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            "slug": "hubitat",
            "name": "Hubitat Elevation",
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            "website": "https://hubitat.com/",
            "page": "https://listme.name/software/hubitat",
            "tagline": "Local hub for Zigbee, Z-Wave and Matter devices",
            "summary": "Hubitat Elevation is a home automation hub that runs automations on the hub itself rather than in the cloud. It supports Zigbee, Z-Wave and Matter devices, offers built-in and custom automation tools, and is sold as hardware by Hubitat.",
            "platforms": [
                "web",
                "ios",
                "android"
            ],
            "pricing": "paid",
            "price_note": "Hub hardware sold by Hubitat; check its store for current prices",
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            "strengths": [
                "Automations run on the hub, not in the cloud",
                "Supports Zigbee, Z-Wave and Matter",
                "Mobile app with remote access and geofencing"
            ],
            "limits": [
                "Hub hardware has to be bought up front",
                "Software is not open source"
            ],
            "checked": "2026-10-10",
            "connected_to_publisher": false,
            "overview": "Hubitat Elevation connects devices over Zigbee, Z-Wave and Matter, and its hubs process automations locally, so devices respond without a round trip to a server. Owners can build rules with built-in tools or custom code, and a mobile app provides remote access, geofence-based automations and push notifications. The company says the hub is compatible with more than 1,000 devices from more than 100 brands.\n\nThe hub is a hardware purchase, and the software is not released under an open-source license, so its code cannot be inspected. Its C-8 Pro model has a faster processor and double the memory of the C-8."
        },
        {
            "slug": "iobroker",
            "name": "ioBroker",
            "kind": "app",
            "website": "https://www.iobroker.com/",
            "page": "https://listme.name/software/iobroker",
            "tagline": "Open-source smart home platform that connects devices and cloud services",
            "summary": "ioBroker is free, open-source smart home software that connects devices, protocols and online services through more than 800 adapters. It runs automations locally and has its own visualisation, and it is developed by ioBroker GmbH under the MIT license.",
            "developer": "ioBroker GmbH",
            "platforms": [
                "self-hosted",
                "linux",
                "windows",
                "web"
            ],
            "pricing": "open-source",
            "price_note": "Free; donations welcome to support development",
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            "source": "https://github.com/ioBroker/ioBroker",
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                "MIT-licensed core with more than 800 adapters",
                "Rules by click, Blockly, JavaScript or TypeScript",
                "Automations keep running during an internet outage"
            ],
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                "Setup and adapter configuration take time to learn",
                "Community support is mostly German-speaking"
            ],
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            "overview": "ioBroker gives each device or service a common data structure, so a lamp on Zigbee, a heating system in a vendor cloud and a solar inverter on Modbus can be combined in one rule. The platform runs in the local network, and automations keep running when the internet is down, although outside access and some vendor services still need a cloud.\n\nRules can be built by clicking, with Blockly blocks, or in JavaScript or TypeScript, which suits both beginners and developers. Apple Home and Matter devices are supported through a Matter adapter, and Alexa and Google Home through an ioBroker.iot adapter. The vendor describes the community as strongly German-speaking."
        }
    ],
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        "Only ioBroker runs on Windows.",
        "Only ioBroker runs on Linux.",
        "Only Hubitat Elevation runs on iOS.",
        "Only Hubitat Elevation runs on Android.",
        "ioBroker is open source; Hubitat Elevation is not.",
        "ioBroker has a free plan or free version; Hubitat Elevation does not.",
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                    "product": "hubitat",
                    "rank": 3,
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                    "verdict": "Automations run on the hub without cloud delays, with Zigbee, Z-Wave and Matter support. The hub is a hardware purchase, and its software is not open source.",
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                    "spec": {
                        "runs_on": "On the hub, not in the cloud",
                        "hub": "Hubitat hub required, sold by Hubitat",
                        "matter": "Yes, listed among supported technologies"
                    }
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                    "product": "iobroker",
                    "rank": 5,
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                    "verdict": "More than 800 adapters, rules built by clicking, in Blockly or in TypeScript, and local automations that keep running offline. Matter comes through an adapter, and the community is strongly German-speaking.",
                    "best_for": "Open-source automation with many adapters",
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                        "runs_on": "Locally in your network",
                        "hub": "None, you supply the server",
                        "matter": "Yes, through the Matter adapter"
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