Tasmota
Tasmota 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. It has 24,920 GitHub stars and its last commit was on Oct 25, 2026 (data as of Oct 26, 2026).
GitHub stats
- GitHub stars
- 24,920
- Forks
- 5,206
- Open issues
- 10
- Commits, last 12 months
- 859
- Last commit
- Oct 25, 2026
- Latest release
- v16.0.0Oct 16, 2026
- Created
- Jan 28, 2017
- License
- GPL-3.0Open source
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Project health
ActiveActive: last commit Oct 25, 2026, 859 commits in 12 months.
- Regular releases6 releases in 12 months
- Security policyPublishes a security policy on GitHub
| Last commit | Oct 25, 2026 |
|---|---|
| Commits, last 12 months | 859 |
| Latest release | v16.0.0 (Oct 16, 2026) |
| Releases, last 12 months | 6 |
| Releases, all time | 120 |
| Open issues | 10 |
| Open pull requests | 12 |
| Good first issues | 0 |
| Contributing guide | Yes |
| Security policy | Yes |
| Created | Jan 28, 2017 |
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About Tasmota
Open source firmware for ESP devices. Total local control with quick setup and updates. Control using MQTT, Web UI, HTTP or serial. Automate using timers, rules or scripts. Integration with home….
Description adapted from awesome-selfhosted (CC BY-SA 3.0). Source code: github.com/arendst/Tasmota.
Topics
- tasmota
- firmware
- esp8266
- sonoff
- tuya
- knx
- arduino
- iot
- mqtt
- ota
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Is Tasmota free and open source?
Yes. Tasmota 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 Tasmota with Docker?
Tasmota does not list an official Docker image. It installs natively (C and C++), so follow the install steps in its README or look for a community-maintained container.
What are the best alternatives to Tasmota?
Popular self-hosted alternatives to Tasmota include Home Assistant, Node RED and Thingsboard. Tasmota itself is a self-hosted alternative to Nest / SmartThings.
Is Tasmota actively maintained?
The most recent commit to Tasmota was on Oct 25, 2026 with 859 commits in the past twelve months. The latest release is v16.0.0, published Oct 16, 2026. It had 10 open issues on GitHub. appsgit's project-health label for it is "Active" as of Oct 26, 2026.