Smart Home & Self-Hosting

Home automation platforms, media servers and software you run on your own hardware.

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Best Home automation platforms

Home automation platforms differ most in where automations run, whether they need their own hub hardware and how they handle Matter devices. This ranking weighs local control and device reach first, then openness and setup effort.

1Home Assistant95.0
2Homey92.5
3Hubitat Elevation90.5

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Best Media server software

Media servers differ by the kind of media they handle, from films and music to comics, audiobooks and photos. This ranking weighs what each server does best, its open-source licensing and how much of it is free to run.

1Jellyfin94.0
2Plex92.5
3Immich91.0

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