Alternative to Smartthings that doesn't need Internet? (Wife is temporarily confined to bed)

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Here’s another thread to considering reading as well.

My Non ST Adventure (2018)

I’m going to keep adding to this and be the guinea pig for others. Everyone is aware of the outages, firmware, problems that ST has been having since the beginning of the year. There have been numerous discussions around LOCAL processing, the benefits and downsides thereof and many of us (myself included) have really wanted a more local system. So in this great adventure I have ventured out into the Home Automation market to try to find the ONE. I’ll try to update this often. Home Assistant This is a really good system for a DIY open source project. The entire environment is written in Python and has integrations with a ton of systems. A primary example that lots of people find with other systems is the lack of support for Lutron Caseta if you don’t have a PRO hub. Well HA support…

I still hold true that if you want the most robust/reliable system then HomeSeer is the (current) best out there. However it comes at a high cost when compared to other systems. Not only in purchase price but in time to setup. This is not an out of box solution like most “hubs” and requires some serious time and integration.

Runner up is Hubitat with the draw back of it’s youthfulness but it is a good system and getting better every day.

I have no experience with Apple HomeKit as I don’t use any iOS devices. I have heard good things and @JDRoberts uses/recommends it and that’s good enough for me.

If you’re considering Vera…don’t, just don’t. If you still think of it then go spend some good time on the Vera forums first.