Best open source AI tools for smart home

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Frigate

Monitor your security cameras with locally processed AI.

Video SurveillanceDocker

36k

AI-nativeFrigate has 36,390 GitHub stars, uses the MIT license, ships a Docker image and had 1,445 commits in the last year; it replaces Ring.

2

Viseron

Self-hosted, local-only NVR and AI Computer Vision software. With features such as object detection, motion detection, face recognition and more, it gives you the power to keep an eye on your home…

Video SurveillanceDocker

3.6k

AI-nativeViseron has 3,569 GitHub stars, uses the MIT license, ships a Docker image and had 1,095 commits in the last year; it replaces Ring.

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Home AssistantFeatured

Home automation platform.

Home Automation & IoTDocker

91k

Home Assistant has 91,266 GitHub stars, uses the Apache-2.0 license, ships a Docker image and had 17,497 commits in the last year; it replaces IFTTT and Nest / SmartThings.

2

Leon

Personal assistant who can live on your server.

Automation & Workflows

18k

AI-nativeLeon has 17,555 GitHub stars, uses the MIT license and had 824 commits in the last year.

3

Node RED

Browser-based flow editor that helps you wiring hardware devices, APIs and online services to create IoT solutions.

Home Automation & IoTDocker

24k

Node RED has 23,716 GitHub stars, uses the Apache-2.0 license, ships a Docker image and had 684 commits in the last year; it replaces Zapier and IFTTT.

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whisper-asr-webservice

Speech recognition web service built on OpenAI Whisper.

AI & LLM ToolsDocker

3.4k

AI-nativewhisper-asr-webservice has 3,352 GitHub stars, uses the MIT license, ships a Docker image and had 31 commits in the last year.

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Ollama

Get up and running with Llama 3.3, DeepSeek-R1, Phi-4, Gemma 3, and other large language models.

AI & LLM ToolsDocker

182k

AI-nativeOllama has 182,289 GitHub stars, uses the MIT license, ships a Docker image and had 1,083 commits in the last year; it replaces ChatGPT.

2

LocalAI

Run your AI models locally and generate images and audio (alternative to OpenAI and Claude).

AI & LLM ToolsDocker

49k

AI-nativeLocalAI has 49,405 GitHub stars, uses the MIT license, ships a Docker image and had 3,438 commits in the last year; it replaces ChatGPT.

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LLM Harbor

Containerized LLM toolkit. Run LLM backends, APIs, frontends, and additional services via a concise CLI.

AI & LLM ToolsDocker

3.2k

AI-nativeLLM Harbor has 3,237 GitHub stars, uses the Apache-2.0 license, ships a Docker image and had 1,288 commits in the last year.

1

Open-WebUI

User-friendly AI Interface, supports Ollama, OpenAI API.

Source-availableAI & LLM ToolsDocker

154k

AI-nativeOpen-WebUI has 154,037 GitHub stars, is source-available under the Open WebUI License (BSD-3-Clause plus branding clause) (not an open-source license), ships a Docker image and had 4,746 commits in the last year; it replaces ChatGPT and Lovable.

2

LibreChat

Enhanced ChatGPT-compatible AI chat interface supporting multiple AI providers, with multi-user auth, message search, and plugin support.

AI & LLM ToolsDocker

45k

AI-nativeLibreChat has 45,318 GitHub stars, uses the MIT license, ships a Docker image and had 2,074 commits in the last year; it replaces ChatGPT and Lovable.

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LobeHub

Modern design AI chat framework supporting multiple AI providers, one click install MCP Marketplace and Artifacts / Thinking.

Source-availableAI & LLM ToolsDocker

83k

AI-nativeLobeHub has 83,008 GitHub stars, is source-available under the LobeHub Community License (not an open-source license), ships a Docker image and had 7,488 commits in the last year; it replaces ChatGPT and Lovable.