CLUSTER HOME-MOBILE-AUTOMATION · 28 ENTRIES · EARLIEST ENTRY 2015-01-27
Smart home control apps
This cluster consists of mobile apps that discover, control, and monitor home automation systems and smart devices, including lights, cameras, and security features. The dated entry history before the index start spans from 2012 to early 2026 with a sparse, irregular pattern of one new entry per month across widely scattered months, making the timeline's shape too thin to read as a trend. Traction leaders are led by Home Assistant, though all three listed products show zero activity stars, indicating limited engagement signals. Two members have no source date.
Entry timeline
ENTRY TIMELINE
Each bar is the month a member carries, which is a creation date where the source published one and a crawl date otherwise. Nothing in the index was found before 11 August 2026, and coverage broadened sharply on 14–15 August, so a bar from then on reports how much we found that month, not how much was built; an earlier bar reports how far back a member's own source dated it — not how long we have been watching.
Members by activity
Activity signals, not revenue.
Build origin · 3 ai-built · 2 hand-coded · 3 unlabelled
Operator · 1 indie · 1 commercial · 3 open source · 3 unlabelled
Two labels per entry, never collapsed into one: how it was built, and who stands behind it. Counted over the 8 listed below. Unlabelled means nothing has decided yet — not that the answer is small.
- 21Presence Publisher0★10 mostaleliveopen sourceMobile app that regularly sends a device's presence status to a configured messaging endpoint when near a known Wi-Fi network or Bluetooth beacon, for home automation.
- 22volt-guard-home0★1 yrabandoned—ai-builtApp that monitors home electrical systems and alerts users to voltage fluctuations or safety hazards.
- 23KitX Mobile0★2 yrabandonedlivehand-codedopen sourceMobile app for controlling local devices, checking their status, and managing plugins remotely.
- 24Platypush0★5 yrabandonedlivehand-codedopen sourceMobile app that discovers and controls home automation server instances on a local network, managing lights, switches, and media playback.
- 25HomePulse0★8 mostaleliveindieMobile diagnostic app that monitors smart home devices, tracking a health score, battery levels, connectivity, and real-time device events.
- 26Smart Home Design0★unknownliveai-builtApp that helps users plan and visualize smart home device layouts and automation setups for a house.
- 27Safeguard Home0★unknownliveai-builtcommercialA mobile app for smart home security and automation, letting users monitor their home, manage devices, and receive professional monitoring alerts.
- 28Homewise — AI Home Command Center0★unknownliveAI app that serves as a home command center for controlling smart devices and managing daily routines.
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