Home Assistant
Event, chatops & personal automationOpen-source home automation hub that pairs with Node-RED
- Stars
- ★ 91.6k
- Licence
- Apache-2.0
- Updated
- Self-host
- Commercial OK
Alternative to IFTTT
Free alternatives to IFTTT
Last updated · 6 options
Quick answer: Home Assistant has the most stars on its repository of the 6 options here (★ 91.6k), followed by Huginn (★ 50.1k). Stars show popularity, not fit, so check formats, platforms and licence for your own work.
Consumer and small-business applet automation across web and IoT services. Here are 6 free options, most-starred first.
Huginn
Event, chatops & personal automationBuild agents that watch the web and react to events
- Stars
- ★ 50.1k
- Licence
- MIT
- Updated
- Self-host
- Commercial OK
Listmonk + webhook pattern
Event, chatops & personal automationOpen-source newsletter + webhooks as a simple automation spine
- Stars
- ★ 23.8k
- Licence
- AGPL-3.0
- Updated
- Self-host
- Commercial OK
Node-RED
Visual iPaaS & Zapier-styleLow-code event wiring with a browser flow editor
- Stars
- ★ 23.8k
- Licence
- Apache-2.0
- Updated
- Self-host
- Commercial OK
Automatisch
Visual iPaaS & Zapier-styleOpen-source Zapier alternative focused on self-hosting
- Stars
- ★ 14k
- Licence
- AGPL-3.0
- Updated
- Self-host
- Commercial OK
StackStorm
IT runbooks & infra automationEvent-driven runbook automation (IFTTT for ops)
- Stars
- ★ 6.5k
- Licence
- Apache-2.0
- Updated
- Self-host
- Commercial OK
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FAQ
Is there a free alternative to IFTTT?
Yes. AutomationAlts lists 6 options: Home Assistant, Huginn, Listmonk + webhook pattern, Node-RED, Automatisch and StackStorm.
Which IFTTT alternatives are open source?
Home Assistant (Apache-2.0), Huginn (MIT), Listmonk + webhook pattern (AGPL-3.0), Node-RED (Apache-2.0), Automatisch (AGPL-3.0) and StackStorm (Apache-2.0).
Which IFTTT alternatives can I self-host?
Home Assistant, Huginn, Listmonk + webhook pattern, Node-RED, Automatisch and StackStorm (all of them).
Related categories: Event, chatops & personal automation · Visual iPaaS & Zapier-style · IT runbooks & infra automation
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