gethome launches local-first smart home hub
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gethome launches local-first smart home hub gethome hub, unifying Matter, Zigbee (via Zigbee2MQTT and a USB stick) and MQTT devices into one app, with no cloud account required and data staying within your own Wi-Fi. The app is gethome for iPhone, available free on the App Store. Its AI features require users to supply their own Anthropic or OpenAI key, and the voice version requires an OpenAI key; rules features run without any AI key. Currently it is limited to use within your own Wi-Fi; remote home control is not yet implemented, and gethome says it plans to support it via a relay.
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gethome is a local-first smart home hub that runs on a small Linux computer such as a Raspberry Pi, unifying Matter, Zigbee (via Zigbee2MQTT and a USB stick) and MQTT devices in one app with no cloud account. It offers an assistant and plain-language rule creation using your own Anthropic or OpenAI key, while rules keep running without any AI key. The code is source-available under the PolyForm Noncommercial License 1.0.0, with commercial deployments requiring a separate license.
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