HomeForge is a smart-home dashboard that stays on your own network. It speaks local MQTT and HTTP/REST with one-click presets for Shelly, Tasmota and ESPHome, plus a network scan to find what is already there — no cloud account, no API key, no monthly fee. It also ships with a simulated nineteen-device home across nine rooms, so you can lay out dashboards and try scenes before you own a single bulb. Build as many dashboards as you like from rooms and widgets — a live clock, home summary, energy meter, climate overview, sunrise and sunset, and a scene launcher. Scenes capture the whole state of your home as a single tap, and automations fire on a time, on sunrise or sunset computed offline for your location, or when a device changes. Insights keeps a persistent history with energy rollups and interactive trend charts, and kiosk mode cycles dashboards automatically for a wall tablet or spare monitor.
What it does
Local MQTT and HTTP/REST control with one-click presets for Shelly, Tasmota and ESPHome
Network scan to discover devices already on your LAN — no cloud, no account, no API key
Ships with a simulated 19-device, 9-room home so it is useful on first launch
Multiple dashboards, each with its own layout, card sizes and room scope
Widgets: live clock, home summary, energy meter, climate overview, sunrise and sunset, scene launcher
Scenes that capture the whole state of your home as one tap
Automations triggered by time, by offline-computed sunrise and sunset, or by a device changing
Insights with persistent history, energy rollups and interactive per-device trend charts
Kiosk mode that auto-cycles dashboards for a wall tablet, plus full backup and restore to one file
Windows installer (.exe) — installs in a couple of clicks, no extra runtimes needed
Platform:
Windows 10/11 (64-bit)
Version:
1.0.0
Download size:
78 MB
Requires:
Runs fully offline. No account, no subscription, no internet connection needed. Not code-signed yet, so SmartScreen may warn on first run - choose More info, then Run anyway.
Licence:
Free forever to view your dashboard, manually control every device, organise rooms, connect local devices, see History and Insights and import a backup. A licence key unlocks running scenes and automations, exporting a backup, and more than one dashboard.
