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ConBee IIvsHome Assistant

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

ConBee IIHome Assistant
Score51/10091/100
Rank in category#61 of 104 in Home Automation#1 of 104 in Home Automation
GitHub stars39691 795
Stars, last 30 days—+672
Stable releases, 12 months061
Latest release—2026.11.0b0 · 28 Oct 2026
SetupModerateModerate
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseMITApache-2.0
Main languageShellPython

Which one should you pick?

Home Assistant scores 91/100 against 51/100 for ConBee II, so it is the safer default.

Home Assistant ships more often: 61 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for ConBee II.

Home Assistant is growing faster right now (+672 stars in 30 days).

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