Is there anything like #HomeBridge but for #Matter out there?
@luana Home Assistant has both Matter and HomeKit integrations
@noiob What’s Home Assistant?
@luana free software that connects to almost every smart home device with simple ways to automate stuff and a nice frontend, too https://www.home-assistant.io
@noiob So it’s like an alternative to the Home app that supports more stuff, not a way to connect unsupported devices to HomeKit like HomeBridge is right?
@luana it can expose devices to homekit
@noiob Does it work with remote access tho? Like HomeKit lets you access stuff remotely if you have an AppleTV, does Home Assistant have anything like that?
@luana it should work like any homekit device
@noiob Oh wait Home Assistant requires HomeKit?
Oh then I can just keep HomeBridge, the point is substitute homekit if I leave iPhone (hence why I mentioned Matter)
@luana no, Home Assistant is standalone software
it just has an integration that creates virtual HomeKit devices so they show up in iOS
@noiob Oh, so it’s a bigger software that just happens to have this feature overlap with homebridge?
