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Is Home Assistant the recommended default for smart homes? (lemmy.world)

submitted 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) by Trilogy3452@lemmy.world 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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[–] Trilogy3452@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago

That's interesting, I'll have to read more about mine. I think I purposefully bought the "dumbest" option but will need to experiment with it just like you did