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Zigbee2mqtt

Zigbee2mqtt

Software Tool · Self-hosted & homelab software · 25 mentions · 2 subreddits · discussed in r/smarthome, r/homeautomation

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Pros

  • That website is amazing, I discover products I never knew existed!
  • The most allround zigbee hub is possibly Zigbee2MQTT, but this needs to be setup by yourself and you need a smart home server with can talk to or has an MQTT broker (like HomeAssistant)
  • get Zigbee2MQTT up and running to fill in the odds and ends...the world is your oyster.
  • Zigbee2MQTT is much more robust.
  • You're good, but you should probably start with Zigbee2MQTT so you don't have to migrate everything later.

Cons

  • It also saves you the hassle of managing multiple containers Zigbee2MQTT requires a different docker container and you need to let it communicate with the Home Assistant container. It's more work and more hassle.
  • I use zigbee2mqtt and zwavejs2mqtt to get them talking on my mqtt server.
  • Option 1 is to setup Ser2net on PC2 then install the Z-Wave JS UI and ZigBee2mqtt add-ons in home assistant.
  • get a zigbee usb adapter, a homeassistant HA, Zigbee2MQTT and some ikea buttons.
  • These are a bit finicky to get talking to zigbee2mqtt, but I've had a mostly good experience with the 4 in my master suite.

Sentiment

19 positive (76%) · 4 mixed (16%) · 2 negative (8%)

Trust + time weighted score: +70% · raw score 68%

What redditors said (10 of 25)

That website is amazing, I discover products I never knew existed!
positive · u/d****6 · r/smarthome · comment · Aug 26, 2025 · open on Reddit ↗
The most allround zigbee hub is possibly Zigbee2MQTT, but this needs to be setup by yourself and you need a smart home server with can talk to or has an MQTT broker (like HomeAssistant)
positive · u/D****k · r/smarthome · comment · Dec 28, 2025 · open on Reddit ↗
It also saves you the hassle of managing multiple containers Zigbee2MQTT requires a different docker container and you need to let it communicate with the Home Assistant container. It's more work and more hassle.
negative · u/H****9 · r/homeautomation · comment · Dec 15, 2025 · open on Reddit ↗
get Zigbee2MQTT up and running to fill in the odds and ends...the world is your oyster.
positive · u/r***s · r/smarthome · comment · Nov 21, 2025 · open on Reddit ↗
Zigbee2MQTT is much more robust.
positive · u/H****n · r/smarthome · comment · Aug 31, 2025 · open on Reddit ↗
You're good, but you should probably start with Zigbee2MQTT so you don't have to migrate everything later.
positive · u/H****n · r/smarthome · comment · Aug 31, 2025 · open on Reddit ↗
You can start with a standard Tuya gateway and the Tuya smartphone app if you are not very tech savvy, and later change to a local gateway like Zigbee2MQTT to have full local control.
positive · u/P****s · r/smarthome · comment · Aug 27, 2025 · open on Reddit ↗
Zigbee2mqtt is an advanced hub using community configuration, so it supports a lot of devices.
positive · u/s****2 · r/smarthome · comment · Aug 10, 2025 · open on Reddit ↗
You don’t need to get an Aqara hub If you have a zigbee receiver attached to a HA instance you can interface directly with the switch over zigbee2mqtt
positive · u/n****9 · r/smarthome · comment · Aug 8, 2025 · open on Reddit ↗
I use zigbee2mqtt and zwavejs2mqtt to get them talking on my mqtt server.
mixed · u/h****s · r/homeautomation · comment · Aug 7, 2025 · open on Reddit ↗

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