Open source home automation you run yourself
Open sourceOpen sourceHigh non-EU dependencyOperational dependency warning
Current public evidence shows 3 non-European infrastructure or email dependencies across 3 providers: Cloudflare, Google, Mailgun. The reviewed operational path is therefore not entirely European.
Home Assistant is an open source home automation platform started in 2013 by the Dutch developer Paulus Schoutsen. It runs locally on hardware you own, from Home Assistant Green and Yellow to a Raspberry Pi or any spare server, and it integrates thousands of devices and services from different manufacturers.
Home Assistant is listed as open source and self-hosted rather than by company location, so the project itself is not necessarily European. Everything runs on your own hardware with no cloud requirement, and the commercial backer Nabu Casa sells optional remote access. Run on European hardware it is a European alternative to the American cloud platforms, and it suits people who want automation that keeps working when the internet does not.
Data and operations
Verified operational dependencies, shown separately from ownership and from the service's core data hosting.
Public website
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Public DNS routes website visits through Cloudflare. Visitor IP addresses and request metadata can reach this non-European provider; this does not identify the core service's data location.
Incoming business email
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Published MX records route incoming business email through Google Workspace. Correspondent details and message content can therefore enter this non-European provider's systems; MX does not reveal the configured storage region.
Authorised outbound email
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This domain authorises Mailgun to send email. If active, recipient details and message content can be processed by this non-European provider. SPF does not reveal its configured storage region.
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