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What are the benefits of zigbee2mqtt over ZHA and is it worth migrating? (lemmy.world)
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I've over 40 zigbee devices and am currently using ZHA but keep seeing people recommending using zigbee2mqtt. But I can't work out if it's worth the time re-importing all the devices or not.

What are the benefits of using zigbee2mqtt over ZHA and is it easy to move over if that's the best way to go?

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[–] SomeRandomWords@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 year ago

I'm shocked nobody has mentioned it, but the primary advantage of Zigbee2MQTT is the ability to run Z2M on a machine different from HA. ZHA unfortunately doesn't allow for this, which is a shame because my Z2M box (RasPi) is centrally located but my HA box is not.