---
title: "Why Home Assistant?"
url: https://daily.dev/posts/why-home-assistant--dgy95fcn4
source_url: https://blog.frankel.ch/home-assistant/1/
type: article
source: "A Java geek"
published: 2024-11-24T17:53:52.854Z
updated: 2024-12-08T21:11:40.304Z
tags: ["open-source", "devops", "privacy", "iot"]
reading_time: 4
upvotes: 10
comments: 2
language: en
---

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# Why Home Assistant?

**[A Java geek](https://daily.dev/sources/frankel)** · 4 min read · 10 upvotes · 2 comments

## Summary

The author attended a talk on using DevOps observability tools for home automation and became interested in Home Assistant, an open-source platform. With various 'smart' devices in their home and concerns about privacy, they aim to enhance control and privacy through a centralized, local-first approach to home automation. They detail their current smart home setup and explain why they decided to implement Home Assistant.

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## Community discussion

Top comments from developers on daily.dev.

**@jobadiniz** · 0 upvotes

> Where is the rest of the article? 🙃

**@daviddennison** · 0 upvotes

> Anyone else noticing a big uptick in chatter about home assistants? 👀

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Tags: [#open-source](https://daily.dev/tags/open-source), [#devops](https://daily.dev/tags/devops), [#privacy](https://daily.dev/tags/privacy), [#iot](https://daily.dev/tags/iot)

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