Home Assistant

How to Configure a Zigbee Dongle in Proxmox and Home Assistant description: Learn how to set up USB passthrough for a Zigbee dongle in Proxmox VE and configure it in Home Assistant using the ‘Devices Discovered.

Overview A huge number of budget smart home brands (including Energizer, and many unbranded devices sold on marketplaces) actually run on the same underlying Tuya platform. Instead of juggling a different app for every rebranded product, integrating them into Home Assistant via Tuya lets you manage them all from one place, alongside every other device in your setup. This guide covers connecting Tuya-based devices (including Energizer-branded hardware) to an existing Home Assistant instance. ...

Overview TP-Link Tapo devices are a popular, affordable entry point into smart home hardware but on their own, they’re locked inside the Tapo app, isolated from everything else in your setup. By integrating Tapo into Home Assistant, these devices stop being a standalone silo and become part of the same automation logic as every other brand in your ecosystem. This guide covers connecting Tapo smart plugs (and compatible devices) to an existing Home Assistant instance. ...

Eliminate smart home fragmentation. Learn how to deploy Home Assistant OS on Proxmox VE to centralize multi-vendor devices into a single, cohesive local ecosystem.