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Home AssistantvsUmami

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

Home AssistantUmami
Score91/10085/100
Rank in category#1 of 104 in Home Automation#1 of 21 in Web analytics
GitHub stars91 80139 757
Stars, last 30 days+678+776
Stable releases, 12 months6113
Latest release2026.11.0b0 · 28 Oct 2026v3.4.1 · 23 Oct 2026
SetupModerateEasy
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseApache-2.0MIT
Main languagePythonTypescript

Which one should you pick?

Home Assistant scores 91/100 against 85/100 for Umami, so it is the safer default.

Home Assistant ships more often: 61 stable releases in the past year, against 13 for Umami.

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

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