Best Smart Light Switches (No Neutral Wire Needed)
No neutral wire in your switch box? These smart switches work anyway: which run without the cloud, and how to stop LED flicker and ghosting.
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Switches & Lighting Lutron Caséta vs Leviton vs TP-Link Kasa: Which Smart Switch Should You Trust?
Caséta, Leviton or Kasa? A local-first comparison of neutral wires, hubs, Hubitat and Home Assistant control, 3-way setups, Matter and outages.
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Hubs How to Install Homebridge on a Raspberry Pi (Step-by-Step)
Flash the official Homebridge image, boot your Pi, scan one QR code, and bring non-HomeKit devices into Apple Home in under an hour.
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Hubs Hubitat vs Home Assistant: Which Local Smart Home Hub Should You Pick?
Hubitat is the low-maintenance appliance; Home Assistant is the powerful tinkerer platform. Both run locally. Here is how to choose.
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Switches & Lighting Lutron Caséta Review: Is It Still the Most Reliable Smart Switch?
Lutron Caséta runs on its own radio, not Wi-Fi, and most dimmers need no neutral wire. Here is what we like, what we do not, and who should skip it.
Why local-first?
A smart home that depends on someone else's server stops working when the internet does, or when the company changes its mind. HomeThatWorks focuses on hardware and software that run inside your house, so the lights come on when you press the switch, every time.