OpenHAB – vendor and tech agnostic open source automation software for your home
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Re: OpenHAB – vendor and tech agnostic open source automation software for your home
#2How does this differ from HomeAssistant?
Heard of both, but never used OpenHAB
Re: OpenHAB – vendor and tech agnostic open source automation software for your home
#3How does this differ from HomeAssistant? Heard of both, but never used OpenHAB
OpenHAB is a much older project built on Java(?) IIRC. As a user of both I MUCH prefer HomeAssistant. Integrations seem to be updated and added much more frequently, and are often based on other open source project rather than native functionality being added to the home automation platform itself.
Re: OpenHAB – vendor and tech agnostic open source automation software for your home
#4How does this differ from HomeAssistant? Heard of both, but never used OpenHAB
i had the same question, I just recently installed HomeAssistant and found it quite good (and I was able to relatively quickly make changes both to configuration & code for addons).
https://smarthome.university/your-smart-home-platform-home-a...
seems to be a bit dated (as there is now an android app) but gives a high level overview.
Re: OpenHAB – vendor and tech agnostic open source automation software for your home
#5How does this differ from HomeAssistant? Heard of both, but never used OpenHAB
HA offers paid only web access, through Nabu Casa. Openhab sez theirs us free - haven't checked if it's like 100% free
Re: OpenHAB – vendor and tech agnostic open source automation software for your home
#6I remember running this on Raspberry Pi probably 7 or 8 years ago.
It was an interesting project because open source home automation feels very much like a hobby / non-work thing, but it was clearly created by someone with an enterprise java background. I believe there was a custom eclipse based IDE with probably at least one DSL for configuring your automation rules!
Re: OpenHAB – vendor and tech agnostic open source automation software for your home
#7How does this differ from HomeAssistant? Heard of both, but never used OpenHAB
HA offers paid only web access, through Nabu Casa. Openhab sez theirs us free - haven't checked if it's like 100% free
You can still access HA directly through a browser, of course. And if you set up a VPN (ala PiVPN or something similar), you can access it anywhere, as well.
Re: OpenHAB – vendor and tech agnostic open source automation software for your home
#8How does this differ from HomeAssistant? Heard of both, but never used OpenHAB
HA offers paid only web access, through Nabu Casa. Openhab sez theirs us free - haven't checked if it's like 100% free
HA remote access is not paid only, it works fine if you make it accessible from your local network. You can also do Google/Alexa integration on your own, there are instructions in the documentation.
The paid service handles SSL and dynamic hostnames for you without having to expose stuff on your network. It also provides the cloud endpoint that Google and Alexa require. They in no way stop or impede you from doing any of that yourself, however.
Re: OpenHAB – vendor and tech agnostic open source automation software for your home
#9How does this differ from HomeAssistant? Heard of both, but never used OpenHAB
I looked at OpenHAB when I was looking to move off HomeAssistant. Much more dated project, more raw, and requires even more babysitting than HomeAssistant.
Re: OpenHAB – vendor and tech agnostic open source automation software for your home
#10Earlier quoted context omitted.
HA offers paid only web access, through Nabu Casa. Openhab sez theirs us free - haven't checked if it's like 100% free
HA remote access is not paid only, it works fine if you make it accessible from your local network. You can also do Google/Alexa integration on your own, there are instructions in the documentation. The paid service handles SSL and dynamic hostnames for you without having to expose stuff on your network. It also provides the cloud endpoint that Google and Alexa require. They in no way stop or impede you from doing an…
My pwrsonal setup is using cloudflare's tunnel so it doesn't even need port forwarding. And then I did alexa myself since I have an aws account anyway for some free tier stuff.