GladysAssistant by GladysAssistant

A privacy-first, open-source home assistant

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Verdict 78/100 health $4.13/mo cheapest, hetzner 1/5 setup difficulty 7496k docker pulls 1 open CVE Last release 13 days ago

Self-host GladysAssistant on hetzner CAX11 for $4.13/mo.

Health score
78 /100
6-dim composite
Self-hosts from
$4.13 /mo
hetzner · CAX11
Difficulty
1 /5
One-click deploy
GitHub stars
3.1k
304 forks

About GladysAssistant

From the project's README at github.com/GladysAssistant/Gladys. Lightly cleaned for readability; for the full source see the upstream repo.

Try It • Getting Started • Contribute • Contributors • License

Spin up a local Gladys Assistant instance in seconds using Docker:

Prefer using Docker Compose? Check out our Docker Compose installation guide. Getting Started

Health score breakdown

6-dimension composite. See methodology for formula and weights.

activity
79
maturity
100
community
92
security
85
sustainability
100
adoption
31

Adoption signals

Real-world usage data, pulled from each registry. The bigger the numbers, the more battle-tested the project.

SignalValueSource
GitHub stars 3.1k github.com/GladysAssistant/Gladys
GitHub forks 304 github.com/GladysAssistant/Gladys
Docker Hub pulls 7496k hub.docker.com / gladysassistant
NPM downloads (last month) 435 gladys

Release & maintenance

Is this project actively maintained, or about to die? Check the recency of last commit and last release.

Project age10.9 yearssince Jun 2015
Last commit11 days agoApr 26, 2026
Releases shipped186last: 13 days ago
Security policySECURITY.mddeclared by maintainers
Funding links2declared by maintainers

Self-hosting cost across providers

Detected requirements: 4GB RAM, 40GB disk minimum. Cheapest plan per provider that meets the requirement.

ProviderPlanSpecsMonthly
hetzner CAX11 2c · 4GB · 40GB $4.13 USD Deploy →
vultr VC2 1c · 1GB · 25GB $5 USD Deploy →
linode Nanode 1GB 1c · 1GB · 25GB $5.12 USD Deploy →
digitalocean Basic Regular 1GB 1c · 1GB · 25GB $6 USD Deploy →

Security advisories

2 known advisories tracked via OSV.dev. 1 currently open without a documented fix. Most recent: CVE-2024-47210.

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Ready to self-host GladysAssistant?

Spin up a hetzner CAX11 (4GB RAM, 40GB disk) for $4.13/mo and follow the project's official install docs.

Data last refreshed May 7, 2026.

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