My entire smart home runs on a single Docker container now, and I'm never going back
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Self-hosting is the practice of running and maintaining software services on hardware you control — home servers, NAS appliances, and container stacks — instead of relying on managed cloud services.
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Home Assistant kept wasting power on my home lab, and this tiny change fixed it
23h agoI found the best Home Assistant dashboard for my iPad
6d agoStop treating the Raspberry Pi 5 as a smart home hub — it's actually built for something bigger
1w agoHome Assistant on bare metal works great — until it becomes your entire home's infrastructure
1w agoLocal LLMs changed how I use Home Assistant, and now my smart devices actually listen
…self-hosted AI assistant, and it changed how I work Yet another worthwhile tool for my FOSS stack Speaking of models, I primarily use Qwen 3.5 (9B) when controlling Home Assistant…
Home Assistant's local LLM support outperforms Gemini for Home, and Google knows it
…for Home Assistant, the comparison with Gemini for Home stops being close pretty quickly. Related I don't pay for ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, or Claude – I stick to my self-hosted LLMs…
I replaced Otter.ai with a better self-hosted voice transcription tool that's completely free
…See at Github Related I made my smart home even smarter with a couple of Home Assistant add-ons I now have a local AI chatbot that I can speak to.
Here’s why I’ve installed a Dead Man's Switch on my home server
…Smart home Here’s why I’ve installed a Dead Man's Switch on my home server A self-hosted home server gives you control, but what happens if you’re no…
You can turn "dumb" devices smart without replacing anything; just Home Assistant integrations will suffice
…Related 6 HACS integrations that combine my self-hosted services with Home Assistant Smart devices aren't the only things I control with my Home Assistant server Adding a Bluetooth adapter to…
I revived my old Android phone by turning it into a better voice assistant than any smart speaker I've owned
…That’s because it turned my old smartphone into a Home Assistant satellite for querying (and controlling) my smart devices using just my voice (and my self-hosted LLMs). Related I switched…
This open-source dashboard finally gave me the unified view my home lab desperately needed
…To solve that problem, I turned towards the open-source HomeLabInfo. This self-hosted project is designed for home lab users who want one place to track both their Docker containers and…
How to Install Home Assistant on Proxmox
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I paired a GPU with a Coral TPU, and it ended up handling my home security system far better than I expected
…Having a self-hosted security system sounds great until you start adding multiple cameras, object detection, recording devices, and a few extra AI features on top to make your home feel smarter…