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Show HN: Easy MQTT Handler – An MQTT Client to Connect Your PC to Home Assistant
Hey HN.
I wanted to share my pet project and first open-source contribution with everyone here!
Here's a summary of what the tool does:
The tool was mainly developed to provide an easy way to integrate Personal Computers into Home Automation and offers a simple, but functional, GUI to connect to an MQTT Broker and listen to a topic.
The user is able to define commands and parameters that should be part of the payload of the MQTT messages received from the broker. For each command/parameter combination the user can then define an executable that should be launched once a certain command/parameter combination is received.
The tool is neatly integrating into the users' environment by sitting in the tray area as a tray icon.
It comes with a Qt5-based GUI and is licensed under the GPLv3+.
If you have any questions about, just ask!
Thanks.
- atmanactive 3y agoGreat job! Thanks for this. How does this compare to Winthing, IoT Link, HASS.Agent, LNXlink or System Bridge?
- andzeil 3y agoThanks! I would say in general it's way much more simple as in functionality isn't really comparable to the others. However, the one thing that maybe sorts of make it stand out from the others is the fact that Easy MQTT Handler is cross-platform supporting Windows, Linux and Mac out of the box. Also it supports SSL/TLS which not all of the others do. It's a simple tool that fulfills a single purpose under the line.
- treebeard5440 3y agoVery nice! What are some things you’ve used it for in your home automation?
- andzeil 3y agoRight now I'm using it on a daily basis to control OpenRGB, reconfigure screens and launch Steam Big Picture Mode on my Desktop PC. On my laptop I use it to turn on + off VNC on demand. Just like you I'm also curious what people will use the tool for in the long-run!