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Is Home Assistant the recommended default for smart homes? (lemmy.world)
submitted 9 months ago by 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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[–] -2 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Before HomeAssistant, OpenHab was the undisputed king. I still like them because they let you remotely access you home without having to subscribe to anything or set up any remote access methods

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  • [–] 2 points 9 months ago*

    I choose to pay for remote access, but it’s for convenience and to support the developers. You are free to configure it yourself in a couple ways (and there is decent documentation) or do without remote access

    I don’t know how you set up remote access for OpenHab, but from a quick glance at the web site it looks similar

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