Windows and macOS have similar clients (Hass.Agent for Windows and Home Assistant for macOS).

I’ve found these kinds of clients useful because I can remotely wake-up or sleep computers, track how long they are turned on for, and automatically pause my lights and music when my webcam turns on.

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    3 months ago

    I don’t have mqtt in my home, so I assume this would not work for me, even though the computer is connected to the same network as the HA instance is?

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          3 months ago

          It does. I use Mosquito but I believe HA has a built in one too. Mosquito was easy enough to set up though.

          Honestly MQTT is like the nervous system of my HA setup. I started using it with Tasmota when I Tasmotised all my cheap WiFi bulbs, then opted for Zigbee2mqtt for my ZigBee setup.

          But I also have things like my bedside clock (an old phone running WallPanel), my doorway tablet (a Nexus 7 running Fully Kiosk Browser), my PC and even my alarm clock app on my phone, all running through MQTT.

          I even had Tasker on my phone communicating with HA via MQTT before I gave up on that. It’s really useful