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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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LNXLink - Link your Linux computer into Home Assistant (bkbilly.gitbook.io)

submitted 4 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Windows and macOS have similar clients (Hass.Agent for Windows and Home Assistant for macOS).

I've found these kinds of clients useful because I can remotely wake-up or sleep computers, track how long they are turned on for, and automatically pause my lights and music when my webcam turns on.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I don't have mqtt in my home, so I assume this would not work for me, even though the computer is connected to the same network as the HA instance is?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Just set up MQTT in home Assistant, why not?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

But that requires a broker, right?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago

It does. I use Mosquito but I believe HA has a built in one too. Mosquito was easy enough to set up though.

Honestly MQTT is like the nervous system of my HA setup. I started using it with Tasmota when I Tasmotised all my cheap WiFi bulbs, then opted for Zigbee2mqtt for my ZigBee setup.

But I also have things like my bedside clock (an old phone running WallPanel), my doorway tablet (a Nexus 7 running Fully Kiosk Browser), my PC and even my alarm clock app on my phone, all running through MQTT.

I even had Tasker on my phone communicating with HA via MQTT before I gave up on that. It's really useful