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My use of IFTTT is things like: * When my garage door is open (Garadget) then turn on my garage indicator light (TP Link Kasa Lightbulb). That way if I leave th
by fletchowns 6y ago
My use of IFTTT is things like:
* When my garage door is open (Garadget) then turn on my garage indicator light (TP Link Kasa Lightbulb). That way if I leave the garage door open on accident I have a bright red light telling me that
* When the garage door opens after dusk, turn on the driveway lights
* When the doorbell rings (Ring) and it's after dusk, turn on a group of lights (Leviton)
* When the door unlocks (August Smart Lock) turn on a group of lights (Leviton)
I'd love to self host rather than use IFTTT, but is that even possible with those other tools?
- Open-Sourcery 6y agoCheckout Home Assistant. You can self host it, and as long as there is an integration available you should be able to do all that. Getting started with it is a bit of a pain compared to IFTTT but it's self hosted, open source, and free. https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/ https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/
- fletchowns 6y agoThis looks like exactly what I've been looking for! Thank you for the recommendation. I started playing around with it in a VM and it's been great so far.