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Internet of Things (IoT)
Self-hosted alternatives to SmartThings, Google Home and Alexa routines.
What people say
- home automation
- control my smart home from anywhere
- one app for all my smart devices
- keep my smart home working without the cloud
Why people self-host it
People leave SmartThings, Google Home, Alexa routines, vendor cloud apps for it. Why, strongest first: it has to run at home, privacy, control, a service that shut down or got worse.
Does it suit a machine of your own?
Fits, with conditions it must run on a machine at home, on the same network as the devices; reaching it from outside without opening router ports is where Edgible helps
Questions that decide it
- which devices or brands do you have?
- control from outside the home, or only at home?
How to publish it
- Usually
- org for the web interface; the companion phone apps cannot pass an Edgible sign-in, so they need the app's own login on a hostname without one
- When the data is private or sensitive
- org only, and the phone apps at home
The machine
always on, at home, on the devices' network (host networking for discovery)
Cards for it
No card yet. Apps for it are listed on awesome-selfhosted. An agent with the edgible-cards skill can shortlist apps and build one, or you can ask for one.
Category from awesome-selfhosted.