Homelab
Self-hosted services you can run inside or alongside Home Assistant OS. These are the tools that turn a van with internet into a van with a small private cloud — local DNS, local storage, local automations. No monthly fees, no cloud account needed.
Features
AdGuard Home (network-wide ad blocking)
> SUPERSEDED: This legacy tier-c spec has been promoted to a tier-b connection at [`connections/dns-blocker/`](../../connections/dns-blocker/). This page is re
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Frigate (NVR with on-device AI)
Self-hosted Network Video Recorder that runs person/car/animal/package detection on the camera feed itself.
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Home Assistant installer (one-line)
RoamCore ships `install.sh`/`uninstall.sh` to install the integration and assets into Home Assistant.
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Mosquitto (MQTT broker)
Lightweight message bus for IoT — Shelly, Tasmota, ESPHome, Victron, and most "smart" devices speak MQTT.
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n8n (workflow automation)
Self-hosted workflow tool — chain services, schedule tasks, and glue systems together without writing glue code.
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NAS (Network Attached Storage)
> SUPERSEDED: This legacy tier-b spec has been promoted to a tier-b connection at [`connections/nas/`](../../connections/nas/). This page is retained for histo
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Node-RED (visual automations)
Visual flow-based programming for Home Assistant — drag-and-drop automations without writing YAML.
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Pi-hole (network-wide ad blocking)
> SUPERSEDED: This legacy tier-c spec has been promoted to a tier-b connection at [`connections/dns-blocker/`](../../connections/dns-blocker/). This page is re
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RoamCore on your phone (installable app)
RoamCore can live on your phone's home screen like a regular app — one tap to open, works even when the internet is gone.
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Support bundle export (logs + config snapshot)
A documented way to generate a support bundle so issues can be debugged quickly without back-and-forth.
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Zigbee2MQTT (Zigbee → MQTT bridge)
Use cheap Zigbee sensors and switches (Aqara, IKEA, Sonoff) with Home Assistant without buying a vendor hub.
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