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! 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.

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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	29449	November 27, 2020
Tesla Powerwall 3 Integration using PyPowerwall Proxy & HTTP Binding Solutions	12	950	July 12, 2026
Tesla Powerwall 3 Integration using pypowerwall-server & MQTT Binding Solutions	0	10	July 12, 2026
Migrate your existing persistence data to InfluxDB Tutorials & Examples rrd4j , influxdb , grafana	35	13391	July 10, 2026
What to do if you need a delay in commands in a scene Solutions	5	82	July 8, 2026
openHAB 5.2 Rule Templates Best Practices Solutions ruletemplates , 5.2	4	168	July 8, 2026
Napoleon Prestige PRO 665 Smart-Connected – Reverse Engineered + Working openHAB JS Integration Solutions	0	43	July 3, 2026
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	351	41230	July 3, 2026
Customizing Basic UI with CSS Tutorials & Examples basicui	35	24456	July 3, 2026
Imou cameras on openHAB — cloud API, MQTT bridge, no official binding Solutions openhab2 , mqtt , smarthome , integration , ipcamera	1	59	June 30, 2026
Star Trek Presence Detection: openHAB, UniFi & the At Home Card openHAB Stories presence-detection	2	183	June 28, 2026
openHAB MCP Server + Ollama + Open WebUI — Complete Setup Guide Solutions	3	181	June 27, 2026
MQTT bridge for cloud camera alarms and weak-link live viewing — Things, Items, Rules Tutorials & Examples openhab2 , camera , ip-camera , hls , node.js	0	31	June 24, 2026
Ring Doorbell (gen2) with ring-mqtt project openHAB Stories	44	5591	June 21, 2026
Fujitsu Airstage Control Solutions ac , fujitsu	8	258	June 19, 2026
My workaround for a daily ZRAM Sync of Openhab rrjd persistance Solutions zram	6	135	June 15, 2026
MQTT4MHI: PoC MQTT bridge for MHI AC devices (WF-RAC) Solutions ai , mqtt , airconditioning , auto-discovery , mhi	0	72	June 12, 2026
Connect to new BMW CarData service through MQTT Solutions	90	3844	June 10, 2026
Energy monitoring and HVAC automation in extreme desert heat openHAB Stories	4	139	June 10, 2026
When you name your home automation project after gods, you'd better deliver openHAB Stories	11	394	June 8, 2026
Pi-Hole Integration Tutorials & Examples httpbinding1 , network , pihole	128	26929	June 4, 2026
SolaX hybrid inverter control through MODBUS Tutorials & Examples modbus , solax	29	2239	June 4, 2026
Solax Hybrid X1/X3 Inverter RealTime Data and control locally Tutorials & Examples modbus , modbus-tcp , solax	22	12788	June 1, 2026
How to use an Orange Pi Zero 2 running OTBR with openHAB Solutions thread , matter , otbr	12	284	May 29, 2026
Connecting Goodwe Solar Panel Inverter to Openhab Solutions solar , photovoltaic	53	8490	May 26, 2026
Fronius Widget for Generation and Consumption including Rules Solutions	9	711	May 22, 2026
Solarfocus ecomanager-touch via Modbus TCP Solutions openhab2 , modbus-tcp , openhab3	13	3486	May 17, 2026
HomematicIP Weather Station data to WeatherUnderground Solutions	5	102	May 15, 2026
Howto: Full control Android device with OH using Tasker Solutions android , tasker	11	1571	May 14, 2026
[Massive Update] Soil Moisture-Based Irrigation Automation with Ecowitt and OpenSprinkler Solutions	0	103	May 9, 2026