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Bitfocus Companionvspidoors

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Bitfocus Companionpidoors
Score67/10036/100
Rank in category#10 of 104 in Home Automation#69 of 78 in Security
GitHub stars2 34426
Stars, last 30 days+45+0
Stable releases, 12 months2019
Latest releasev5.1.1 · 21 Oct 2026v0.4.11 · 12 Sept 2026
SetupModerateAdvanced
Official Docker imageYesNo
LicenseOther—
Main languageTypescriptPHP

Which one should you pick?

Bitfocus Companion scores 67/100 against 36/100 for pidoors, so it is the safer default.

Bitfocus Companion ships more often: 20 stable releases in the past year, against 19 for pidoors.

If you want the quickest setup, Bitfocus Companion is easier to run; pidoors needs more configuration.

Bitfocus Companion is growing faster right now (+45 stars in 30 days).

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