Foundation
Getting started with Home Assistant
The full overview before you choose an installation: hardware, concepts and the choices that are hard to undo later.
Smart home guides for Home Assistant, ESPHome and automation
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A smart home you run yourself
Thorough guides to Home Assistant, ESPHome and automations — with local control and privacy in focus.
Choose your route
What should your home be able to do?
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Home Assistant
Installation, integrations and upkeep of the brain of your smart home.
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Automations
Reliable everyday logic with concrete, tested examples.
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ESP32 & ESPHome
Build your own local sensors and devices with YAML you can understand.
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Products & gear
Compatible hardware chosen for function and local control.
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Practical AI
Tools and workflows for when AI genuinely helps your smart home.
The field guide
Three stages to a home that runs itself
The order matters more than the gear — build the foundation first and avoid starting over.
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Choose and install the platform
Find the Home Assistant installation that fits your home and how much you want to maintain.
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Connect your first devices
Start with one protocol, make the network stable, and keep naming consistent from day one.
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Automate — and secure it all
Build one simple automation you can trust, and put backups in place before the setup grows.
Featured guides
Start with what lasts
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Automation
Your first automation
Trigger, condition and action — explained through one simple automation.
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Operations
Backup & security
Protect the setup before your home depends on it.
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Devices
Matter & Thread 2026
Commission new devices and understand your Thread network in practice.
How we work
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Technical guides link to official documentation so you can verify every step yourself.
About SmartBolig.net - Local control before cloud
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Contact & corrections
AI news
AI, briefly
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AI News, July 12, 2026
Curated AI brief for July 12, 2026: models, products, ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, API pricing, privacy, and agent workflows.
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AI News, July 11, 2026
Curated AI brief for July 11, 2026: models, products, ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, API pricing, privacy, and agent workflows.
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AI News, July 10, 2026
Curated AI brief for July 10, 2026: models, products, ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, API pricing, privacy, and agent workflows.
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