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Re:How I wrote my own Smart Home software by tga on Monday June 05, 2023 @04:33AM (#36193868)
My "HA" setup is really driven by Zigbee2MQTT -- most of my lights, devices (light switches, washer, dryer) and sensors (temperature, motion, doors/windows, water leaks) are all random Zigbee devices that Zigbee2MQTT does a wonderful job talking to, without any need for vendor software or services.

https://www.zigbee2mqtt.io/

I happen to use Node-RED for automation -- this is the easiest part to replace, it could just as well be Mako, pyscript, AppDaemon, NetDaemon, or plain Python scripts talking to the MQTT server.

What I can't easily replace from HA is the nice UI, both over the web and as an app (same thing really). I guess Mako makes it possible to hack together a web interface, but it's a lot of work for a poor result when compared to what you get with HA (or OpenHab) out of the box.

I would love to find a simpler, MQTT driven "HMI" app for both web and mobile, completely disconnected from the logic behind.

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Re:How I wrote my own Smart Home software by herbst on Monday June 05, 2023 @05:13AM (#36194079)
I have a small ruby app running on my home server that keeps the zigbee2mqtt stream open, its fairly simple but provides the main functionality of the smarts in my home. If I get a new device I just hack my own bridge and link it in.

My point is a smart home doesn't have to be complex and can be fun to do yourself.

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Re:How I wrote my own Smart Home software by ep1cman on Monday June 05, 2023 @07:24AM (#36194867)
zigbee2mqtt has its own webUI with a dashboard that seems fairly competent at controlling the devices.

https://www.zigbee2mqtt.io/guide/configuration/frontend.html

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Re:How I wrote my own Smart Home software by tga on Sunday June 11, 2023 @04:05PM (#36285066)
The Zigbee2MQTT web UI might be useful for debugging, but a mixed list is hardly a good way of interacting with home devices.
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