easyHAB vs Shellbee

Little time and no desire for complicated installations? Still want to define your own home automation rules? You want to be able to integrate all your devices? KAndySoft easyHAB allows you an easy installation of OpenHAB on a Raspberry Pi 4 or Mac Mini and to easily orchestrate and automate your home automation across multiple systems. Everything is conveniently configured in the easyHAB app. OpenHAB is a great opensource platform for your smarthome with support for around 400 home Automation Systems. It runs locally without further costs, on request without cloud, with high reactivity and best longterm stability. >> Alexa + Google Home + Apple Homekit – all in one! >> Easy "zero-touch" automation across all devices and services! >> Customize your home to your needs and habits! >> Multiple backups of your configurations: never have to set everything up again! easyHAB aims to harmonize the control of all your devices in a single interface and above all to provide simple, event-driven automation of your home. For this purpose we implement many useful use cases that reduce daily operations to one click or "zero-touch" convenient Automation: – Creation of scenes with multiple devices – Light Control with Colors and dimming – Heating / Thermostat Control – Single / Multiple switches – Window contacts – Presence – Garden watering also with weather based rules – Control of blinds based on time or sunset / sunrise – Configurable greeting texts or device status via text-to-speech – Play Music files in certain conditions – Notifications on the smartphone – Mediaplayer / Television / HarmonyHub – Many more... easyHAB works with Philips Hue, Sonos, Homematic, Ikea Tradfri, Harmony Hub, Samsung TV, AVM Fritzbox, enocean, IFTTT and all other devices that can be controlled via HTTP (REST API). Additional services that are compatible with OpenHAB are constantly being added or can be added by the user. Features: – Automated setup of the HomeServer via wizard – Simple integration and configuration of various services – Automatic detection of all devices that are available via configured services – Grouping your devices into rooms – Easy creation of automation rules for all devices (if-then rules with different triggers, additional conditions and actions) – Automatic generation of HomeServer rules and user interface for use in mobile phones, tablet and desktop computers – Integration of Alexa, Google Home and Apple HomeKit – Up to 3 generations of configuration and control sets stored and retrievable – Optionally also usable for existing OpenHAB / openhabian installations Supported OpenHAB server environments: ⁃ New Raspberry Pi or easyHAB Starter Kit (SD card image provided via the app). ⁃ Raspberry Pi with Raspberry Pi OS or Raspbian (also with OpenHAB 3 preinstalled). ⁃ Openhabian ⁃ OpenHAB Docker container e.g. on Synology ⁃ mac Mini ⁃ Linux Server (Debian or other distribution with apt package manager)

Your Zigbee network, in your pocket and on your iPad. Shellbee is a native app for Zigbee2MQTT. It connects straight to your bridge and gives you a fast, Apple-native way to watch, control and configure every device, with no cloud in between. REQUIRES A ZIGBEE2MQTT SERVER Shellbee is a client app. You need your own running Zigbee2MQTT instance and an access token. Local and remote setups both work. SEE EVERYTHING AT A GLANCE • A Home screen built from cards you choose and order: Bridge Health, Network, Link Quality, Batteries, Vendors and Activity. • Needs attention shows offline devices, low batteries and weak signal before you go looking. • A live Network Map of your whole mesh, with scan progress, filters and quick look (iPad). • An Activity Center that shows what your devices are doing as it happens. CONTROL AND CONFIGURE • Controls are generated from each device's Zigbee2MQTT exposes: lights, switches, covers, fans, locks, climate and sensors. • Every setting is grouped the same way on every device, using Zigbee2MQTT's own names. • Groups and scenes: browse, edit members, rename, drag devices in. • Favorites, filters and one search across devices, groups and the device library. • Bridge settings for MQTT, serial, network, OTA, logging, availability, Home Assistant and more. PAIR AND UPDATE WITH CONFIDENCE • Permit join and a step-by-step pairing guide with live progress. • Firmware updates with progress in Live Activities on your Lock Screen and Dynamic Island. • Offline device documentation for how to pair and what each device can do. MORE THAN ONE BRIDGE Connect several bridges at once and see them side by side. Each has its own colour and initial, and single-bridge users see nothing extra. MADE FOR IPHONE AND IPAD • Full iPad workspace with a sidebar, details side by side and extra windows. • Six colour themes: Standard, Honey, Meadow, Harbor, Lavender and Ember. • Real-time WebSocket connection over ws:// or wss://, with Bonjour discovery for .local hosts. • Built in SwiftUI with Live Activities, so it feels fast and native, not like a wrapped web page. PRIVATE BY DESIGN • Talks only to the bridge you choose. No ads, no tracking, no analytics and no developer server. • Access tokens are stored in the iOS Keychain. • Crash reporting is optional and off by default. Nothing is sent unless you say so, and reports never include your bridge address, token or device names. OPEN SOURCE Shellbee is licensed under AGPL v3, with the source on GitHub.