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HomeBridgevsMy Idlers

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

HomeBridgeMy Idlers
Score80/10052/100
Rank in category#2 of 104 in Home Automation#12 of 27 in Server Management
GitHub stars25 534400
Stars, last 30 days+32—
Stable releases, 12 months141
Latest releasev2.4.0 · 16 Aug 20264.0 · 2 Feb 2026
SetupEasyModerate
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseApache-2.0MIT
Main languageTypescriptPHP

Which one should you pick?

HomeBridge scores 80/100 against 52/100 for My Idlers, so it is the safer default.

HomeBridge ships more often: 14 stable releases in the past year, against 1 for My Idlers.

If you want the quickest setup, HomeBridge is easier to run; My Idlers needs more configuration.

HomeBridge is growing faster right now (+32 stars in 30 days).

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