Tutorials & Examples

HABPanel Examples Examples dashboard of HABPanel and descriptions how to create them. Solutions Concrete combinations of items+rules+sitemaps+..., can be binding or device specific. 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!

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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 f…	85	28784	November 27, 2020
Get BME280 readings in openHABian with MQTT Solutions mqtt , bme280	2	36	December 12, 2025
Tutorial on Transformations in OH5 Tutorials & Examples transformations	3	166	December 12, 2025
State display from stateDescription in DSL rule Solutions	4	53	December 11, 2025
Connect to new BMW CarData service through MQTT Solutions	60	1618	December 11, 2025
Guide how to setup TTS on HomePods, including Multiroom Audio Solutions	8	335	December 10, 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	338	39711	December 7, 2025
Zwave Z-stick SDK issue with OH Z-wave binding Solutions z-wave , zwave , z-stick	17	513	December 5, 2025
Timeline picker to setup heating, light and so on Tutorials & Examples rules	927	53361	December 5, 2025
How and Why to Write a Rule Template (revisited) Solutions rules , templates	0	151	December 3, 2025
ZigBee network map when using only the ZigBee Binding Tutorials & Examples zigbee-binding	42	5863	December 3, 2025
Yet another cloud-free voice control Solutions voicecontrol , esp32 , rhasspy	9	317	November 30, 2025
Espresso reverse timer and notification with power plug Solutions	0	41	November 29, 2025
Junkers TRQ 21 T Thermostat Solutions arduino , thermostat , junkers	10	6385	November 23, 2025
How To Build A Custom Widget Tutorials & Examples widget , mainui	15	451	November 22, 2025
Reading data from Huawei inverter SUN 2000 (3KTL-10KTL) via modbus TCP and RTU Tutorials & Examples modbus , solar , huawei	330	83992	November 18, 2025
Game release: OH Shooter. The worlds first HAFPS! openHAB Stories game	12	2211	November 18, 2025
Another approach to replace my BMW app in Python Tutorials & Examples	5	136	November 11, 2025
OpenHAB Community Tutorial: Multiple Location Weather Warnings with DWD Integration Tutorials & Examples	3	63	November 11, 2025
How to write a rule template Solutions rules , marketplace	20	5406	November 10, 2025
Using the new Currency Units of Measurement in 4.1 Solutions uom , currency	48	2674	November 10, 2025
YoLink Bridge Solutions	0	28	November 10, 2025
Problems with trigger rhannel and/or rule on Zigbee2MQTT action topic for Third Reality remote Tutorials & Examples remote , zigbee2mqtt , trigger-channel , third-reality	6	57	November 6, 2025
How-to install OpenHAB4 in the NetBSD Tutorials & Examples installation , guide , openhab4	0	32	November 4, 2025
Integration of Energy-Chart Electricity Traffic Light (Stromampel) into OpenHab Solutions	26	1658	November 2, 2025
HTTP Binding: Access to OPNsense API Solutions wol , httpbinding	1	81	November 1, 2025
Rademacher Homepilot (DuoFern) via http-Binding Solutions rademacher , duofern , homepilot	96	11588	October 17, 2025
GPSTracker + Google Map Solutions map , gpstracker	12	5078	October 16, 2025
Migrating InfluxDB Data to a new installation Solutions influxdb , migration	9	3232	October 9, 2025
Automatically open the garage door on my (car's) arrival Tutorials & Examples	9	342	November 17, 2025