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ProxmoxVE vs home-assistant-config
ProxmoxVE has 29,607 GitHub stars, 2,887 forks, 27 open issues and last shipped yesterday. home-assistant-config has 2,026 stars, 178 forks, 5 open issues and last shipped 4 days ago. ProxmoxVE leads on adoption by 1,361% (29,607 vs 2,026 stars). ProxmoxVE is written in Shell under MIT; home-assistant-config is written in various languages under MIT. ProxmoxVE has attracted 10% as many forks as stars, home-assistant-config 9%. ProxmoxVE was the more recently maintained of the two, and both are self-hostable with no licence fee. The two share 2 topic tags (home-assistant, home-automation), 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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| ProxmoxVE | home-assistant-config | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 30K | ★ 2.0K |
| License | MIT | MIT |
| Written in | Shell | — |
| Last push | 2026-09-17 | 2026-09-14 |
| Forks | ⑂ 2.9K | ⑂ 178 |
| Self-hosting | Yes | Yes |
| Data ownership | Your server | Your server |
pick ProxmoxVE if
- You weight community size — 30K stars and counting
- You want the MIT license terms
- Your stack matches Shell
- You value the larger contributor base for long-term maintenance
pick home-assistant-config if
- You want the home-assistant-config feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the MIT license terms
- You evaluated both and home-assistant-config fits your workflow better
About ProxmoxVE
Proxmox VE Helper Scripts (Community Edition) is a collection of Shell scripts that install and configure self hosted services as containers or virtual machines on Proxmox VE. It is a community project built on the foundation of @tteck's original work, distributed under the MIT license, and it lives in the Proxmox VE and homelab ecosystem alongside LXC, Docker, Debian, Ubuntu, and Alpine tooling. The scripts cover hundreds of services across home automation, media, networking, monitoring, databases, security, and developer tooling.
read the full ProxmoxVE overview →
About home-assistant-config
home assistant config is a public repository containing the personal Home Assistant configuration of Franck Nijhof, the lead of the Home Assistant project. It lives in the Home Assistant ecosystem, an open source smart home platform that runs locally on hardware such as a Raspberry Pi and connects to over 2,000 devices and services without relying on cloud services.
read the full home-assistant-config overview →
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Frequently asked questions
Is ProxmoxVE or home-assistant-config more popular?
ProxmoxVE has 29,607 GitHub stars and home-assistant-config has 2,026. ProxmoxVE has the larger community by that measure.
Are ProxmoxVE and home-assistant-config free?
Both are open source. ProxmoxVE is licensed under MIT and home-assistant-config under MIT. Neither carries a licence fee.
What is the difference between ProxmoxVE and home-assistant-config?
ProxmoxVE is written in Shell and home-assistant-config in various languages. The practical differences are community size, licence terms, language stack and release cadence — all compared in the table above.
Which should I choose, ProxmoxVE or home-assistant-config?
Choose ProxmoxVE if you want the larger community (29,607 stars) or its MIT licence terms. Choose home-assistant-config if its feature set, stack or MIT licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.