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Domoticz: Scalable Smart‑Home Automation for Any Startup

Name: Domoticz: Scalable Smart‑Home Automation for Any Startup
Author: domoticz

Deploy a free, open‑source hub on Linux, Windows or Raspberry Pi that unifies Z‑Wave, Zigbee, MQTT and 150+ devices—perfect for founders building connected products. 3.8k+ GitHub stars.

From the repo · “Free open source home automation system for Linux, Windows, Raspberry Pi. Supports Z-Wave, Zigbee, MQTT, and 150+ devices.”

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3,825 stars+3★ this week1,162 forksC++Guide quality 8/10 · reviewed Oct 12Updated 10/19/2026100% free · open source

What it is

Automate your home using free open source Home Automation systems like Domoticz.

Real use case example

"A founder, Alex, wants to create a lighting system for their new office in 30 minutes. They create an automation using Domoticz, setting lights to turn on when motion is detected. After 30 minutes, Alex is done and can easily expand the automation by adding more devices without any additional cost."

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When to use it

•You need to integrate various smart home devices from different manufacturers into a single system.
•Your startup requires a cost-effective solution for automating and monitoring home environments.
•You're looking for a flexible and customizable platform for developing smart home applications.

Ready-to-paste prompt

To add a Z-Wave device, navigate to Setup > Hardware in the Domoticz web interface, click 'Add hardware', and then select 'Z-Wave' as the hardware type, following the on-screen instructions to include your device.

Heads up: When setting up devices that use protocols like Z-Wave or Zigbee, ensure that the respective dongles or sticks are properly connected to your system and recognized by Domoticz to avoid configuration issues.

Saves to your device

Use with Claude

New

Skip the builder — one click puts this in Claude, Cursor, Antigravity and more.

🛠️ Technical setup

Expect 20–40 minutes in a terminal — or let your AI agent drive it.

Try it instantly — no install

Claude Code

mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills/domoticz && curl -fsSL https://workflowstacks.com/api/skills/domoticz/claude-skill -o ~/.claude/skills/domoticz/SKILL.md

Open in another AI app

Opens the app with this repo with the prompt ready to go — no copy-paste needed.

Connect the whole catalog (MCP)

claude mcp add --transport http workflowstacks https://workflowstacks.com/api/mcp

Adds a WorkflowStacks connector to Claude Code: search and load any skill here by chatting.

How Domoticz: Scalable Smart‑Home Automation for Any Startup works

Codeflow

Free to inspect

Domoticz: Scalable Smart‑Home Automation for Any Startup is a very large project (~344k lines across 1059 code files, plus 74 test files). It is a full software project: use it through its install path rather than reading it end to end. Last commit this month, GPL-3.0 license, has a test suite.

Size

Very large codebase

~344k lines · 1059 code files · days to read — use, don't read

Setup

Developer setup

A real software project. Use it via its install path; don't expect to read it all.

Runs on

See README

No API keys detected

Where to start reading

1
README.md
Start here — what it does and how to install it

What's in each folder

www/Frontend / UI1129 files

plugins/Sub-packages / plugins21 files

docs/Documentation5 files

Config/Configuration855 files

hardware/Folder405 files

dzVents/Folder189 files

main/Folder98 files

scripts/Helper scripts74 files

READMEHas testsDocumentedCI checksGPL-3.0 licenseUpdated this month

Use with Claude

New

Skip the builder — one click puts this in Claude, Cursor, Antigravity and more.

🛠️ Technical setup

Expect 20–40 minutes in a terminal — or let your AI agent drive it.

Try it instantly — no install

Claude Code

mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills/domoticz && curl -fsSL https://workflowstacks.com/api/skills/domoticz/claude-skill -o ~/.claude/skills/domoticz/SKILL.md

Open in another AI app

Opens the app with this repo with the prompt ready to go — no copy-paste needed.

Connect the whole catalog (MCP)

claude mcp add --transport http workflowstacks https://workflowstacks.com/api/mcp

Adds a WorkflowStacks connector to Claude Code: search and load any skill here by chatting.

Quick Actions

Details

Creator

domoticz

Language

C++

Do this with a working workflow

Pages we wrote and tested that put a skill like this to work — importable n8n templates, outcome guides and Claude Desktop configs.

Outcome guide

Turn meeting notes into a summary email automatically

Paste the transcript into a private form and the workflow writes and emails a concise recap — decisions, owners, open questions — that people will actually read.

Outcome guide

Automate your meeting summaries

A private form takes any transcript (from Zoom, Meet, Otter, Fireflies) and emails you back a structured summary: a TL;DR, the decisions made, and action items with owners.