home-assistant/core

:house_with_garden: Open source home automation that puts local control and privacy first.

Productivity & self-hostedPython#python#home-automation#iot#internet-of-things#mqtt

3.5 Breakout Magnitude out of 10. Star growth looks organic. Data as of September 18, 2026.

About the project

Open source home automation platform that prioritizes local control and privacy. Runs on a Raspberry Pi or local server and supports many devices through modular integrations.

Useful for

Run a local smart home server on a Raspberry Pi without cloud services
Unify devices from different vendors via MQTT and integrations
Write a custom component for a non-standard device

README summarized by DeepSeek V4.1 Flash. Details may be inaccurate.

Why it’s trending

32 stars so far today, about 46 expected by the end of the day. The usual pace is 22 per day, so that's 2.1× as much.
Over the last two days the pace is 2.3× that of the previous week and a half.
The spike has held for 2 days in a row — not a one-off blip.
GitHub Trending this week: #15, +285 stars.
About 17 forks a day — people are taking the code.

Stars per day

Bars are daily stars, the line is the usual pace. Red marks spike days.

Numbers

Total stars: 90,718
Stars in a day: 46
Forks: 38,697
Issues and pull requests: 181,633
Watchers: 1,360
Language: Python
License: Apache-2.0
Latest release: 2026.9.3 · September 18, 2026
Created: September 17, 2013
Last push: September 18, 2026

Star trust

Growth looks organic: forks and discussion are in line with active projects, and stars arrive unevenly, the way people give them.

These are heuristics, not a verdict: we judge by the repository’s behavior, not by a list of stargazers.

Spotted in

September 18, 2026GitHub Trending this week: #15, +285 stars
September 17, 2026GitHub Trending this week: #15, +236 stars
September 16, 2026GitHub Trending this week: #16, +228 stars

README badge

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