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Open Source alternative to IFTTT? (beehaw.org)

submitted 1 year ago by wildeaboutoskar@beehaw.org to c/foss@beehaw.org

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Are there any decent open source alternatives or should I be looking to go down the building route?

I am a coding newbie so would be a bit daunting!

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[–] EddyBot@feddit.de 24 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Node-Red is probably your best bet
it's functional with a lot of plugins available as well as relatively easy due to the "flow" workflow

one other command mentioned Home Assistant but even among the Home Assistant community there are quite some people using Node-Red together with Home Assistant to achieve their goals

[–] michaelfone@lemm.ee 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I would start with home assistants built in automations and scripts before diving into node-red. Node-red is great for complex automations, but if all you’re doing is turning on lights and stuff, just using HA is more than enough, and has a much easier learning curve, IMO.

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