Everything your
home needs
Otto is a complete self-hosted smart home platform — home automation, AI assistant, security cameras, personal cloud apps, and more. All on your hardware, all under your control.
Your smart home
at a glance
Open Otto and instantly see the state of every device, room, and sensor. Customise your dashboard with widgets that matter to you — temperature, energy, cameras, or shortcuts to your favourite scenes.
- Customisable widget layout
Drag, resize, and arrange exactly how you want
- Real-time device status
Lights, locks, thermostats — all live
- Quick-access scenes
One tap to set the whole home
- Energy & environment overview
Every device,
every room
Otto speaks every smart home language. Devices are automatically discovered and organised into rooms. Control individual devices or entire rooms with a single tap.
- Matter, KNX, Zigbee, Z-Wave, ONVIF
Plus Modbus, 1-Wire, BACnet and more
- Auto device discovery
Plug in and Otto finds it automatically
- Room-based organisation
Bedroom, kitchen, garden — logical grouping
- Group control
Control all lights in a room at once
See everything.
Miss nothing.
Otto turns any ONVIF or RTSP camera into an intelligent NVR. AI analyses every frame locally — no footage ever leaves your home.
- AI person & object detection
Powered by Frigate, running on-device
- Continuous & motion-triggered recording
Configurable retention per camera
- Smart push alerts
Only notify when it matters
- 100% private — no cloud upload
Your footage stays on your hardware
Understand your
home's energy
Rich historical charts show exactly where your energy is going. Track consumption per device, room, or circuit — and spot anomalies before they become bills.
- Real-time power draw
Per-device and whole-home monitoring
- Historical trend charts
Hour, day, week, month views
- Cost & CO₂ estimates
Configured to your energy tariff
- Temperature & humidity history
From any sensor in the home
Just ask Otto.
Talk or type natural commands and Otto responds instantly. It knows your devices, your schedules, and your preferences — and it runs entirely on your hardware.
- Real-time voice & chat conversations
- Controls devices, runs automations & scenes
- Context-aware: knows the current state of your home
- Fully on-device — no cloud, no data sharing
Your apps, your server
Otto bundles a full personal cloud suite. Notes, calendar, shopping, gallery, contacts, alarms — everything runs on your hardware with no third-party subscriptions.
Notes
Rich-text notes synced across all your devices
Calendar
Personal calendar with reminders and event sharing
Shopping List
Collaborative lists — tick off in the supermarket together
Photo Gallery
Self-hosted photo library, private from day one
Contacts
Family and guest management with presence tracking
Alarms & Timers
Smart alarms that trigger home automations on wake
Entertainment,
unified
Control all your media from one place. Otto integrates with Plex, Spotify, Chromecast, and Matter Cast, turning your home into a seamless multi-room entertainment system.
- Plex & Spotify integration
Browse library and queue from within Otto
- Chromecast & Matter Cast
Cast to any screen in your home
- Multi-room audio
Sync playback across rooms
- Scene integration
"Movie mode" dims lights and closes blinds
Your home works for you
Build powerful automations with a visual editor, and save your favourite states as one-tap scenes.
Automations
Trigger-condition-action automations with time schedules, sensor events, presence detection, or sunrise/sunset triggers. No coding required.
Scenes
Capture the perfect state of any set of devices as a scene. "Good morning", "Movie night", "Away mode" — activate by tap, voice, or automation.
Pro-grade control
Deep configuration, multi-user management, and a growing library of protocol integrations.
Integrations
Connect Matter, KNX, Zigbee, Z-Wave, ONVIF, Modbus and more — all from one place.
System
Monitor hub health, manage backups, update firmware, and configure network settings.
Users & Access
Invite family or guests with role-based permissions. Control who can do what.
Designed for every screen
Otto's UI is fully responsive — pixel-perfect on your wall tablet, phone, or desktop browser.
Desktop · 1440×900
Tablet · 768×1024
Phone · 390×844
All screens at a glance
Every page of the app, captured from the live product
Ready to try Otto?
Free to install, free to use. All features included. Remote access available when you need it.