Overview

ESPHome is a system to control your ESP32, ESP8266, BK72xx, RP2040 by simple yet powerful configuration files and control them remotely through Home Automation systems. Smart Home Made Simple. ESPHome turns ESP32, ESP8266, and RP2040 microcontrollers into fully-featured smart home devices. The project has 11K+ GitHub stars and is licensed under NOASSERTION.

Deploy

Docker

Self-host with Docker Compose

Coolify

One-click via Coolify panel

Elestio

Managed hosting from $9/mo

PikaPods

Simple managed hosting

Replaces

Related Home Automation & IoT Tools

View all 33 →

Home Assistant

85K

Open-source home automation that puts local control and privacy first — 3,400+ integrations, voice control, and energy management on a Raspberry Pi or local server.

home iot Apache-2.0

Homebridge

25K

Homebridge is a self-hosted home automation & IOT tool that provides homeKit support for the impatient.

home iot Apache-2.0

Tasmota

24K

Open-source firmware for ESP8266/ESP32 devices providing total local control via MQTT, web UI, and HTTP.

home iot GPL-3.0

Thingsboard

21K

Thingsboard is a self-hosted home automation & IOT replacement for Datadog and Google Cloud IOT Core.

home iot Apache-2.0

EMQX

16K

Leverage EMQX's leading MQTT technology & advanced AI platform capabilities to power real-time intelligence, software-defined vehicles, IIoT, smart cities, connected AI agents, and more

home iot