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espectre vs mini-graph-card
espectre has 9,809 GitHub stars, 742 forks, 13 open issues and last shipped yesterday. mini-graph-card has 3,914 stars, 278 forks, 137 open issues and last shipped 2 days ago. espectre leads on adoption by 151% (9,809 vs 3,914 stars). espectre is written in Python under GPL-3.0; mini-graph-card is written in JavaScript under MIT. espectre has attracted 8% as many forks as stars, mini-graph-card 7%. espectre was the more recently maintained of the two, and both are self-hostable with no licence fee. The two share 1 topic tag (home-assistant), so they are genuine substitutes rather than adjacent tools.
Two open source projects, one decision. Both are free and self-hostable — the differences are community size, license terms, language stack and release pace.
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| espectre | mini-graph-card | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 9.8K | ★ 3.9K |
| License | GPL-3.0 | MIT |
| Written in | Python | JavaScript |
| Last push | 2026-11-11 | 2026-11-10 |
| Forks | ⑂ 742 | ⑂ 278 |
| Self-hosting | Yes | Yes |
| Data ownership | Your server | Your server |
pick espectre if
- You weight community size — 9.8K stars and counting
- You want the GPL-3.0 license terms
- Your stack matches Python
- You value the larger contributor base for long-term maintenance
pick mini-graph-card if
- You want the mini-graph-card feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the MIT license terms
- Your stack matches JavaScript
- You evaluated both and mini-graph-card fits your workflow better
About espectre
ESPectre Turn an ESP32 into a private, local Wi Fi motion sensor. When someone moves through a room, they change the way Wi Fi signals travel through it. ESPectre reads those changes and reports motion in real time. No camera, no microphone, no wearable, and no dedicated radar hardware: just a supported ESP32 and the Wi Fi network already in the room. ESPectre is an open source platform that brings together ready to flash firmware, an embeddable C++ SDK, a MicroPython implementation, browser tools, a host CLI, an open dataset, open model weights, and the research workflow used to build and validate the…
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About mini-graph-card
Lovelace Mini Graph Card A minimalistic and customizable graph card for Home Assistant Lovelace UI. The card works with entities from within the sensor & binary sensor domain and displays the sensors current state as well as a line graph representation of the history. Install HACS (recommended) This card is available in HACS (Home Assistant Community Store). HACS is a third party community store and is not included in Home Assistant out of the box. Manual install 1. Download and copy mini graph card bundle.js from the latest release into your config/www directory. 2. Add the resource reference as decribed below…
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Frequently asked questions
Is espectre or mini-graph-card more popular?
espectre has 9,809 GitHub stars and mini-graph-card has 3,914. espectre has the larger community by that measure.
Are espectre and mini-graph-card free?
Both are open source. espectre is licensed under GPL-3.0 and mini-graph-card under MIT. Neither carries a licence fee.
What is the difference between espectre and mini-graph-card?
espectre is written in Python and mini-graph-card in JavaScript. The practical differences are community size, licence terms, language stack and release cadence — all compared in the table above.
Which should I choose, espectre or mini-graph-card?
Choose espectre if you want the larger community (9,809 stars) or its GPL-3.0 licence terms. Choose mini-graph-card if its feature set, stack or MIT licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.