My Home Assistant Setup
Everything running under one roof — locally, privately, and without subscriptions. Powered by Home Assistant, built on open standards championed by the Open Home Foundation, and with remote access handled by Nabu Casa.
2,600+
Entities
200+
Automations
10+
Years running
100%
Local control
Architecture
Home Assistant OS runs as a virtual machine on Proxmox. All automation processing is local — no cloud dependencies for core functionality. The server sits on a dedicated IoT VLAN, isolated from the main network via UniFi firewall rules.
Platform
Home Assistant OS
Hypervisor
Proxmox 9.1
Network
UniFi UDM Pro
NAS
Synology DS1817+
Hardware Stack
Everything listed here is running in production — not just on a shelf. Items linked below are affiliate based and help support the blog and may at times offer you better pricing 🙂
Locks & Security
- Yale Z-Wave locks
- GoControl Z-Wave garage opener
- UniFi G4 Doorbell Pro
- Aeotec recessed door sensors
Lighting
- Inovelli VZW31-SN & VZW32-SN
- Govee Uplighter & Edison bulbs
- Nanoleaf downlights
- GE and Homeseer Z-Wave switches
- Govee LED strips
Compute
- Intel NUC i7 Skull Canyon
- Proxmox 9.1
- Synology DS1817+
- LXC & Docker containers
- HA Connect ZWA-2
Networking
- UniFi UDM Pro
- USW-Pro-48-PoE
- UniFi U7-Pro Max APs
- UniFi G4 / AI360 cameras
- VLAN isolation (IoT, trusted, guest)
Dashboards
- Samsung Galaxy Tab S9 FE+
- Fully Kiosk Browser
- HA Kiosk & Launcher mode
- Immich-Frame (GitHub)
AI Voice Assistant
The voice stack runs entirely on local hardware — no cloud required for core functionality. Wake word detection runs via a custom model on ESPHome satellite devices. Speech-to-text uses Wyoming Whisper (faster-whisper, small-int8 model). Text-to-speech uses Wyoming Piper. The brain is a Claude-powered conversation agent with weather, Spotify, and smart home context built into the system prompt.
Wake word
Hey Cortana (ESPHome)
Speech-to-text
Wyoming Whisper
Text-to-speech
Wyoming Piper
Conversation agent
Claude (Anthropic)
Key Integrations
Each of these is running daily. Click any link to visit the official docs or project page.
Want to build something similar?
Every component on this page has been written about in the blog. Start with the Blueprint Series for step-by-step guides, or reach out if you’d like help putting it all together. The Home Assistant community is also one of the best in tech — the forums are a great first stop for any question.