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Home Assistant is open source home automation that puts local control and privacy first. Powered by a worldwide community of tinkerers and DIY enthusiasts. Perfect to run on a Raspberry Pi or a local server. Available for free at home-assistant.io

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Home Assistant compatibility questions (lemmy.zip)

submitted 4 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Hello,

I don't have any 'smart' items in my house (or home assistant currently) but I want to set this up but I have questions about compatibility with hardware before I purchase. They have a integration page does that mean all of those hardware devices work? Or do some work better than others? According to a person on Reddit they recommend https://www.zigbee2mqtt.io/supported-devices/ I'm just curious if anything has changed in the past year. Or if anyone here has a list of recommendations. I plan to start with some lights and a thermostat.

Cheers and thanks.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Homeassistant does not know how good your devices work. It only tells about whether or not they can communicate/integrate together.

During the last year or so, ZigBee has become even more popular as a communication protocol.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

I personally have stuck with zwave; its pricy, but the range is fantastic