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amcrest2mqttvsHomeBridge

Two self-hosted Home Automation projects, compared on the numbers selfhost.directory tracks live: score, popularity, release cadence and setup effort.

amcrest2mqttHomeBridge
Score41/10080/100
Rank in category#85 of 104 in Home Automation#2 of 104 in Home Automation
GitHub stars15425 534
Stars, last 30 days—+32
Stable releases, 12 months014
Latest release—v2.4.0 · 16 Aug 2026
SetupEasyEasy
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseMITApache-2.0
Main languagePythonTypescript

Which one should you pick?

HomeBridge scores 80/100 against 41/100 for amcrest2mqtt, so it is the safer default.

HomeBridge ships more often: 14 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for amcrest2mqtt.

HomeBridge is growing faster right now (+32 stars in 30 days).

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