…Works without using IP addresses Compiling firmware in ESPHome is slow when running Home Assistant on SBCs like Raspberry Pi. That’s one reason why home lab users move their Home Assistant…
…to install Home Assistant Easy choices for a local smart home After letting go of the Google Home Mini, I started with the Raspberry Pi 4 to run Home Assistant. Then later…
…Sign in to your XDA account My home lab has never suffered from a lack of dashboards. I have separate pages for Proxmox, Pi-hole, Home Assistant, Jellyfin, Uptime Kuma, and whatever…
…Not quite — the answer is Home Assistant OS. While Ubuntu Server and Raspbian are popular on Raspberry Pi, Home Assistant OS is purpose-built for smart home control. It's the most…
Right! I know I posted this homelab a few days ago but a few people were asking about the hardware and the photos were bad... so the photos are a bit better and here is all of the information!!! so im running two labrax …
Just wanted to share my introduction into homelabbing. Did research, got some basics and put together a couple machines that have some services running on them. Main project here is to get a good understanding of this an…
Ended up doing some plumbing, high and low voltage work, over 10 Cat 6 runs for APs, switches, cameras, and doorbell. Been very happy with my UDM pro SE and U7 pros. I moved all my hubs above the server cabinet and mostl…
I'm pretty new to homelabbing and this is my first mini rack! Started with the Beelink ME Mini and then just kinda grew from there (it's always the way hey haha). It idles at 70 watts (not too shabby for how much is goin…
…If you are accessing a NAS web interface, Home Assistant, Pi-hole, Proxmox, or a few internal services, Tailscale performance is probably fine. If you are moving large files, doing frequent NAS…
…The polished interface consumes a lot of system resources, a concern when using Home Assistant on a Raspberry Pi. I already have Zigbee2MQTT and Mosquitto set up for my Zigbee-centric smart…
…If you’re as big a fan of microcontrollers as I am, you can install ESPHome on Home Assistant and program ESP32 and Raspberry Pi Pico MCUs to your heart’s content…
…Pillar number two is intent recognition, but this can be done through a Home Assistant assist. Using Home Assistant Assist takes your speech from just words to a model that actually understands…
…If the power goes out and the system needs to boot up, Home Assistant will automatically fire back up. Moving from a Raspberry Pi to a mini PC or NUC can feel…
…Related I run my entire smart home from a single mini PC with Home Assistant If you'd have told me my smart home would be controlled from one box I wouldn…
