Automation¶
Home automation stack — sensors, devices, flows, and integrations.
Home Assistant¶
The central home automation hub. Integrates with hundreds of devices and services, provides dashboards, automations, and the local voice assistant pipeline.
ESPHome¶
Firmware builder and OTA manager for ESP8266/ESP32 microcontrollers. Devices are defined in YAML and communicate directly with Home Assistant.
Zigbee2MQTT¶
Bridges the Zigbee coordinator to MQTT, exposing all Zigbee devices as MQTT entities without a proprietary hub.
Documentation · values.sops.yaml
Mosquitto¶
MQTT message broker. Central message bus for all IoT devices and automation components.
Documentation · values.sops.yaml
Node-RED¶
Visual flow-based programming for automation. Used for complex multi-step automations that would be verbose in Home Assistant YAML.
n8n¶
Workflow automation platform. Connects external APIs, webhooks, and services — used for integrations outside the home network scope.
Govee2MQTT¶
Bridges Govee smart lights to MQTT, exposing them as Home Assistant entities without relying on the Govee cloud API.
Documentation · values.sops.yaml
Grocy¶
Household management: grocery tracking, chore schedules, and product inventory with barcode scanning support.
Piper¶
Local text-to-speech engine. Generates natural-sounding voice output for Home Assistant notifications without sending data to the cloud.
Whisper¶
Local speech-to-text powered by OpenAI Whisper. Used for the Home Assistant local voice assistant pipeline.