# Thingsboard

> Thingsboard is a source-available app you can self-host in the home automation & IoT category. IoT Platform - Device management, data collection, processing and visualization. It has 22,512 GitHub stars, is source-available under the BSL 1.1 (not an OSI-approved open-source license) and ships a Docker image.

## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Repository | https://github.com/thingsboard/thingsboard |
| Website | https://thingsboard.io/ |
| Demo | https://demo.thingsboard.io/signup |
| GitHub stars | 22,512 |
| Forks | 6,493 |
| Open issues | 140 |
| License | BSL 1.1 |
| License type | Source-available |
| License file | https://github.com/thingsboard/thingsboard/blob/master/LICENSE |
| Language | Java |
| Docker image | Yes |
| Platforms | Java, Docker, K8S |
| Categories | Home Automation & IoT |
| Commits, last 12 months | 3,539 |
| Last commit | Oct 2, 2026 |
| Latest release | v4.4 (Sep 29, 2026) |
| Created | Dec 1, 2016 |
| Maintenance | Actively maintained |
| Archived | No |

Topics: visualization, iot, iot-platform, mqtt, middleware, thingsboard, iot-analytics, snmp, microservices, cloud

## Install

Thingsboard ships a Docker image; follow the README at https://github.com/thingsboard/thingsboard for the image name and environment variables.

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