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Looking for smart home tools

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Hey guys, I’d like to set up smart home for myself. I am looking for open source tools without connection to external services. Thanks in advance

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Marretics@lemmy.world
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Using a VPN does work for restricting outside access, however I found that for me this was not convenient enough for two reasons:

  1. I would need to setup a VPN server at my home network
  2. I would need to connect to my VPN everytime before trying to access my smart home devices
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vividspecter@lemm.ee
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  1. I would need to setup a VPN server at my home network

I haven’t used it, but most people consider Tailscale to be easy to setup. But of course, what is hard or easy varies from person to person.

  1. I would need to connect to my VPN everytime before trying to access my smart home devices

You can leave it on all the time and configure it to not route internet traffic through the VPN (if you don’t have the upload bandwidth at home).

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