Home Assistant vs Tasmota

Both are self-hosted internet of things (iot) projects. This page compares how well each one is actually maintained — the part you cannot see from a feature list.

Home Assistant scores 97 against Tasmota's 80, putting it ahead on the strength of a higher commit volume and a stronger recent trend. That measures project health, not feature fit — Tasmota may still be the right choice if it does what you need.
Home AssistantTasmota
Health score 97/100 80/100
Commits (11 mo) 16722 723
Commits (last 3 mo) 5443 152
Stars 91k 25k
Latest release 27 Sept 2026 25 Aug 2026
Licence Apache-2.0 GPL-3.0
Built with Python, Docker C, C++
Typical RAM 2 GB 1 GB

Home Assistant

Home automation platform.

97/100
Thriving

High commit volume, frequent releases and growing activity.

Maintenance 40/40
Releases 25/25
Community 20/20
Momentum 12/15

Commit activity in the top 1% of tracked projects; popularity in the top 1%. How this is calculated.

Commits, last 11 months

2025-10: 1314 commits 2025-11: 1164 commits 2025-12: 1379 commits 2026-01: 1024 commits 2026-02: 1524 commits 2026-03: 1623 commits 2026-04: 1550 commits 2026-05: 1701 commits 2026-06: 1773 commits 2026-07: 1589 commits 2026-08: 2081 commits

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 automation solutions.

80/100
Healthy

Actively maintained with regular releases.

Maintenance 29/40
Releases 25/25
Community 18/20
Momentum 8/15

Commit activity more than 73% of tracked projects; popularity more than 90%. How this is calculated.

Commits, last 11 months

2025-10: 77 commits 2025-11: 63 commits 2025-12: 76 commits 2026-01: 72 commits 2026-02: 68 commits 2026-03: 69 commits 2026-04: 60 commits 2026-05: 86 commits 2026-06: 42 commits 2026-07: 35 commits 2026-08: 75 commits

How to read this

Everything above is measured, not opinion: commit counts and release dates come from the public repositories, and the health score ranks each project against all 1352 projects we track. Read the full method.

What this comparison deliberately does not do is tell you which has the better feature set. Maintenance health tells you which project will still be receiving security fixes in two years. Decide that first, then compare features on the projects that survive the filter.

See every option in this category: self-hosted internet of things (iot).