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excalidrawvsHome Assistant

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

excalidrawHome Assistant
Score91/10091/100
Rank in category#1 of 9 in Whiteboarding#1 of 104 in Home Automation
GitHub stars134 75091 801
Stars, last 30 days+2 008+678
Stable releases, 12 months161
Latest releasev0.18.1 · 21 Apr 20262026.11.0b0 · 28 Oct 2026
SetupModerateModerate
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseMITApache-2.0
Main languageTypescriptPython

Which one should you pick?

excalidraw and Home Assistant score the same (91/100), so the choice comes down to the details below.

Home Assistant ships more often: 61 stable releases in the past year, against 1 for excalidraw.

excalidraw is growing faster right now (+2 008 stars in 30 days).

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