r/homeassistant: a custom smart-home dashboard with a live network map and planes flying past the house
Eye candy for smart-home tinkerers, and a sharp debate in the replies about whether dashboards this busy are actually usable.
A gallery post presents a densely designed Home Assistant dashboard. In replies, the builder says it is written entirely in custom JavaScript rather than standard cards, that the network map reads data from TP-Link Deco routers, that a Flightradar integration shows planes passing near the house, and that most of the configuration was done with an open-source AI tool connected to Home Assistant. The builder adds that it is too custom to reuse and is meant as inspiration.
About 700 upvotes in a 386,000-member community. The top reply calls it the most beautiful dashboard the commenter has seen; others say the layout is too crowded for daily use, with each card a different design to learn, and one argues that a good smart home should need so little intervention that it barely needs a dashboard at all.
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Home Assistant
After exploring I will present my dashboard, the platform behind the dashboard is explained in Home Assistant.
Wikipedia describes Home Assistant as free, open-source software for centralized home automation that acts as both a smart home hub and an integration platform across brands.
Wikipedia · Wade · 5 min
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