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StackStormNode-RED
Free

Free and open source.

 Free

Free and open source.

Self-hosted Web, Self-hosted
  • Event-driven rules as well as multi-step workflows
  • Integrates with existing tools and processes
  • Visual drag-and-drop flows make complex if/else automation logic easier to follow than YAML
  • Built-in debugging tools help trace what a flow is actually doing
  • A server platform that takes work to deploy and maintain
  • Aimed at operations teams rather than individual users
  • Adds another interface to learn on top of Home Assistant's own automation editor
  • Complex flows can become hard to maintain without good node naming and organization
Self-hosted Self-hosted, Web application
Open source Open source
License not stated License: Apache-2.0
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Checked September 23, 2026

Checked September 22, 2026

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