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free-sleepvsHomeBridge

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

free-sleepHomeBridge
Score54/10080/100
Rank in category#3 of 5 in Smart Home#2 of 104 in Home Automation
GitHub stars92825 534
Stars, last 30 days—+32
Stable releases, 12 months014
Latest release—v2.4.0 · 16 Aug 2026
SetupAdvancedEasy
Official Docker imageNoYes
LicenseOtherApache-2.0
Main languageTypescriptTypescript

Which one should you pick?

HomeBridge scores 80/100 against 54/100 for free-sleep, so it is the safer default.

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

If you want the quickest setup, HomeBridge is easier to run; free-sleep needs more configuration.

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

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