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AutomatischvsOpenFan Controller

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

AutomatischOpenFan Controller
Score69/10050/100
Rank in category#9 of 32 in Workflow Automation#63 of 104 in Home Automation
GitHub stars14 003321
Stars, last 30 days+23—
Stable releases, 12 months03
Latest release—2026-10-09 · 9 Oct 2026
SetupModerateModerate
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseOtherGPL-3.0
Main languageJavaScriptCSS

Which one should you pick?

Automatisch scores 69/100 against 50/100 for OpenFan Controller, so it is the safer default.

OpenFan Controller ships more often: 3 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for Automatisch.

Automatisch is growing faster right now (+23 stars in 30 days).

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