> Home assistant can run on a pi and is actually decently lightweight. I've been running Home Assistant on a Raspberry Pi 2B for years with no complaints. It

> Home assistant can run on a pi and is actually decently lightweight. I've been running Home Assistant on a Raspberry Pi 2B for years with no complaints. It takes about 7 minutes to compile the firmware for a single ESPHome device which is a long time but it's hands off so it has no impact on me.