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hass-configuratorvsThingsboard

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

hass-configuratorThingsboard
Score50/10076/100
Rank in category#6 of 8 in Configuration Management#1 of 10 in IoT
GitHub stars33922 620
Stars, last 30 days+0+141
Stable releases, 12 months224
Latest release0.7.0 · 18 Oct 2026v4.3.1.8 · 27 Oct 2026
SetupModerateAdvanced
Official Docker imageNoYes
LicenseMITOther
Main languagePythonJava

Which one should you pick?

Thingsboard scores 76/100 against 50/100 for hass-configurator, so it is the safer default.

Thingsboard ships more often: 24 stable releases in the past year, against 2 for hass-configurator.

If you want the quickest setup, hass-configurator is easier to run; Thingsboard needs more configuration.

Thingsboard is growing faster right now (+141 stars in 30 days).

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