openHAB is an alternative to Home Assistant, and somewhat easier to configure. Where Home Assistant is Python/Yaml based, openHAB is Java. Both systems has great capabilities, and differs a lot in the approach, but I do prefer openHAB and the UI is better and the UI configuration great. |
Do not install Java 10 or 11 (do review here) (Ubuntu install here)
sudo apt install openjdk-8-jdk |
With Java 10 accidently installed, i experienced that all things suddenly was "uninitiallized". |
Notice that OpenHab has no security, and You need to install it in front of openHab:
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