Home Assistant or Homebridge - Which one to use ? My Unbiased Opinion

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I'll give you my unbiased opinion on whether you want to take the Homebridge pill first or the Home Assistant Pill to build your DIY Smart Home. You will be surprised the pill I have Taken !
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00:00 Intro
00:36 Opening
01:12 Setting the stage
01:46 What kind of DIYér are YOU?
03:11 Purple Pill value proposition
04:00 Blue Pill value proposition
04:57 Purple Pill Benefits
05:41 Blue Pill Benefits
06:54 Word of Caution
07:14 My Final Thoughts
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@eddiedsuza Год назад

Do check out my newly launched website 🔑 buildasmarthome.org and get to know my Smart Home Services

@mattysfong Год назад

Absolute love your work and please do keep posting more Smart Home content!

@eddiedsuza Год назад

Thanks Matthew. And definitely will continue posting more videos. Have a ton coming up on my smart home build. It’s in the tail end of completion.

@donjalex2262 2 месяца назад

Very good video and explanation of time needed for each platform. Everyone's setup is different, but I choose the Purple pill for HomeBridge. I set it up and forgot about it. It just works! Occasionally I'll check for updates, but I don't have the time to tinker and would rather spend that time with family and doing other things I enjoy. Word of warning... If it works, just leave it alone. No setup will be perfect. I say this because I wasted so much time in HOOBs and trying to figure things out. Homebridge was the answer. Appreciate your time and videos Eddie!

@eddiedsuza 2 месяца назад

Appreciate the feedback and yes no 2 Smart Homes will have the setup .... Adding to your comment - everybody's needs are different ... However Homebridge keeps it simple and light

@stiananker-goli3927 Год назад

Im using both, but in a befinner stage in home assistant. Looking forward to your home assistant videos in the future 😊 keep up the good work 🙌🏼

@eddiedsuza Год назад

Awesome! Thank you! Cheers

@JazJonFL 11 месяцев назад

I’ve always had both running as well I’ve always had both running as well since Wen has some thing the other doesn’t have together everything is covered since one has something the other doesn’t have but together everything is covered

@CosminRotaru 9 месяцев назад

So well put together! Thank you!

@eddiedsuza 8 месяцев назад

You are so welcome!

@iansoper3453 2 месяца назад

Yes indeed, the adaptive lighting is brilliant and very customizable! Love it!

@eddiedsuza 2 месяца назад

We agree! Cheers

@nirubansatchithanandakumar3266 4 месяца назад

Thanks for this. just what I needed

@eddiedsuza 4 месяца назад

Cheers

@angorn Год назад

I’m really excited to see your transition from HB to HA, some of your videos are what got me onto HB many months ago but I am toying with HA now. I’m still trying to decide what to bring to HA or keep in HB where everything is super stable. I use HomeKit as my dashboard, but I’ve always wanted a tablet or 2 on the wall as a dashboard, so eventually I’ll play with that too.

@eddiedsuza Год назад

Patrick ... thansk for the comment ... I have the same idea - one dashboard which will be HomeKit .. I just got my hands on a sky connect and cant wait to share content as soon as my home build is complete - 2 months to go .. cant wait. Cheers

@jaredmorse9957 Год назад

Proud Tinkerer here. Switched from HOOBS the HA a couple of years ago. There’s was a steep learning curve but was totally worth it!

@eddiedsuza Год назад

🙌🍻🙏

@lahmyaj 2 дня назад

Great video mate - really helped clear things up 👍🏻 Subscribed 😉

@eddiedsuza День назад

@@lahmyaj awesome thanks 🙏

@Thiago_Benedicto Год назад

Obrigado por compartilhar suas experiências e suas escolhas! Obrigado mesmo! 👏🏻👏🏻

@eddiedsuza Год назад

Por nada ! 🙌

@Trevormells Год назад

Thanks for the very helpful video, subscribed.

@eddiedsuza Год назад

Thanks for the sub! Cheers

@richardstrange8127 Год назад

You our the best teacher love the great karma and looking forward to your new teachings 😊

@eddiedsuza Год назад

Yoru welcome Richard ... Cheers

@HATipsByLarry Год назад

i Have gone very deep down the blue pill rabbit hole. I have been a Home Assistant user for over 2 years now. Started small with just a few wifi devices and HA running on a raspberry pi 4 SBC. Now am running HA OS version running in a VM via proxmox virtualization software. I now have 48 wifi devices, 137 zigbee devices and 34 z-wave devices all running under the blue pill umbrella. Oh i am a computer tech and network engineer, have been for 40 years.

@eddiedsuza Год назад

Larry .. Thanks for sharing your experience. And as well starting small but HA is too addictive ....😅

@SteveHinrichs Год назад

Great video Eddie, I was wondering the difference between the two. Thanks for your videos.

@eddiedsuza Год назад

Steve long time no see... Thanks for the feedback .. Cheers

@paul_grimsley 10 месяцев назад

After running both for a number of years on various equipment from early Rpi's to VM's in a ESXi server, to low power thin clients, I've found that Homebridge tends not to be a very efficient way of doing most tasks. I've found I can run more in my Home Assistant server than I can in Homebridge on identical machines. I have one thing client running a stand alone Scrypted configuration and HB, but even Scrypted is now easier to run from within Home Assistant. I still keep HB updated and have a small number of services running on HB that are just easier to do than in HA, but that will change and I will move everything over to HA eventually. Home Assistant takes some understanding to get best out of it, but its worth it for the stability and the amount of development going into Home Assistant, which means that I rarely have to configure anything in YAML these days. Great video.

@eddiedsuza 10 месяцев назад

I have dipped my toes completely with HA and kept HB for some plugins that work well than the HA integration. Using scrypted with HA as well

@m.j.r.technologyreveiws1075 Год назад

I’ve used Homebridge for years. The big problem with Homebridge and Home Assistant is this: If (god forbid) something should happens to me, I’d give it 3 or 4 days before the wife and kids come home to a dark house wondering why they cannot get the lights to come on! 😢 For that reason, I am going fully Apple Home / Matter options only and on a simple level (smart plugs and light bulbs only and true HomeKit compatible garage door controllers on older motor openers) from now on and educating my children on the subject as well.

@eddiedsuza Год назад

Lovely ! I am currently building my home and have the same thought process - keep it simple and there will be always continuity with or without me 🐣

@bernds9696 Год назад

Yes, it's exactly the same issue at my house. If something happens to me, the techno-crazy, then the "smarthome" should still continue to work. If necessary, without all the automation. Yes, I also have a Homebridge.

@eddiedsuza Год назад

@@bernds9696 Thanks for sharing your experience. Cheers

@HATipsByLarry Год назад

That's why i have redundant hardware that has a fresh copy of Home Assistant on it. In 10 minutes me (or my wife) can have Home Assistant back up and running in case of a software or hardware failure. Have showed her how to boot it up and restore the google drive backup of HA that's made every 3 days automatically. She doesn't have the tech background i have so she couldn't have created the setup that i did but she can do this easily enough. I keep notes of all the changes I do and keep her in the loop.

@eddiedsuza Год назад

@@HATipsByLarry I am thinking of creating a cook book for my wife .. Just in case something goes smart with the setup ... Thank you so much for sharing the information.

@TheSlowpC Год назад

Been using the purple pill here and been also thinking of taking the plunge into the great blue waters.

@eddiedsuza Год назад

It wasn’t that bad. The only issue is - moving to HA to use the automations and in depth features that come along. One baby step at a time. Cheers

@nicolascardillo7615 Год назад

I have contemplated using HOME ASSISTANT just to use ESP-HOME to create smart controllers. For example I would love to use a ESP32 or ESP8266 to control a window AC machine, some have IR controls but I would love to remove the front panel of the AC were the bottoms (On/Off, temp-up/temp-down, speed, Modes, sleep, temp-display,...) n connect those to a ESP n have it appear on my HomeKit app n I can fully control the AC. I have use hubs that have IR n IF transmitters but those do not show if the signal was received or not (window AC’s, have bad IR receivers) there is no feedback, so u can be sending IR signals like on an off, temp up/down but u don’t know if the AC received all of them. It is just like when u are using a remote control n u have to press the button multiple time until it works but u are there in person n can see when it works. Therefore using a ESP wife module connected to the AC display n bottom to make the AC an over the internet device n connect to home kit.

@eddiedsuza Год назад

Hey Nicolas ... I just flashed 3 ESP8266 with ESP Home as i am working to use it as a rain water tank sensor .. Lets see where it takes me

@veryous Год назад

Recent HomeKit convert. Stumbled on your scripted with ha video which made me ask this exact question. Thanks for this. I’ll stick with hb for now until it doesn’t get me where I want to be. Looking forward to trying scripted tomorrow and more videos.

@eddiedsuza Год назад

Let us know on your progress . Cheers

@michaelthompson657 Год назад

I started out with homebridge but I’m really a tinkerer, basically wanted something easy because I suffered a severe diffuse axonal brain injury back in 2014 from a car crash. Finally swapped to home assistant because I was bored of homebridge, and I’ve never looked back! It’s so much more powerful, you’ll really enjoy using it

@eddiedsuza Год назад

Michael Thank you so much for sharing your experience... In a couple of weeks - I will get my sky connect, My home will be near completion to install the smart home devices and can wait to enjoy the goodies that HA brings along. Cheers

@michaelthompson657 Год назад

@@eddiedsuza no problem 👍🏻 ooo not long for you, good luck with it! Get in touch if you want any info on HA, although it might be very limited 🤣

@eddiedsuza Год назад

@@michaelthompson657 Oh hells yeah - I'll connect with you ... HA is limitless lolz

@michaelthompson657 Год назад

@@eddiedsuza cool 😎 oh yeah it so is!

@jcarhartt 11 месяцев назад

Awesome vid, you saved me from going down that never ending rabbit hole.

@eddiedsuza 11 месяцев назад

h aha ah aha ha ah aha h Unfortunately I got sucked in ...

@paul_grimsley 10 месяцев назад

Trust me, the only way you can avoid the rabbit hole is to NEVER get into Home Automation in the first place on either or other platforms. :-)

@eddiedsuza 10 месяцев назад

@@paul_grimsley Sometimes I think the same as well ... Oh well technology ...

@ianmac51 Год назад

I use both 😊

@eddiedsuza Год назад

Lovely. I wouldn’t say it’s the perfect combo. However, I seen that in some cases the Homebridge plugin delivers better device functionality.

@eldonky Год назад

I currently use homebridge, I discovered it thanks to your videos. A couple of weeks ago I bought the Argon One and I'm thinking of trying Home Assistant because I can't get the fan in the box to work.

@eddiedsuza Год назад

Hello Domingo ... For some reason also the Argon one fan script didnt work well for me. However on the HA - this Add ON works flawless. Cheers github.com/adamoutler/HassOSArgonOneAddon

@eldonky Год назад

@@eddiedsuza I am very stubborn and I have finally managed to make the fan work with Homebridge. I have done a new installation starting from Raspberry Pi OS, then I have installed the argon40 script and finally I have installed Homebrigde. Now it works perfectly.

@ttechcomputersllc4248 Год назад

I'm using both along with scrypted...on one machine. Have no complaints thus far as I have some products that are not homebridge supported and others that are not home assistant supported.

@eddiedsuza Год назад

I am exactly in the same boat 🛥️! Using scrypted as well which is purely for cameras

@PawelPolskiPL Год назад

Scrypted can be installed in homeassistant as a plug-in and working for me great.

@eddiedsuza Год назад

@@PawelPolskiPL wow didn’t know. Will go and dig in now - cheers 🍻

@v.netsivka Год назад

Is my question too! Thanks!tech savvy me)

@eddiedsuza Год назад

Any time! Cheers

@rg6427 Год назад

Does home assistant interstate with apple shortcuts well? As this for me is a sticking point as tools on shortcuts I imagine aren’t on home assistant as they are local/app driven

@eddiedsuza Год назад

Hi There, from what i Gathered ... No it doesnt interstate with Shortcuts... However you have the ability to build the same via HA (under automations) ....

@condon4355 10 месяцев назад

I think your videos are great and very helpful. I have been using my Raspberry 4 with homebridge for 3 years. I would like to run both systems on one Raspi. Would that work? If so, please how? Thanks and keep up the good work😍

@eddiedsuza 10 месяцев назад

Appreciate the feedback. As long as you have a Pi thats 4GB plus - then yes you can do it using docker. And it would work - however I am not really sure if any HA fucntionality with the Docker Environment

@condon4355 10 месяцев назад

@@eddiedsuza Thank you for the answer. I have managed it. But I had to install dietpi on my dietpi 4. From there I was able to build everything.

@PraneetTulshyan Месяц назад

i've started using homebridge for my homekit, but the only issue is, the system needs to be kept on at all times, right? or else have to buy either a raspberry pi or hoobs device? any other way to keep the homebridge on throughout on the mac?

@eddiedsuza Месяц назад

The homebridge service needs to run 24/07 .. If you have an old computer or a Raspberry (which most users have n use) are ideal for Homebridge. You don't need HOOBS .. For the Mac - you will need to toggle with the power settings but here's the thing it can never leave your home or go offline or else all the devices in the Apple Home app will show up as offline

@MrBokkyboy 9 месяцев назад

0:43 let's talk about HA ui. 😍😍This looks very clean. Where can I find this good looking ui for ha?

@eddiedsuza 9 месяцев назад

Refer to this page to enable it for you. Lots of tutorials available - github.com/bastienwirtz/homer

@1csearle 4 дня назад

That was very informative I have been on the purple pill for the last 3 years now and has been great,I’m curious about the blue pill

@eddiedsuza 3 дня назад

For my new home that we have been in for 7 months - have slowly transitioned over to the blue pill. Theres a lot to learn and it's been an interesting journey so far. Start small and grow from there

@1csearle 2 дня назад

@@eddiedsuza good plan that's my goal to start out small

@eddiedsuza 2 дня назад

@@1csearle all the best. 🙏

@user-hp8fw5qp1y 11 месяцев назад

i want to store my security cams local not micr sd. what is the best for that.

@eddiedsuza 11 месяцев назад

If the cams do RTSP - i'd use the scrypted or homebridge & enable Homekit secure video that will record 10 days of footage that will not account to your icloud storage

@gennaroverolla1651 Год назад

ciao utilizzo home assistant come ponte per homekit. l’unica cosa che non riesco ad impostare sono le prese che in homekit mi riconosce come interruttori. come posso risolvere? grazie

@eddiedsuza Год назад

They casn be changed within Homekit by going to accesory details and changing its type

@richie1404 Год назад

Hi Eddie! I have a very specific question and wonder if there's a way to get in touch with you directly? Do I email you through your new website or is there another way, like through Discord? Thanks!!

@eddiedsuza Год назад

You can via info@buildasmarthome.org

@MischaGielen Месяц назад

Excellent video, but I still have a question: I think I'm smart enough to implement my full home automation in Home Assistant, can I use Apple Shortcuts without HomeBridge? My server is a thin client that I can still change, as only part of my house is automated (using Philips Hue, Zigbee devices, Ikea Smarthome, etc). I'm doubting now if I should continue expanding the Homebridge installation or install Home Assistant OS and implement Homebridge there to create the link to my Apple Homekit?

@eddiedsuza 25 дней назад

Go full in with HA ... It will also replace Apple Shorcuts as well.

@janisemzins710 Год назад

Same here. Been on the purple pill for years now. Thinking of switching it up to the blue one. Hava a spare RPI, so I'm gonna try it out. Thanks!!

@eddiedsuza Год назад

I hope i havent started a movement to take the blue pill 😇

@BhuvanMisra Год назад

I have Ubiquiti Protect Camera and Doorbell integrated to Homekit via HomeBridge. I do not get any notifications on Apple TV ever. What am I missing.

@eddiedsuza Год назад

Hello Bhuvan .. Access your Apple TV and within settings - go to notifications to enable it

@iansoper3453 4 месяца назад

Hi Eddie. Excellent video! I have a HomeKit & HomeBridge setup, but I also have Alexa (Echo) devices around my home. I like to use both. The problem is that if I ask Alexa to turn off a light that was previously turned on by a HomeKit automation, HomeKit does not seem to be aware of the change of state. So, my question is: if I go to a Home Assistant platform, can I command devices using Siri and Alexa and everything will play nice together? Or will I still have synchronization problems?

@eddiedsuza 3 месяца назад

Hey Ian .. Yes that is possible with HA .. I tested with Google Home & HomeKit with device reflecting changes on both sides ...

@iansoper3453 3 месяца назад

@@eddiedsuza Thanks Eddie. I appreciate your response. I'm just setting up my HA system now and so far, so good. I have an RPi5 with an NVMe SSD and Sonoff ZigBee 3.0 dongle. I just added Adaptive Lighting and I'm starting to move automations from HomeKit to HA. It's a learning curve, but it's looking good!

@eddiedsuza 2 месяца назад

@@iansoper3453 I love the adaptive feature with HA.

@cyberman1 7 месяцев назад

How easy or difficult is the transition from HB to HA?

@eddiedsuza 7 месяцев назад

Well ... I am still documenting my journey. Just got HA installed in my new home. Moving in next week ... However i still have a couple of HB plugins that work well than HA ... So not completing abondaning the platform 😅

@eranieles 8 месяцев назад

Hola Eddie, I hope that you can help me out with this question. I want to implement this using a raspberry, but I am not sure if this will work if I don't have an Apple TV or a home pod, if you can corroborate that to me, I would be really grateful.

@eddiedsuza 8 месяцев назад

If you want to use Homebridge - then via the apple home app - you will be able to control devices. To automate them - then you will need a Apple TV or HomePod. Now if use Home Assistant - Then you will create all of the scenes and automations within it and then exposeall devices to Apple Home ... In this case no need of a ATV or HomePod to be the hub since HA will be doing that for you

@eranieles 8 месяцев назад

Thank you very much Eddie, I will check my options based on what you've told me, now I want to corroborate if the Home Assistant will work with the apple Home app or if it uses its own app, I would really appreciate it, again, thank you in advance.@@eddiedsuza

@eddiedsuza 8 месяцев назад

@@eranieles You can use the apple home app and if you have all the time in the world - you can create your own dashboard and then find a away to make it accessible to all your Home members.