Setup, Configuration and Use

Installation All questions and discussions around the initial installation of openHAB. News & Important Changes This category is a channel to communicate important changes and updates on the openHAB 2 distro snapshots. Widgets 1.x Compatibility Items & Sitemaps Scripts & Rules All questions and discussions around scripts, rules, (official) helper libraries and automation add-ons. Runtime Migration Beginners Ask your questions of the first hour here. Please also read the “About the Beginnners category” article to find some helpful hints.

Topic	Replies	Views	Activity
Having issues setting up openhab on parallels virtual windows environment on my Mac (macOS too old) Beginners	0	1	February 9, 2026
Best practices in creating an UI for beginners? Beginners	10	234	February 8, 2026
Vertical alignment of standard library widgets in fixed canvas layout Widgets	5	57	February 8, 2026
Help reducing Widget Pop-up height (CSS height: auto not respecting content) Widgets	9	62	February 8, 2026
openHAB 5.1 Release discussion News & Important Changes	451	8629	February 8, 2026
Getzoneddatetime' is not a member of 'org.openhab.core.library.types.DateTimeType' Scripts & Rules	8	133	February 8, 2026
Mapdb persist all items Beginners	16	891	February 7, 2026
DSL rules: Thing change trigger Beginners	10	97	February 7, 2026
openHAB 5.2 SNAPSHOT discussion News & Important Changes	10	725	February 7, 2026
Heartbeat Watchdog Timer using Blockley Beginners	6	44	February 7, 2026
Issues with DateTimeType Cast Scripts & Rules rules , javascript	5	163	February 7, 2026
Setting Up a New Matter Thermostat Installation	2	44	February 7, 2026
Permission denied starting openHAB with Docker/Podman Installation docker , podman , docker-rootless , fedora	17	597	February 6, 2026
Adapter AVATTO ZigBee2MQTT GW70 TI CC2652P integration Beginners	7	69	February 6, 2026
Dynamic sitemap valueColor Items & Sitemaps dynamic , sitemap	2	47	February 6, 2026
Remove Log Source Beginners logging , openhab51	7	122	February 6, 2026
Spirious changes of numeric item states when openhab.log file is switched Scripts & Rules persistance , openhab51	9	90	February 6, 2026
Missing Home Page Beginners	18	936	February 5, 2026
Google Gemini makes rule migrations a breeze Migration	12	409	February 5, 2026
Webview Web-Cache refresh issue in BasicUI Items & Sitemaps basicui	1	47	February 5, 2026
Input item in sitemap - values not stored Beginners items , sitemap	6	262	February 5, 2026
sendNotification with image does not work remotely in IOS app Items & Sitemaps	12	156	February 4, 2026
Failed to execute commandLine Scripts & Rules	3	51	February 4, 2026
JRuby OpenHAB Rules System Scripts & Rules	456	13036	February 4, 2026
Buttongrid complains on validation errors since upgrade Items & Sitemaps	6	44	February 4, 2026
OH5 - Configure Hue Emulation Installation hueemulation	0	36	February 3, 2026
Time trigger DSL to JS Beginners	3	47	February 3, 2026
Tuya Smart Plug - Warning every min - Could not update channel 'fault' of thing 'tuya:tuyaDevice:xxx' with value '0.0'. Datatype incompatible Runtime	3	47	February 3, 2026
Shelly BLU motion sensors not sending updates Items & Sitemaps items , shelly-binding , openhab51 , shellyblumotion	1	45	February 3, 2026
String item not being restored Beginners	2	79	February 3, 2026