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Hey guys, I'd like to set up smart home for myself. I am looking for open source tools without connection to external services. Thanks in advance

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[–] peregus@lemmy.world 4 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) (1 children)

I would suggest you to use Node Red as backend and Home Assistant as frontend. With Node Red you have a very robust system that survives years of updates without problem (I've been running for...mmm...maybe 7/8 years and no update have ever broken anything, while I read all over stories of Home Assistant breaking over updates). Node Red has node for about anything, you can make your home automation product/brand independent using MQTT, so Node Red collects all the sensors/actuators and sends to HA what's needed. If tomorrow you'll change a device, all you have to do is connect a couple of nodes and use the same MQTT topic as you did with the previous device (I don't know if I explained myself...sorry!) If tomorrow you'll want to switch from HA to something else, it will be pretty easy with Node Red in the back! All of this, clearly, IMHO!

[–] davidosomething@sopuli.xyz 2 points 3 years ago (1 children)

great sell, gonna try moving my integrations to node red later!