# Is Home assistant catching up with Homey? **URL:** \ **Category:** Off-Topic\ **Tags:** homey-pro, home-assistant\ **Created:** [December 30, 2024, 6:14pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/is-home-assistant-catching-up-with-homey/125955 "2024-12-30T18:14:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 19
**Author:** ![Merpster](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/merpster/32/27588_2.png) [@Merpster](https://community.homey.app/u/Merpster)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2025, 12:28pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/is-home-assistant-catching-up-with-homey/125955/19 "2025-01-01T12:28:21Z")
I am using both HA and Homey. I have been a long time Homey user but have always struggled with the dashboarding capabilities. I wanted a wall mounted dashboard that provided me with insights and easy access to devices such as lights etc. For years I have used the Node Red/ MQTT solution as provided in an excellent way by Satoer ([Node Red: A widget based dashboard working with Homey trough MQTT](https://community.homey.app/t/node-red-a-widget-based-dashboard-working-with-homey-trough-mqtt/18798)). But (styling)capabilities are still limited and since a few years I now use HA for dashboarding. Homey is in the lead and ‘owns’ all the devices (zWave and Zigbee, Solaredge, Gardena etc ) and controls all the automations via flows. HA runs on a Pi4 and is connected to Homey via MQTT and discovers all Homey devices automaticaly. In HA I have created a custom dashboard that fits all my needs (displayed in kiosk mode on an old iPad) In HA I have also added many other integrations and datafeeds that I like on my dashbord (such as weather data, Unifi data, carbage collection data, camera integrations etc). I think that in this way I use the strongest point of both platforms: - Homey for easy device management, out of the box Zwave and Zigbee connectivity, a good looking app with remote access & notification capabilities (helps in the WAF…😉 ) and easy automations with flows. Things that HA is not delivering yet. - And HA for advanced dashboarding and tons of usefull and fun integrations that homey is not delivering yet . These Integrations are realy easy to set up via the GUI, but the dashboarding I wanted still requires a lot of yaml. And as MQTT works both ways I am really flexible going forward. For example I can start creating automations in HA if I think that would be usefull. Currently I am not yet doing this, but with pressing buttons on the dashboard to control lights I am in fact already feeding commands into Homey. Just my 2 cents… --- _[View the full topic](https://community.homey.app/t/is-home-assistant-catching-up-with-homey/125955)._