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home-assistant-glow vs libretiny
home-assistant-glow has 1,279 GitHub stars, 179 forks, 12 open issues and last shipped yesterday. libretiny has 552 stars, 127 forks, 124 open issues and last shipped 19 days ago. home-assistant-glow leads on adoption by 132% (1,279 vs 552 stars). home-assistant-glow is written in various languages under MIT; libretiny is written in C under MIT. home-assistant-glow has attracted 14% as many forks as stars, libretiny 23%. home-assistant-glow was the more recently maintained of the two, and both are self-hostable with no licence fee. The two share 4 topic tags (esp32, esphome, hacktoberfest, iot), 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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| home-assistant-glow | libretiny | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 1.3K | ★ 552 |
| License | MIT | MIT |
| Written in | — | C |
| Last push | 2026-11-09 | 2026-10-22 |
| Forks | ⑂ 179 | ⑂ 127 |
| Self-hosting | Yes | Yes |
| Data ownership | Your server | Your server |
pick home-assistant-glow if
- You weight community size — 1.3K stars and counting
- You want the MIT license terms
- You value the larger contributor base for long-term maintenance
pick libretiny if
- You want the libretiny feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the MIT license terms
- Your stack matches C
- You evaluated both and libretiny fits your workflow better
About home-assistant-glow
Home Assistant Glow 🌟 ![Project Maintenance][maintenance shield] [![License][license shield]](LICENSE) [![Forks][forks shield]][forks url] [![Stargazers][stars shield]][stars url] [![Issues][issues shield]][issues url] [![GitHub Activity][commits shield]][commits] [![GitHub Last Commit][last commit shield]][commits] [![Contributors][contributors shield]][contributors url] During my internship at [Nabu Casa][nc] in the first half of 2021, I focused on energy management for your house, how to collect all energy data and display it on a dashboard. Since Home Assistant release 2021.8 it's possible to use the [Home…
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About libretiny
LibreTiny (formerly LibreTuya) PlatformIO development platform for BK7231, RTL8710 and LN882H IoT chips. The main goal of this project is to provide a usable build environment for IoT developers. While also providing vendor SDKs as PlatformIO cores, the project focuses on developing working Arduino compatible cores for supported families. The cores are inspired by Espressif's official core for ESP32, which should make it easier to port/run existing ESP apps on less common, unsupported IoT modules. There's an ESPHome port based on LibreTiny, which supports BK7231 and RTL8710B chips. Note: this project is work in…
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Frequently asked questions
Is home-assistant-glow or libretiny more popular?
home-assistant-glow has 1,279 GitHub stars and libretiny has 552. home-assistant-glow has the larger community by that measure.
Are home-assistant-glow and libretiny free?
Both are open source. home-assistant-glow is licensed under MIT and libretiny under MIT. Neither carries a licence fee.
What is the difference between home-assistant-glow and libretiny?
home-assistant-glow is written in various languages and libretiny in C. The practical differences are community size, licence terms, language stack and release cadence — all compared in the table above.
Which should I choose, home-assistant-glow or libretiny?
Choose home-assistant-glow if you want the larger community (1,279 stars) or its MIT licence terms. Choose libretiny if its feature set, stack or MIT licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.