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Home Assistant is open source home automation that puts local control and privacy first. Powered by a worldwide community of tinkerers and DIY enthusiasts. Perfect to run on a Raspberry Pi or a local server. Available for free at home-assistant.io

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The little smart home platform that could How Home Assistant plans to transition from an enthusiast platform to a mainstream consumer product. (www.theverge.com)

submitted 8 months ago by [email protected] to c/homeassistant

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[–] [email protected] 43 points 8 months ago (8 children)

I'm not into home automation, but if I was, I'd much prefer a locally running solution that didn't involve tech giants. I hope this works out.

[–] tburkhol 31 points 8 months ago (7 children)

I didn't think I was. I got sucked in by sensors to monitor indoor temp, humidity, air quality... A smart switch to turn lights on and off when I'm not home. Now I'm thinking of how to turn the HVAC fan off when IAQ is good and temperature is comfortable. I'm not ready to have the house turn lights on when I enter a room or start the oven when I get within a mile of the end of my commute, but it's been growing, one $30 gadget at a time with no subscriptions and no data leaving my LAN.

[–] june 3 points 8 months ago

Having my hallway and kitchen lights be motion activated and brighter/dimmer based on ambient light is fucking great. If you get there you might wind up loving it like I do lol.

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