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Posts (9)
- smart home
Best Zigbee Coordinator Stick for Home Assistant: 4 Picks
Home Assistant Connect ZBT-2 suits ZHA, while SONOFF and SMLIGHT coordinators offer options for Zigbee2MQTT, Docker, and difficult server locations.
- Tutorials
How to Write Home Assistant Automations in YAML
How to write Home Assistant automation YAML using triggers, conditions, actions, modes, current syntax, and a complete working example.
- Guides
ZHA vs Zigbee2MQTT: Differences and Tradeoffs
This comparison explains how ZHA and Zigbee2MQTT differ in setup, device support, interfaces, MQTT requirements, migration, and best-fit use cases.
- Guides
How to Add Zigbee2MQTT to Home Assistant
This guide explains Zigbee2MQTT setup in Home Assistant, including Mosquitto, the add-on, adapter setup, MQTT discovery, and pairing the first device.
- ESPHome
How to Install ESPHome on ESP32: Setup and First Flash
This guide explains ESPHome installation via the Home Assistant add-on, Docker, or pip, then covers ESP32 setup, USB flashing, and bootloader fixes.
- Hardware
Home Assistant Hardware: What to Run It On
Green, Yellow, Raspberry Pi, mini PC or a NAS virtual machine. What each Home Assistant hardware route costs you in setup, radios and storage life.
- Troubleshooting
Zigbee Devices Going Unavailable: How to Fix It
Zigbee devices dropping offline are usually a mesh or interference fault, not a broken device. Work the documented causes in the order that pays off.
- Radios & Protocols
Zigbee vs Z-Wave vs Thread: Which Mesh to Build
Zigbee, Z-Wave and Thread differ in spectrum, routing and what controls them. A documentation-level comparison to help you commit to one backbone.
- Installation
Home Assistant OS vs Container: Which Install Method to Pick
Home Assistant OS and Container are the only supported installs since 2025.12. How add-ons, backups, USB radios, and update effort decide which you pick.