# grafana vs Home Assistant

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

| | grafana | Home Assistant |
|---|---|---|
| Score | 90/100 | 91/100 ✓ |
| Rank in category | #1 of 104 in Monitoring & observability | #1 of 104 in Home Automation |
| GitHub stars | 77 573 | 91 797 ✓ |
| Stars, last 30 days | +699 ✓ | +674 |
| Stable releases, 12 months | 53 | 61 ✓ |
| Latest release | v13.2.5 · 27 Oct 2026 | 2026.11.0b0 · 28 Oct 2026 ✓ |
| Setup | Moderate ✓ | Moderate |
| Official Docker image | Yes | Yes |
| License | AGPL-3.0 | Apache-2.0 |
| Main language | Typescript | Python |

## Which one should you pick?

Home Assistant scores 91/100 against 90/100 for grafana, so it is the safer default.

Home Assistant ships more often: 61 stable releases in the past year, against 53 for grafana.

## Details

- [grafana](https://selfhost.directory/project/grafana) (markdown: https://selfhost.directory/project/grafana.md)
- [Home Assistant](https://selfhost.directory/project/home-assistant) (markdown: https://selfhost.directory/project/home-assistant.md)

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Source: https://selfhost.directory/compare/grafana-vs-home-assistant