> I really wonder what should be the difference between those Link and Smart Home projects and something like OpenHAB, besides that is newly started by Mozilla.

> I really wonder what should be the difference between those Link and Smart Home projects and something like OpenHAB, besides that is newly started by Mozilla. I think the current adaption of DIY or build-something-through existing frameworks shows that most people don't really care about such solutions, they want something that works out of the box - even if all parts come from a single manufacturer. Very good question. There is definitely a large intersection between OpenHAB and Project Link. Both projects share one of their objectives: letting DIY users rig together and script their devices. However, beyond this point, our objective with Project Link diverge. We aim to explore ways to put the user in control of their data, including anonymity, authentication, storage, cloud access, web access, and certainly many others that we have yet to discover. It is our impression that OpenHAB's current architecture doesn't match our experimentation objectives. A second difference is, of course, the architecture. We use Rust, betting that it will let us execute Project Link on devices with little memory, with no supervision, and with very long uptime. In particular, in the case of memory usage, while there are no decisions on this, there are projects that could help us run Rust and Project Link on almost bare metal, should we decide to head in this direction. We felt that OpenHAB's architecture was not adapted to such explorations. > I think the current adaption of DIY or build-something-through existing frameworks shows that most people don't really care about such solutions, they want something that works out of the box - even if all parts come from a single manufacturer. We are also exploring out-of-the-box, with other projects. I'm not involved, though, so there isn't much I could say on that topic. [...] > One way forward could be pushing the creation of devices (gateways, sensors, actors) that are based solely on standardized and accessible protocols. Yes, we would very much like to do that. But before we can do that, we first need to be actors on the field, with well-used projects and a large community. [...] > Yes - I'm sure the Rust commmunity will disagree with me on the last point ;) Well, it works nicely so far :)