Guides
Build your own smart home
Step-by-step guides for making your home smart without tying yourself to one brand or a subscription. Everything local, everything yours.
Beginner 1 hour 30 min ≈ €95–€200
Installing Home Assistant on a Raspberry Pi
From a blank Raspberry Pi to a working local smart home. Hardware choices, backups, and the mistakes that cost people whole weekends.
Read more Intermediate 2 hours ≈ €35–€80
Setting up a Zigbee network with Zigbee2MQTT
Sensors and switches without Wi-Fi and without a cloud. From picking a coordinator to a mesh that covers the whole house — including the interference problem nobody warns you about.
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