Tutorials & Examples

openHAB Stories Show off your Smart Home Automation! Share a story! Post a few pictures of your setup or tell us about a memorable openHAB experience. No need for further technical explanation. Inspire others! Solutions Concrete combinations of items+rules+sitemaps+..., can be binding or device specific. HABPanel Examples Examples dashboard of HABPanel and descriptions how to create them.

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How to ask a good question / Help Us Help You Tutorials & Examples Before you ask… Community forum is NOT a helpdesk Let’s put this in the front: nobody here works for openHAB. The community members are helping with an Open Source Project, not a commercial software. Additionally, the…	85	28476	November 27, 2020
What did you build/automated today (with pictures)? openHAB Stories	466	57264	July 21, 2025
[OH4] (Nearly) zero feed-in with Smart Meter and Growatt Noah 2000 Solutions rules , smartmeter , blockly , growatt , solarsystem	5	72	July 15, 2025
Weiser/Kwikset Home Connect 620 Setup on OH3 Solutions doorlock , zwave , openhab3	3	44	July 11, 2025
Solis Cloud API using JavaScript scripting Tutorials & Examples solar , inverter , jsscripting	8	95	July 10, 2025
Sungrow Hybrid Inverter - Target Battery SOC & Optimized Exporting using Modbus Solutions map , modbus , solar , rules-blockly , sungrow	3	515	July 8, 2025
OpenHAB on Debian, Custom certificates & Java, update-safe solution Solutions ssl , java , certificates	0	60	July 6, 2025
Access and Control of Ovum heat pumps Solutions	1	48	July 4, 2025
NxPanel - Replacement Firmware for Sonoff NSPanel Solutions	473	66784	July 2, 2025
How To: Implementing Matter with Docker (or Container Manager) on a Synology Disk Station Solutions docker , synology , matter , openhab5 , container-manager	0	125	June 30, 2025
Fronius Symo Inverter with smartmeter in OH3, using text file config Solutions textualconfig , fronius , openhab3	26	4010	June 30, 2025
Binding Growatt Noha 2000 to openHAB Solutions openhab4	1	92	June 30, 2025
Mammotion Mower Integration for openHAB Tutorials & Examples	8	714	June 27, 2025
Design Pattern: Gate Keeper Tutorials & Examples designpattern	107	16357	June 24, 2025
My new Smart Home Automation System with OpenHab2 - Work in progress -> Migrating to OpenHAB3 -> Migrating to OpenHAB 4 -> Migrating to OpenHAB 5 openHAB Stories tutorial , openhab , openhab3 , openhab4 , openhab5	319	38970	June 19, 2025
Velbus, MQTT & openHAB as a University project openHAB Stories mqtt , velbus , openhab4 , university	0	64	June 17, 2025
Pi-Hole Integration Tutorials & Examples httpbinding1 , network , pihole	83	25417	June 15, 2025
Completely local voice control using community add-ons Tutorials & Examples	2	288	June 13, 2025
Zooz ZEN17 as a Garage Door Opener Solutions	0	78	June 9, 2025
Use case: Letterbox automation Solutions parasoll , mailbox , letterbox	0	115	June 8, 2025
Sonos Play Overlay Audio Clips using local websockets Solutions	26	908	June 8, 2025
Tesla Powerwall 3 Integration using PyPowerwall Proxy & HTTP Binding Solutions	3	105	June 7, 2025
Zwave-JS-UI in place of OH Zwave binding openHAB Stories zwave1	154	9496	June 7, 2025
Design your SVG floorplan or dashboard for HABPanel with Inkscape HABPanel Examples floorplan , svg , inkscape	274	84307	June 5, 2025
Design Pattern : Expire Binding based Countdown timer Tutorials & Examples designpattern	23	7913	June 4, 2025
Howto: Road Reconnaissance Report for german roads Tutorials & Examples weather , rules , openhab2	5	861	June 4, 2025
[How-To] Correctly Integrate UniFi Protect Webhooks with OpenHAB Using the Webhook Binding Solutions webhook , unifiprotect	14	420	July 15, 2025
Spot Price Optimizer: Advanced algorhitms to optimize heating, charging of electric vehicles, water boilers and more Tutorials & Examples electricity	185	3609	July 12, 2025
[OH4] Octopus Energy (UK) - real-time electricity consumption data with Home Mini Solutions	8	612	May 31, 2025
Connecting Goodwe Solar Panel Inverter Directly to Openhab Solutions openhab3	69	7811	May 28, 2025