anybody using homeassistant and having success? i feel like everything i try with it is extra complicated, but i’d love to hear others’ success stories.
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I have one for a long-ish time, started really using it now. It is daunting at first (still is) but I can feel the potential. You just have to invest some time in getting to know it and how to set it up.
Proprietary apps might be more user friendly, but I guess that’s how they get you. Also, I imagine HA is easier if you want to set up something overly specific.
I’m still in the daunting phase though.
Oh yeah, I use it for everything from automated lights to server monitoring notifications to Web scraping for when Publix chicken tender subs are on sale. Most everything you can think of is pretty well documented, and someone’s done it before. They have made some UI changes recently that make creating automations easier, but if you are ok with copying and editing YAML files, you can steal what other people have created pretty easily.
Yes, love it. Hint, AI really helps with some of the stuff though HA has changed over time so sometimes AI is talking about another version. I just set it up a month ago. I used their Z-Wave adaptor but installed HA on my Ubuntu Media Center instead using the Ubuntu Snaps.
Yeah I like it a lot. Didn’t use anything else so I don’t have a comparison, but I found most things very straightforward.
It’s getting messy when you have to do non-standard tasks like removing some entries from the database
It really is a pain in the ass if you’re not the type of person who likes to tinker with everything all the time. And, if you want something that isn’t the most common thing, you have to SSH into the server that runs it.
Automations can get pretty clunky, but I manage with my simple needs. Some people swear by using NodeRed on top of home assistant, but I’ve never tried it.
No problems here. Pretty basic use, outside light scheduling, tying inside lights together (if a on, turn b&c on), bathroom fan timers, and sensor notifications. I haven’t really messed with the dashboard.
Stay way, it is way too addictive. If you are not careful you will end automating from window blinds to toilets.
Can confirm. Started with replacing my Tuya lightbulbs. Last thing I automated was hydrometers for my house plants to tell me they’re thirsty.
Yep, been running it for a couple years at least? Mostly ZigBee and Zwave devices. For lights, some other powered devices, temperature control, and in-house location tracking.
It’s not always intuitive, but always figure it out eventually. There’s a homeassistant community at !homeassistant@lemmy.world which might be helpful if you have questions.
Yeah. It was pretty easy to setup, then again I work in tech for my job.
i had a pretty effective google home setup but have tried to transition away from Google devices, and good lord. it’s so much more complicated doing it myself!
How so? Most things should be detected automatically. Dashboards can also be populated automatically, same as with google home. If you want better dashboards, it will take more work.
Which points give you pain?
Its amazing and addictive lol especially once you start taking back control of your local devices. Rtl433 would be the followup ;)
I feel like they over engineered the heck out of ‘simplifying’ automations, to the point I stayed on Core v2025.8.3 for about 7 months. I disliked their menu changes and hate the big ol card that comes up on mobile when editing - much prefer the older style.
Pretty sure my house wouldn’t work anymore without it. My girlfriends growlights, the blinds, the vacuum, the lawn mower, hell even the kettle to some extent.
It’s not super user friendly and the UI really sucks. I broke my HA by trying to remove an esp32 Bluetooth proxy. Now it refuses to allow me to add it, so all my Bluetooth devices can’t connect.
I appreciate that it’s free, but fuck I hate it, it’s a convoluted POS.
