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hass-otbr-dockervsHome Assistant

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

hass-otbr-dockerHome Assistant
Score38/10091/100
Rank in category#90 of 104 in Home Automation#1 of 104 in Home Automation
GitHub stars17491 794
Stars, last 30 days—+671
Stable releases, 12 months360
Latest releasev0.4.0 · 13 Oct 20262026.10.4 · 24 Oct 2026
SetupAdvancedModerate
Official Docker imageYesYes
License—Apache-2.0
Main languageShellPython

Which one should you pick?

Home Assistant scores 91/100 against 38/100 for hass-otbr-docker, so it is the safer default.

Home Assistant ships more often: 60 stable releases in the past year, against 3 for hass-otbr-docker.

If you want the quickest setup, Home Assistant is easier to run; hass-otbr-docker needs more configuration.

Home Assistant is growing faster right now (+671 stars in 30 days).

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