Replaces Apple HomeKit
European alternatives to Apple HomeKit
Home automation without a single vendor ecosystem
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Apple HomeKit is Apple's smart home framework, controlled through the Home app on iPhone, iPad and Mac and by voice through Siri. It works with accessories that carry the relevant certification, supports scenes and automations, and can use a HomePod or Apple TV as a hub so routines keep running when nobody is at home.
Even a carefully designed home platform ties the house to one manufacturer's ecosystem and roadmap, and the accessories you can buy follow from that choice. People who prefer European suppliers, and automation that does not depend on a single vendor, have alternatives. A European alternative to Apple HomeKit brings its own hub. Homey and Home Assistant work across brands and protocols, while Netatmo and tado° make devices for climate and monitoring.
European options
| service | Country | Hosting | Open source | Free plan | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Somfy TaHoma |
 France |
— | — | EU controlled | |
 Home Assistant |
 Open source |
Self-hosted | ✓ | — |
Somfy TaHoma
Smart home hub for shutters and blinds from France
TaHoma is the smart home hub from Somfy, a French manufacturer based in Cluses. It controls motorised shutters, blinds, gates, lighting and heating over io-homecontrol, RTS and Zigbee, groups them into scenarios and responds to voice assistants.
FranceEU controlledSelf-hosted and open source
Open source projects you can run yourself. Not necessarily made in Europe, but nobody else holds your data.
Services without verified European control
Kept here for transparency, but excluded from the European options and totals. How we classify services →
Netherlands
GermanyQuestions
Can I keep my HomeKit accessories?
Many accessories speak more than one standard and can be adopted by another platform, but not all of them. Check your specific models against the compatibility lists from Homey or Home Assistant.
Can I still control everything from an iPhone?
These platforms offer their own mobile apps for iOS as well as Android. Netatmo and tado° also publish apps for their own devices.
Does anything run locally rather than through a cloud?
Home Assistant and Homey put a lot of weight on local execution, so automations do not have to make a round trip to a server. How far that extends depends on the individual devices involved.