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Re:Show HN: Itsyhome – Control HomeKit from your Mac menu ba... by blokey on Wednesday February 11, 2026 @07:26AM (#46974094)
Looks interesting.

What's the difference between your app and Home Control: https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/homecontrol-menu-for-homekit/i... HomeControl Menu for HomeKit

other than this ones yours!

Re:Show HN: Itsyhome – Control HomeKit from your Mac menu ba... by nixus76 on Wednesday February 11, 2026 @07:28AM (#46974115)
Home Control is a solid app and was actually one of the first in this space. The main differences are: Itsyhome is open source (MIT), has a built-in webhook server with SSE event streaming so you can integrate it into scripts and dashboards, supports deeplinks for Shortcuts/Raycast/Alfred, has a Stream Deck plugin, and a CLI tool. The base app is also completely free. Basically I built it for people who want to go beyond just toggling devices from the menu bar.
Re:Show HN: Itsyhome – Control HomeKit from your Mac menu ba... by blokey on Wednesday February 11, 2026 @08:42AM (#46974850)
Thank you for the reply and the time to write it.

I'm probably going to stick with Home Control but I will download and pay for yours as well, mainly to show some support and possibly to switch!

I do use Home Control via my Stream Deck, weirdly with Keyboard Maestro in the middle to receive the Stream Deck keypress and call the URI for Home Control, but there's a lot to like from what you've built.

Re:Show HN: Itsyhome – Control HomeKit from your Mac menu ba... by nixus76 on Wednesday February 11, 2026 @08:58AM (#46975017)
Thanks! Give a try to Itsyhome Stream Deck plugin, it's in their markletplace, quite straightforward, just make sure to enable web server in Itsyhome settings.