# openHAB Beta (open-source smart home app)

> openHAB Beta is a free, open-source smart home app for Android. Vendor and technology agnostic open source home automation. It has 652 GitHub stars and is released under the EPL-2.0 license, and you can install it from F-Droid and Google Play.

openHAB - "empowering the smart home" - vendor and technology agnostic open source home automation The builds on F-Droid have FCM removed and therefore won't be able to receive push notifications from openHAB Cloud. Instead, notifications are polled on a regular basis in these builds. Try out new features and give early feedback! You can install the beta version alongside the stable version. openHAB is a Java-based open-source home automation platform that integrates and combines a vast range of different smart home systems and technologies into one single solution.

## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Repository | https://github.com/openhab/openhab-android |
| Platforms | Android |
| Built with | Kotlin |
| GitHub stars | 652 |
| License | EPL-2.0 (open source) |
| F-Droid | https://f-droid.org/packages/org.openhab.habdroid.beta/ (package org.openhab.habdroid.beta) |
| F-Droid anti-features | none flagged |
| Google Play | https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.openhab.habdroid |
| App Store | not linked |
| Website | https://www.openhab.org/ |
| Official | no |
| Category | Smart home & IoT |
| Latest release | 3.21.1-release (Jul 31, 2026) |
| Last commit | Oct 7, 2026 |

F-Droid builds its apps from source and flags anti-features: https://f-droid.org/en/docs/Anti-Features/

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