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check out https://www.home-assistant.io/ Open source. You can be as fiddly or stable as you have tolerance for.



You can even buy their pre-installed box, ready to go.

It has some warts, but my automation would not be viable without it. I specially like the NodeRED integration - even if I think that NodeRED is quite quirky and %#@!% sometimes, it's still neat to be able to write automations without programming much. I do plenty of that on my day job. Also a great visual aid to explain to non-technical people.


I run this too, nothing but positive things to say. I update it every once in a while, but I has been rock solid for years.


Any tips for those who want a simple stable setup?


Lutron Caseta. I personally like ZWave/ZigBee stuff more because it's more configurable and open, Lutron cannot be broken, even if you try.




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