Olares

Olares: An Open-Source Personal Cloud to Reclaim Your Data

⭐ 4,512 stars on GitHub · 🍴 262 forks · 📜 License: agpl-3.0 · 💻 Language: Go

What is Olares?

An open-source smart home hub — integrates 1000+ IoT devices, condition-based automation, no vendor cloud dependency.

Main components

• Enterprise-grade security: Simplified network configuration using Tailscale, Headscale, Cloudflare Tunnel, and FRP.
• Secure and permissionless application ecosystem: Sandboxing ensures application isolation and security.
• Unified file system and database: Automated scaling, backups, and high availability.
• Single sign-on: Log in once to access all applications within Olares with a shared authentication service.
• AI capabilities: Comprehensive solution for GPU management, local AI model hosting, and private knowledge bases while maintaining data privacy.
• Built-in applications: Includes file manager, sync drive, vault, reader, app market, settings, and dashboard.
• Seamless anywhere access: Access your devices from anywhere using dedicated clients for mobile, desktop, and browsers.
• Development tools: Comprehensive development tools for effortless application development and porting.

The biggest strength is full local operation when vendor cloud is down — your IoT keeps working.

Best for smart-home enthusiasts wanting control over lights, AC, cameras — immune to Alexa/Google deprecation.

Topics: the project is tagged with popular topics:

• 🏷️ ai-agents
• 🏷️ ai-privacy
• 🏷️ edge-ai
• 🏷️ home-automation
• 🏷️ home-cloud
• 🏷️ home-server
• 🏷️ homelab
• 🏷️ homeserver
• 🏷️ kubernetes
• 🏷️ local-ai

📸 Screenshots

Quick install

See the README for detailed install instructions. Most projects support Docker — if the repo has a Dockerfile, use:

git clone https://github.com/beclab/Olares.git
cd Olares
docker build -t Olares .
docker run -d -p 8080:8080 Olares

Minimum system requirements

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• One-command docker compose up -d deploy in 2 minutes
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• Daily snapshot backup
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Resources

• 🔗 GitHub: beclab/Olares
• 🌐 Homepage: https://www.olares.com/
• 📚 Official docs: see README in the repo
• 💬 Community: GitHub Issues + Discussions

Article compiled from GitHub data on 05/05/2026. Star/fork counts may have changed — see live numbers via the GitHub link.