MQTT is a communication system that helps different parts of your smart home talk to each other. For Zigbee2MQTT to work smoothly with Home Assistant, you usually need an MQTT broker, which is like a ...

When [Elixir of Progress] was looking at setting up environmental sensors around their home to keep track of temperature, humidity and such, the obvious ideas of using WiFi-connected sensors didn’t ...

New Ajax Home Assistant integration: via a HACS plugin, control your Ajax alarm (arming, sensors, notifications) directly in ...

Finnish software engineer [Toni] is on a quest to modernize his 1991 house, and his latest project was to automate the window blinds and control them using Home Assistant. Unless your blinds have ...

You can use a Raspberry Pi to automate your entire smart home without spending too much extra cash. Home Assistant's software simplifies setting up your automations with various smart home devices.