25 stories tagged home-automation, newest first.
69 points by animalhot | 38 comments
GitHub repo for r2d2-tv, a local home screen, private remote browser, and push-to-talk voice assistant that replaces vendor software on rooted LG webOS TVs.
878 points by soheilpro | 196 comments
Substack post by Anton Frolov about commissioning an isometric illustration of his house and turning it into an interactive Home Assistant dashboard.
121 points by faithraven | 58 comments
Blog post announcing that the tapo Rust/Python client library for TP-Link Tapo devices supports the TPAP protocol, so Third-Party Compatibility can stay off.
229 points by walrus01 | 116 comments
SmartHomeScene review comparing 12 budget Zigbee temperature and humidity sensors from Aqara, Sonoff, Tuya, Thirdreality, Zemismart, and Moes.
142 points by simonjgreen | 78 comments
A personal blog post describing an over-engineered project using ultra-wideband radios on trash bins so Home Assistant can tell whether the bins have been put out.
158 points by 2sf5 | 57 comments
Home Assistant blog post announcing that its cloud subscription service is being renamed, citing Big Tech's damage to the term "cloud".
604 points by speckx | 162 comments
Blog post describing how the author used BirdNet-Go with three security cameras' audio streams to automatically identify and track bird species in his yard.
339 points by Kwastie | 172 comments
GitHub issue on the homeassistant-volkswagencarnet integration reporting that login no longer works while the official Android app still does.
1516 points by saeedesmaili | 351 comments
Joel Hawksley's blog post describing how he built Timeframe, a family e-paper dashboard showing calendar, weather, and smart home data.
508 points by zakki | 220 comments
Homepage of Frigate, an open source NVR for security cameras that performs real-time AI object detection locally on your own hardware.
334 points by JadedBlueEyes | 144 comments
Blog post describing how the author and a friend reverse engineered a Wi-Fi smart washing machine's API and encryption to build a notification script.
350 points by remuskaos | 183 comments
Blog post describing how the author uses Home Assistant, AdGuard Home and a cheap Zigbee smart outlet as a physical button to block distracting internet sites.
362 points by ericvolp12 | 194 comments
A personal blog post describing reverse-engineering the wireless thermostat signals of a landlord-controlled boiler using an SDR and laptop.
861 points by HieronymusBosch | 570 comments
Jeff Geerling blog post about buying a Bosch 500 series dishwasher and objecting to features that require connecting the appliance to a cloud service.
856 points by _Microft | 266 comments
Home Assistant blog announcement of Voice Preview Edition, an open voice assistant hardware device for local smart home control.
1237 points by kzrdude | 288 comments
A blog post describing how the author built an NFC tag–based physical movie library so his kids can pick and play digital movies themselves.
327 points by slovette | 110 comments
A documentation page from Denys Dovhan's Home Assistant config describing how he uses home automation to get air raid and missile/drone threat alerts in Ukraine.
1836 points by todsacerdoti | 545 comments
Blog post by Nikita Lapkov investigating a wall-mounted smart-home touchscreen panel found in his new apartment.
395 points by philo23 | 110 comments
Homepage of Valetudo, open-source software that replaces the cloud backend of robot vacuums so they can operate locally without cloud connectivity.
660 points by willcooke | 78 comments
Blog post about reverse engineering Bluetooth LE LED light controllers for home automation and accidentally bricking a set of Christmas lights.
546 points by thunderbong | 123 comments
Homepage of Frigate, an open-source network video recorder for security cameras that runs real-time AI object detection locally on your own hardware.
367 points by stacktrust | 254 comments
A Dynomight newsletter essay arguing for a simpler smart home with less automation, after the frustrations of protocols like Z-Wave, Zigbee and MQTT.
738 points by picture | 574 comments
A blog post by Rachel by the Bay criticizing recent changes in the Philips Hue smart lighting ecosystem.
362 points by rcarmo | 152 comments
A blog post about building a privacy-friendly ESP32 smart doorbell integrated locally with Home Assistant; the page returned a Cloudflare 502 error.
1843 points by l2silver | 1695 comments
Ask HN thread inviting users to share interesting software or hardware they built solely for personal use, such as custom AR tools or family calendar displays.