Why I Recommend Home Assistant

Why Home Assistant

One Platform to Run Your Entire Home

I've spent over 10 years in the DIY smart home world and built my own smart home with Home Assistant because it's simply the best tool for the job. I host the Home Assistant Podcast, which keeps me on the bleeding edge of every release and gives me direct access to the team behind Home Assistant and the broader Open Home Foundation projects. Open source, endlessly flexible, runs entirely on your own hardware, and works with virtually every smart home device on the market.

• Home Assistant is the Foundation: Everything I build is centred around Home Assistant — the most powerful open-source home automation platform available. It runs locally on your hardware, has no subscription fees, and connects to almost anything.
• Always on the Bleeding Edge: I host a podcast dedicated to Home Assistant, covering every release and update as it happens. That means direct access to the team behind Home Assistant and the Open Home Foundation — and up-to-the-minute knowledge I bring to every session.
• Devices Connect Into It: Philips Hue, Zigbee sensors, Z-Wave locks, Matter bulbs, WiFi cameras — Home Assistant brings them all under one roof, replacing a dozen separate apps with a single dashboard.
• Local-First, Always: Everything runs on your network. No cloud dependency means automations keep working when the internet goes down, and your data never leaves your home.
• Privacy by Default: No usage tracking, no data mining, no subscriptions. Your home is yours — and Home Assistant is built from the ground up to keep it that way.
• 3,000+ Integrations Out of the Box: Chances are, whatever devices you already own are supported. And if they're not, there's almost certainly a community integration or a workaround.