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Is Home Assistant the recommended default for smart homes? (lemmy.world)

submitted 9 months ago by Trilogy3452@lemmy.world to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world

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I'm planning to build several WiFi connected devices for home automation: an AC remote control and air quality sensors. These devices would send data and be controlled through a local server. I'm considering two approaches: running custom software on a server PC (hardware to be determined) or integrating with Home Assistant's protocols and purchasing their hardware. Would using Home Assistant be excessive for this use case?

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[–] just_another_person@lemmy.world 6 points 9 months ago

HA is definitely the largest adopted. OpenHab is probably more geared for developers, but has a more concise and powerful automation system.

As for hardware to run it on: get a cheap n100 Minipc and be done with it. Uses 6-12W, and it's going to miles.kore efficient for this use than a regular PC.

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