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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 ESPHome, Scrypted and Home Assistant (ranked by Sparkpulse's velocity score). 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

#01ESPHomeESPHome 2026.10.1 follows the .0 by six days with OTA, MQTT and codegen fixes.5.0alternatives →

#02ScryptedScrypted maintains a slow maintenance cadence — one release in ten months with minor TypeScript fixes.2.5alternatives →

#03Home AssistantHome Assistant is systematically dismantling its YAML walls, one device category per month.2.5alternatives →

#04TasmotaTasmota's treadmill keeps turning: BTHome, a Matter thermostat and another Shelly emulation2.5alternatives →

#05OpenMQTTGatewayOpenMQTTGateway spent three years shedding its dependencies, then stopped shipping entirely.0.0alternatives →

Frequently asked questions about home automation

Which SaaS tools ship home automation in 2026?

ESPHome, Scrypted, Home Assistant, Tasmota, OpenMQTTGateway — the home automation products Sparkpulse tracks, ranked by shipping velocity from verified changelogs.

Which home automation product has the highest shipping velocity?

ESPHome, 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.