It encodes the data in the MessagePack format and you do the decoding.
- ↓ NegativeGitHub Issue
PlatformIO + ESP8266 + Debug mode = Stack overflow
“I am using the code right out of your book examples. Whenever I run it a second time (when it should have already created the ` /config.json`) it tells me it "Failed to deserialize configuration." When the JSON prints it looks fine, and I have run it through a [JSON Validator](…”
- • NeutralGitHub Issue
Platformio compatibility?
“Do you have any experience of getting this to work with platformio? I followed these instructions and it works flawlessly.. I copied all my libs to the /lib folder but when i try and compile them it is the arduinojson that stops it in its tracks. It is the `#include…”
jetlinks · IoT & Home Automation
Common commercial products in this category: Amazon Alexa, Google Home, Apple Home
- With TCP, MQTT, UDP and HTTP protocols, you manage devices from different manufacturers from one center.
- With flexible rule model configuration, you manage device alarms and scenario connections with the rule engine.
- You provide three-dimensional and flexible data authorisation control, including menu, button, and data.