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Home Assistant is one of the most versatile and powerful home automation platforms and it is complacently open source. Once set up, it can be accessed from any web browser and allows your to create complex automation that put services like IFTTT to shame. One of the things that I like most about Home Assistant is that it all works on my local network. No more remote APIs or giving your data to other people all while slowing down your internet. You control your data including what stays local and what can be accessed remotely. This entire system can be run on a Raspberry Pi meaning that your personal smart home’s brain will run you about $35. The following guid will walk you through the basic steps involved with setting up your own Home Assistant server with MQTT support.”

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