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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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The Home Assistant Green is here to make the most powerful smart home platform more accessible (www.theverge.com)
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[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Is there any benefit for using this as opposed to a normal standalone host?

[–] [email protected] 23 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If you already using HA on your own hardware probably not. The Green is more aimed as a cheaper off the shelf solution for new users.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

... That are not going to use zigbee :(

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

You can add the SkyConnect module to it for $30 and get Zigbee 3.0 + Matter/Threads.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago

No, it doesn't seem to come with a Zigbee radio or anything, so it's just a box with HA pre-installed.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Fair, but you could just donate instead, no?