I use zigbee2mqtt, home assistant and nodered all installed on a vm. I have been running this for years. I also use DIYhue - which will take the homeassistant/

I use zigbee2mqtt, home assistant and nodered all installed on a vm. I have been running this for years. I also use DIYhue - which will take the homeassistant/z2m bulbs (and homebrew LEDS) and present them to Alexa in a friendly way (as hue controlled lights).