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Home Assistantvstrypost

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

Home Assistanttrypost
Score91/10058/100
Rank in category#1 of 104 in Home Automation#4 of 18 in Social Media Management
GitHub stars91 809766
Stars, last 30 days+672+2
Stable releases, 12 months6112
Latest release2026.11.0b0 · 28 Oct 2026v2.0.0 · 10 Oct 2026
SetupModerateAdvanced
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseApache-2.0AGPL-3.0
Main languagePythonPHP

Which one should you pick?

Home Assistant scores 91/100 against 58/100 for trypost, so it is the safer default.

Home Assistant ships more often: 61 stable releases in the past year, against 12 for trypost.

If you want the quickest setup, Home Assistant is easier to run; trypost needs more configuration.

Home Assistant is growing faster right now (+672 stars in 30 days).

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