homer

The complete home automation for Homer Simpson.

what is homer?

homer is code-first home & office automation system allowing complex interactions between accessories.

why?

as current so called “home automation” systems are actually just “home information” system, I needed a real “home automation” system where IoT stuff can interract which each other and respond to stuff happening at your home/office. Even more homer allows you to develop complex virtual orchestrators that can command stuff together.

The problem is that with current config-first solutions, it’s hard to wire off which the main reason I decided to develop a solution with code-first (programmatic) aproach.

homer, orchestrating the office.

sample scenarios

turn on/off lights based on plex’s status

a very basic scenario that anyone can expect from an so-called home-automation system right? with homer it’s just a piece of cake;

let orchestrate = async () => {
    // get hue bridge.
    let huePlatform = this._platformRepository.active['Hue.Hue'];
    // wait for hue bridge to expose the bulbs.
    let lights = await getLights(huePlatform);
    // start listening for plex events.
    this._accessoryRepository.active['Plex.Plex'].getService(Service.OccupancySensor).getCharacteristic(Characteristic.OccupancyDetected).on('change', (data) => {
        for(const entry of lights) { // loop through all lights.
          entry.lightService.getCharacteristic(Characteristic.On).setValue(!data.newValue); // if plex started streaming close them, otherwise re-open them.
        }
    });
  }
let getLights = async (hue) => {
    return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
      try {
        let lights = [];
        hue.accessories((accessories) => {
          for(const entry of accessories) {
            if (entry.constructor.name === 'HueAccessory' && entry.lightService) {
              lights.push(entry);
            }
          }
          return resolve(lights);
        });
      } catch (err) {
        return reject(err);
      }
    });
  }  
await orchestrate(); // let the magic happen!

here you can see it happening; youtube

status

still in early development stage.

• initially working on homekit support.
• will soon be able to pair with homekit.

voice control support?

initially will have support for apple homekit, have plans for alexa & goole asistant support too.

platforms

homer can run on a wide range of platforms including x86, x64, ARM32 and ARM64 - including Raspberry Pi or variants. Check dotnet core runtime too see all available runtimes.

operating systems

• Windows
• macOS
• Linux (Redhat, Fedora, Debian, Ubuntu, Mint, openSUSE, SLES, Alphine, Rasbian..)

requirements

dotnet core 3.1

building

git clone https://github.com/bonesoul/homer
Windows: .\build.cmd
Linux: ./build.sh
MacOS: ./build.sh

tests

dotnet test