Released on 21 May 2026, Proxmox VE 9.2 ships with a dynamic load balancer, WireGuard as an SDN fabric protocol, Ceph Tentacle, and kernel 7.0. Two years into the post-Broadcom exodus, the balance of power has definitively shifted.

State of the Open Home 2026 confirmed what the numbers already showed: Home Assistant governs 250+ open-source projects, has 89,500 GitHub stars, and ships a new release every month. If you still trust Google or Amazon with your home automation, you’re paying for the privilege of being the product.