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Home Automation — SaaS tools & trends 2026

5 products Sparkpulse tracks are shipping around home automation. The highest-velocity home automation products right now are Z-Wave JS UI, ESPHome and Scrypted (ranked by Sparkpulse's velocity score). The theme runs across 2 sectors, so the momentum you see here is drawn from products competing in different corners of the market. Their velocity scores span 0.0 to 5.0 out of 10, a spread that shows how unevenly shipping cadence is distributed across the field. Below: every tracked product carrying this theme, updated from release data. Everything on this page is regenerated from verified release data, so the ranking reflects the latest changelogs rather than a static list.

Products shipping around home automation

#01Z-Wave JS UIZ-Wave JS UI is hardening its network surface while handing issue triage to agents.5.0alternatives →

#02ESPHomeESPHome ships on a calendar, and the August beta train is now five builds deep5.0alternatives →

#03ScryptedScrypted spent a year making its camera server run as a cluster, then went quiet.0.0alternatives →

#04OpenMQTTGatewayOpenMQTTGateway spent three years shedding its dependencies, then stopped shipping entirely.0.0alternatives →

#05TasmotaTasmota's release train is a hardware-support treadmill — new silicon, new sensors, every two months0.0alternatives →

Frequently asked questions about home automation

Which SaaS tools ship home automation in 2026?

Z-Wave JS UI, ESPHome, Scrypted, OpenMQTTGateway, Tasmota — the home automation products Sparkpulse tracks, ranked by shipping velocity from verified changelogs.

Which home automation product has the highest shipping velocity?

Z-Wave JS UI, with the top velocity score (5.0/10) — Sparkpulse's velocity score is derived from verified release data.

How many products are shipping around home automation?

Sparkpulse currently tracks 5 products carrying the home automation theme, updated continuously from verified release data.