Alternatives

Open Balena alternatives for AI agents.

Compare similar skills by workflow fit, trust score, quality, GitHub adoption, maintenance, and install readiness.

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Open Balena

Open source software to manage connected IoT devices at scale

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#1

Addons

Similarity 144Trust 88Excellent 100

:heavy_plus_sign: Docker add-ons for Home Assistant

2.2K starsJun 14, 2026 pushrobotics-iotShellIoT
$ npx skills add home-assistant/addons
#2

Wifi Connect

Similarity 138Trust 93Excellent 100

Easy WiFi setup for Linux devices from your mobile phone or laptop

1.5K starsJun 8, 2026 pushrobotics-iotRustIoT
$ npx skills add balena-os/wifi-connect
#3

Nextcloud Snap

Similarity 136Trust 89Excellent 100

☁️📦 Nextcloud packaged as a snap

1.8K starsJun 15, 2026 pushrobotics-iotShellIoT
$ npx skills add nextcloud-snap/nextcloud-snap
#4

Aily Blockly

Similarity 123Trust 94Excellent 100

AI IDE for hardware development, support Arduino, MicroPython, ESP32, STM32, RP2040, Nrf5x...

2.2K starsJun 16, 2026 pushrobotics-iotTypeScriptIoT
$ npx skills add ailyProject/aily-blockly
#5

Tuya Cloudcutter

Similarity 123Trust 94Excellent 100

A tool that disconnects Tuya IoT devices from the cloud, allowing them to run completely locally.

1.8K starsJun 4, 2026 pushrobotics-iotPythonIoT
$ npx skills add tuya-cloudcutter/tuya-cloudcutter
#6

Paho.Mqtt.C

Similarity 122Trust 90Excellent 100

An Eclipse Paho C client library for MQTT for Windows, Linux and MacOS. API documentation: https://eclipse-paho.github.io/paho.mqtt.c/

2.3K starsJun 4, 2026 pushrobotics-iotCIoT
$ npx skills add eclipse-paho/paho.mqtt.c
#7

HTTP Shortcuts

Similarity 122Trust 93Excellent 100

Android app to create home screen shortcuts that trigger arbitrary HTTP requests and more

1.7K starsJun 12, 2026 pushrobotics-iotKotlinIoT
$ npx skills add Waboodoo/HTTP-Shortcuts
#8

FastBee

Similarity 122Trust 91Excellent 99

FastBee开源物联网平台,简单易用,可用于搭建物联网平台以及二次开发和学习。适用于智能家居、智慧办公、智慧社区、农业监测、水利监测、工业控制等。

2.2K starsApr 16, 2026 pushrobotics-iotJavaIoT
$ npx skills add kerwincui/FastBee
#9

ThingsGateway

Similarity 122Trust 94Excellent 100

ThingsGateway is a cross-platform, high-performance gateway for edge data acquisition and IoT connectivity. Developed with .NET 8, it offers a suite of powerful tools, including advanced PLC communication libraries and debugging software.

1.4K starsJun 3, 2026 pushrobotics-iotC#IoT
$ npx skills add ThingsGateway/ThingsGateway
#10

Libpeer

Similarity 122Trust 93Excellent 100

WebRTC Library for IoT/Embedded Device using C

1.5K starsMay 18, 2026 pushrobotics-iotCIoT
$ npx skills add sepfy/libpeer
#11

IoT Vulhub

Similarity 122Trust 81Strong 71

IoT固件漏洞复现环境

1.3K starsJul 30, 2023 pushrobotics-iotPythonIoT
$ npx skills add Vu1nT0tal/IoT-vulhub
#12

Openhab Core

Similarity 122Trust 93Excellent 100

Core framework of openHAB

1.1K starsJun 15, 2026 pushrobotics-iotJavaIoT
$ npx skills add openhab/openhab-core
#13

Lorawan Stack

Similarity 122Trust 92Excellent 100

The Things Stack, an Open Source LoRaWAN Network Server

1.1K starsJun 15, 2026 pushrobotics-iotGoIoT
$ npx skills add TheThingsNetwork/lorawan-stack
#14

Chirpstack

Similarity 121Trust 92Excellent 100

ChirpStack open-source LoRaWAN Network Server

1.1K starsJun 15, 2026 pushrobotics-iotRustIoT
$ npx skills add chirpstack/chirpstack
#15

Lelylan

Similarity 121Trust 79Promising 67

Open Source Lightweight Microservices Architecture for the Internet of Things. For developers.

1.5K starsMar 12, 2017 pushrobotics-iotIoTClaude Code
$ npx skills add lelylan/lelylan
#16

Tesla API

Similarity 121Trust 90Excellent 95

🚘 A Ruby gem and unofficial documentation of Tesla's JSON API for the Model S, 3, X, and Y.

2.1K starsMar 4, 2026 pushrobotics-iotRubyIoT
$ npx skills add timdorr/tesla-api

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