Two days at #WICCON 💜 We met @home-assistant.io fans from so many different backgrounds and heard first-hand how Home Assistant and ESPHome can help people gain greater independence at home. Thanks @womenofwicca.bsky.social for having us and to everyone who stopped by!

The Open Home Foundation is heading to #PyConHK as a Platinum sponsor! 🇭🇰 Our presence is community powered, with Amanda Lam speaking about Home Assistant and joining Paul at our booth. Come talk privacy, local control and the open home. 📅 14–15 Nov pycon.hk/2026/en//

What a Community Day! 🎉 Thank you to everyone who joined us on Saturday, and to the organisers and volunteers who made it possible. 💙 It was brilliant seeing the Home Assistant, ESPHome & Music Assistant communities come together!

Introducing the No Cloud Calendar 2027 📆 Our first-ever annual subscription! Runs locally, works with most walls, and has a simple setup wizard: a nail. One-time purchase. No auto-renewal ⬇️ store.openhomefoundation.org/products/202...

🎃 Trick or treat? Definitely treat! Community Day is ONE week away 😱 Home Assistant, ESPHome & Music Assistant communities are getting together to share setups, swap ideas and connect. Find an event near you 👉 luma.com/communityday... #CommunityDay2026

Smart homes should give you more choice, not less. That means interoperability, local control, personalization, and freedom from restrictive ecosystems. Read our new position paper: www.openhomefoundation.org/papers/choice/

From smart speakers to meetups, this month is all about voice 🎙️ Discover community projects bringing Big Tech voice assistants into Home Assistant, plus get ready for Community Day on November 7. Read the newsletter: newsletter.openhomefoundation.org/how-to-take-back-your-voice/

Back in business! 🎉 The Open Home Foundation merch store is live again, and you can now shop in your own currency 🌍 We’ve got lots more improvements coming over the next few months 👀 Shop the merch 🛍️ store.openhomefoundation.org/

Our community showed up at IFA Berlin 💙 Eight volunteers joined our first-ever booth, sharing their setups and helping visitors discover the Open Home Foundation. Meet the people who made it happen 👇 www.openhomefoundation.org/blog/our-com...

🎂 Home Assistant is 13! We’re looking back at the route home and where we go next. Plus: IFA Berlin, Community Day, project updates, and why owning your tech matters more than ever. Read more 👇 newsletter.openhomefoundation.org/thirteen-yea...

The whole Open Home Foundation team is in Lisbon on Wednesday, Sept 23, and so is the community 🎉 Come celebrate the open home with the people who build it, and everyone who runs one at home. Free, 7pm, Impact Hub Lisbon. Just a few spaces left 👇

Meet the Open Home Foundation team - Lisbon · Luma

Lisboa, bora lá! 🇵🇹 Open Home Foundation is heading your way, and we can't wait to finally meet you in person. Come grab a drink with us and swap ideas with…

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We built a smart living room at IFA Berlin 🛋️ IFA is one of Europe's biggest tech shows, open to the public. Every device in the room was smart, each a different brand, all running locally. On the wall, a cross-stitch reading "f*ck VCs and private equity" Read how it went 👇

Making room for privacy, choice, and sustainability at IFA 2026 – Open Home Foundation

Our first booth at IFA Berlin was no ordinary trade stand: but we’re no ordinary foundation. Here’s how we brought our principles to the people.

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We're closing our merch store‼️ (temporarily) We're moving warehouses, and improving our systems. So the store's going to be unavailable for about two weeks, starting Sept 17. It would be very helpful if we had less stock to move between warehouses 👀 *cough*. store.openhomefoundation.org

Countdown to Community Day 2026 starts now! 🥳 We have lots prepared for hosts & guests this year, so read our blog to learn about our playbook for community meetups, how to submit a request to receive official Open Home Foundation merchandise, & more 👇🏼 www.openhomefoundation.org/blog/countdo...

Days 1 and 2 IFA Berlin 2026 went by in a flash! 😅 Our cozy smart home (located at H1.2-153) has been packed since we opened it up Friday morning. We'll be here until Tuesday, so make sure to stop by if you're attending the event. Hope to see you soon 🤩 #OpenHomeatIFA26 #HomeAssistant #SmartHome

Behind the scenes - building our smart home away from home 😍 #OpenHomeAtIFA26 How many foundation employees does it take to change a lightbulb? 🤔

We may already be at IFA Berlin, but here's a peek into the trips our booth staff took to Berlin. Stay tuned for some behind the scenes from our booth building 👀 #OpenHomeAtIFA26 #SmartHome

It's time for the August Newsletter 🎉 This month we sow the seeds, you grow the (open) home 🌱. We're talking about HAIR, the ESPHome Starter Kit and publishing our Home Assistant Survey dataset! Read on 👇 newsletter.openhomefoundation.org/we-sow-the-s... #HomeAssistant #Newsletter #SmartHome

Who actually lives in a smart home? We asked and today the answers are yours! 🎉 The anonymized results of our first Home Assistant community survey are now free for everyone: a rich dataset published openly for anyone to check, build on, and benefit from. Read on 👇

Anonymous and open to all: The Home Assistant survey dataset – Open Home Foundation

We surveyed 8,616 Home Assistant users about their smart homes – see the anonymized results, what we learned, and how you can explore the data yourself.

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Presence detected 🏡 Want to talk shop with a specific team member at IFA Berlin? Here's when we're home. Stop by, say hi, and geek out about your favorite topics. 👋

Shh 🤫 If you're at IFA this year, don't forget to come by our booth and grab some stickers.

Mark your calendars, because Community Day returns on Saturday, November 7, 2026! 🎉 We'll be releasing full details (with a fresh website 👀) in September, but read on for a sneak peak at some exciting changes for this year's event 👇 #HomeAssistant #ESPHome #SmartHome #Meetups

Community Day 2026: Save the date! – Open Home Foundation

Community Day returns on Saturday, November 7, 2026! We learned a lot from last year’s debut event, and have exciting plans to make this one even better.

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📢 INTRODUCING THE ESPHOME STARTER KIT! 🎉 Designed and built by our commercial partner Apollo Automation, the ESPHome Starter Kit gives you the tools, skills and confidence to stop just using smart home tech, and start creating it. Build, Learn, Automate. esphome.io/starter-kit

🚨We're LIVE with ESPHome Starter Kit launch! 🎥 Come and see what we've been building with our commercial partner Apollo Automation. #HomeAutomation #SmartHome #ESPHome #HomeAssistant

ESPHome Starter Kit Product Launch - Build. Learn. Automate.

In this stream, we'll be launching our first official ESPHome hardware product - The ESPHome Starter Kit. Join the team and special guests as they dive deep ...

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1 HOUR! 🎉 We're launching the ESPHome Starter Kit at 21:00 CEST on the ESPHome Youtube Channel. It's us, commercial partners Apollo Automation, special guests and YOU! See you there for all the details! 🎉 www.youtube.com/watch?v=aK2H...

In this stream, we'll be launching our first official ESPHome hardware product - The ESPHome Starter Kit. Join the team and special guests as they dive deep ...

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👀 ESPHome Starter Kit launch is tomorrow. See you there.

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🚀 24 hours to go! The ESPHome Starter Kit drops tomorrow, Aug 12 at 21:00 CEST. We're celebrating with our commercial partner Apollo Automation and special guests Reed (Smart Home Solver), Simon (Simon Says Home Assistant), and Gavin (Hometech.fm). See you there for all the details! 🎉

🚀 T-minus one week to lift-off! The ESPHome Starter Kit launches next Wednesday, Aug 12 at 21:00 CEST. Join us as we celebrate with our commercial partner Apollo Automation, plus special guests Reed (Smart Home Solver), Simon (Simon Says Home Assistant), and Gavin (Hometech.fm). See you there! 🎉

In this stream, we'll be launching our first official ESPHome hardware product - The ESPHome Starter Kit. Join the team and special guests as they dive deep ...

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🏠 IFA is almost here, and we're bringing a whole smart home with us! Come find Team Open Home Foundation in the Smart Home Hall, Booth 153. We'll be in our smart home away from home, and you're welcome to join us. See you there! 👋 www.openhomefoundation.org/blog/ifa-ber...

Google restricted key Android features to its own apps. When the European Commission asked us what we thought about about it, we had plenty to say. And they listened. Alphabet must now open up 11 Android features to third-party assistants. Read more 👇

A big win for Android interoperability – Open Home Foundation

Google gatekept key Android features, and the European Commission asked what we thought about it. Now Alphabet must open 11 Android features to all.

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Find out how and why we’re implementing analytics on our websites: via open source software with no personal data collection or tracking. Read more 👇

Find out how and why we’re implementing analytics on our websites: via open source software with no personal data collection or tracking.

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