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submitted 1 year ago by beerd@beehaw.org to c/foss@beehaw.org

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I just recently started playing around with an old pc as my homeserver and am curious of any recommendations for lesser known self hostable foss software that you would recommend

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[–] I_Am_Jacks_____@beehaw.org 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Home Assistant! You can host it inside a VM.

[–] beerd@beehaw.org 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I attempted to use different home assistant softwares, but i always ended up deciding that i will wait till offline voice recognition is a bit more usable (not being a native englis speaker its a rougher experience). I will pobably try it again soon though.

[–] greybeard@lemmy.one 7 points 1 year ago

Home Assistant, despite the name, isn't an Assistant like Alexa or Google Home, it is actually a home automation integrator. It connects to practically everything, and then workflows can be triggered off the states of your IOT stuff. In my house, I use it to, among other things, turn down/off the light when grid power goes down and I'm running on battery power, as well as send me a notification that I've lost grid power.