A collection of step-by-step tutorials and comparisons on Home Assistant, designed to help you implement a secure and feature-filled smart home.
HACS (Home Assistant Community Store) is what most people install right after getting Home Assistant running. It gives you access to community-built integrations, themes, and cards that aren't in the…
I run Home Assistant OS on Proxmox, currently on Proxmox VE 9.1, and it's one of the first VMs I set up on any new Proxmox host. The install process…
In this tutorial, we'll look at how to install Nginx Proxy Manager in Home Assistant. Nginx Proxy Manager is a reverse proxy server, which means that by configuring an individual…
In this article, we'll look at how to access Home Assistant with an NGINX reverse proxy. There are many ways that you can access Home Assistant remotely, but one of…
In this article, we're going to look at the differences between Hubitat vs. Home Assistant. If you're looking to build a smart home, there's a chance that you're interested in…
In this tutorial, we will look at how to SSH into Home Assistant. There are various times when you might have to SSH into your Home Assistant installation (installing HACS…
In this article, we're going to look at the differences between openHAB vs. Home Assistant. If you're looking to build a smart home, there's a chance that you're interested in…
In this tutorial, we will look at how to set up Blue Iris motion notifications in Home Assistant, though I recommend you use Ntfy with the new method I've been…
In this tutorial, we will look at how to integrate Blue Iris into Home Assistant. After setting up and configuring Blue Iris, it's extremely helpful to connect it directly to…
This tutorial will look at how to set up Node-RED on Home Assistant! Node-RED is a visual editor that allows you to set up various different types of automation in…