Domoticz
Domoticz is an open-source, self-hosted app in the Home Automation & IoT category, licensed GPL-3.0 and written mainly in C++. It is a self-hosted alternative to Nest / SmartThings and Google Home and ships a Docker image. It has 3,823 GitHub stars and its last commit was on Oct 19, 2026 (data as of Oct 26, 2026).
GitHub stats
- GitHub stars
- 3,823
- Forks
- 1,162
- Open issues
- 42
- Commits, last 12 months
- 1,644
- Last commit
- Oct 19, 2026
- Latest release
- 2026.4Oct 1, 2026
- Created
- Aug 15, 2015
- License
- GPL-3.0Open source
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Project health
ActiveActive: last commit Oct 19, 2026, 1,644 commits in 12 months.
- Regular releases4 releases in 12 months
- Security policyPublishes a security policy on GitHub
| Last commit | Oct 19, 2026 |
|---|---|
| Commits, last 12 months | 1,644 |
| Latest release | 2026.4 (Oct 1, 2026) |
| Releases, last 12 months | 4 |
| Releases, all time | 27 |
| Open issues | 42 |
| Open pull requests | 13 |
| Good first issues | 0 |
| Contributing guide | Yes |
| Security policy | Yes |
| Created | Aug 15, 2015 |
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About Domoticz
Home Automation System that lets you monitor and configure various devices like: Lights, Switches, various sensors/meters like Temperature, Rain, Wind, UV, Electra, Gas, Water and much more.
Description adapted from awesome-selfhosted (CC BY-SA 3.0). Source code: github.com/domoticz/domoticz.
Topics
- cpp
- domoticz
- dzvents
- energy-monitoring
- home-automation
- html5
- iot
- linux
- lua
- mqtt
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Is Domoticz free and open source?
Yes. Domoticz is open-source software released under the GPL-3.0 license, so you can self-host it at no cost. You only pay for the server it runs on, and some projects also offer an optional paid cloud plan.
Can I run Domoticz with Docker?
Yes. Domoticz provides a Docker image, so you can run it on any Linux server with Docker and Docker Compose installed. The project README lists the image name and the environment variables to set.
What are the best alternatives to Domoticz?
Popular self-hosted alternatives to Domoticz include Home Assistant, Tasmota and Node RED. Domoticz itself is a self-hosted alternative to Nest / SmartThings and Google Home.
Is Domoticz actively maintained?
The most recent commit to Domoticz was on Oct 19, 2026 with 1,644 commits in the past twelve months. The latest release is 2026.4, published Oct 1, 2026. It had 42 open issues on GitHub. appsgit's project-health label for it is "Active" as of Oct 26, 2026.