Open Home Foundation Who we are Our story Structure Supporters What we do Projects Resources Privacy paper Documents Blog Store Support us Who we are Our story Structure Supporters What we do Projects Resources Privacy paper Documents Blog Store Support us The Open Home Foundation fights for the fundamental principles of privacy, choice, and sustainability for smart homes. And for every person who lives in one. It does this by supporting the development of open source projects, and open connectivity and communication standards. Learn more Our principles Privacy Control your personal data. Share only what you want. With whom you want. Without modifying your behavior because of an algorithm. To ensure privacy, smart home devices must work locally, and cloud services must be optional and opt-in. Choice Mix and match devices. Across manufacturers. Without vendor lock-in, or arbitrary barriers to interoperability. To ensure user choice, devices and the management of data they gather should operate via open standards and local APIs. Sustainability Repurpose your hardware. And reduce your environmental impact. To ensure sustainability, devices must be built for durability, open to modification, and part of a system providing tools to track, automate, and reduce waste and emissions. Our work The Open Home Foundation owns and governs over 250 open source projects, standards, drivers, and libraries like Home Assistant, ESPHome, Music Assistant, HACS, Piper, and more. We also advocate for better privacy, choice, and sustainability across the smart home industry. ESP Web Tools Improv Wi-Fi HACS Zigpy Matter.js Z-Wave JS microWakeWord Piper See more Our collabs Thanks to support from our commercial partners, Apollo Automation and Nabu Casa, we contribute to external member projects that align with our principles. These include WLED and Zigbee2MQTT. Learn more Support us Our work is primarily supported through subscriptions to Home Assistant Cloud, and by your contributions to open source projects aligned with our principles. Join the fight State of the Open Home 2026 From a new Community department to a public roadmap awaiting your input. Catch up on the event highlights and help shape what we build next. Documents User research agreement Support us Privacy Policy Impressum Jobs Contact us [emailprotected] Follow us Subscribe to the newsletter Subscribe Copyright © Open Home Foundation This website uses privacy-first analytics to help us improve the site. You can view all data in our public dashboard. Open Home Foundation | CHE-416.988.952