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  "path": "/2026/02/06/olimex-hot-aims-to-be-lightweight-easier-to-use-alternative-to-home-assistant/",
  "publishedAt": "2026-02-06T04:28:33.000Z",
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    "Espressif",
    "Hardware",
    "Linux",
    "OpenWrt",
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    "Olimex HoT aims to be lightweight, easier-to-use alternative to Home Assistant",
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  "textContent": "Olimex HoT (Home of Things) is a lightweight Smart Home solution designed to run on low-end hardware (128MB RAM, 128MB flash) and interface with nodes running ESPHome. It can serve as an easier-to-use alternative for people who don’t need all the bells and whistles provided by powerful home automation frameworks such as Home Assistant or OpenHAB. Home Assistant open-source home automation software is great, but it requires a system with at least 2GB of RAM, and 4GB of RAM is often recommended for most users. There’s also a steep learning curve. This is what Tsvetan Usunov, Olimex CEO, realized last year when he tried Home Assistant, and he decided to start working on a low-cost, easy-to-use solution for IoT and Smart Home applications. That’s why the Olimex HoT project was created. Tsvetan gave a talk about the project entitled “Designing EUR 20 Open Source Hardware running Free/Libre Open Source Software [...]\n\nThe post Olimex HoT aims to be lightweight, easier-to-use alternative to Home Assistant appeared first on CNX Software - Embedded Systems News.",
  "title": "Olimex HoT aims to be lightweight, easier-to-use alternative to Home Assistant"
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