Open Home Foundation
A Swiss non-profit foundation governing over 250 open source smart home projects, including Home Assistant, with a focus on privacy, choice, and sustainability.
Open Home Foundation is a Swiss non-profit established in 2024 that governs open source projects, standards, drivers, and libraries in the smart home space. The foundation's stated mission is to advance privacy, choice, and sustainability as fundamental rights within connected home technology. It employs more than 50 full-time staff and oversees over 250 open source projects.
Among its most prominent projects is Home Assistant, an open source smart home platform, alongside ESPHome, a system for ESP8266/ESP32 microcontrollers, and Music Assistant, an open source music player. The foundation also maintains HACS (Home Assistant Community Store) for custom integrations and Piper, an open source text-to-speech system.
The organisation's technical work spans open source software development, smart home technology, privacy engineering, and sustainability. Its non-profit structure and advocacy for open standards distinguish it from commercial players in the consumer electronics and smart home industries.