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Disclosure: I worked at Mozilla with the core WebThings dev team and still collaborate with devs on this project. I don't do devel on the gateway, but I create "web things" (IoT de…

I love it! Superb tool. Simple and elegant. Not complex and frustrating.

This is the best tool for physical computing. Kids and adults alike will love it. The 1.0 beta has been released today. Time to give it a try! And only if you've actually tried it,…

Excellent summary. The "oh wow this feels different" aspect of MicroBlocks comes after you try it. It makes programming microcontrollers as interactive and hands-on as building ele…

https://iot.mozilla.org -- can easily install the WebThings Gateway on a Raspberry Pi, or in a Docker container, or CLI install to a Linux box. It runs locally in your home. No clo…

The WebThings Gateway does support OpenWrt if the router is beefy enough (decent app processor, RAM, and flash). Most cheap routers wouldn't work. If you are a savvy OpenWrt user s…

It is indeed. Mozilla's WebThings Gateway does everything locally, by default. You and your home are the center of its universe. The add-on system not only enables lots of smart ho…

Mozilla hosts an https tunnel for subdomains that match YOUR-subdomain.mozilla-iot.org where users choose a unique subdomain and a cert for it is auto-installed (using LetsEncrypt)…

> for easy off site access Exactly. The WebThings Gateway on an RPi is behind a firewall. How to access it? Mozilla makes it easy for users to securely access their gateway when re…

Your desire not to have to admininster OpenWrt yourself is legit. I don't either. The Mozilla WebThings Gateway integration work is being done by Mozilla so that they can offer the…

Try either the e-mail sender add-on or the twilio add-on, then create rules that notify you via one of those methods. Camera integration is tricky, mostly due to the lack of standa…

Several good points. Only one aspect made me laugh. Even if I can "opkg install " to run the Mozilla WebThings Gateway, I'm lazy. I'd rather buy a box that maintains my privacy and…

the W3C Web of Things framework is agnostic to use cases and devices. Mozilla's WebThings framework can work in medical, industrial, etc. It's just that Mozilla's focus is to put p…

That's one of the targets for OpenWrt support, yes.

the WebThings gateway is an opportunity for Mozilla to help protect privacy and security, not copy the approach of industry silo's where devices connect to the cloud. your gateway …