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…	83	29582	March 3, 2020
openHAB MCP Server + Ollama + Open WebUI — Complete Setup Guide Solutions	25	730	August 18, 2026
My workaround for a daily ZRAM Sync of Openhab rrjd persistance Solutions zram	11	234	August 18, 2026
Tesla Powerwall 3 Integration using pypowerwall-server & MQTT Binding Solutions	2	76	August 13, 2026
Drexel & Weiss Device Integration Solutions modbus , rs232 , drexel-weiss	69	5569	August 6, 2026
Dynamic electricity pricing in Québec : OpenHab FTW! openHAB Stories electricity	10	2374	August 5, 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	353	41545	August 4, 2026
Automower (Husqvarna) MainUI Page Solutions	0	77	July 30, 2026
Tesla Powerwall 3 Integration using PyPowerwall Proxy & HTTP Binding Solutions	16	1108	July 24, 2026
Solax Hybrid X1/X3 Inverter RealTime Data and control locally Tutorials & Examples modbus , modbus-tcp , solax	22	12903	July 23, 2026
Icon Set with Theme Tutorials & Examples icons , iconset	0	111	July 21, 2026
5.2 new option Tutorials & Examples ai , update , main-ui	31	881	July 18, 2026
Transforming incoming Channel Values without needing a traditional rule Tutorials & Examples rules , alternatives	2	110	July 17, 2026
What to do if you need a delay in commands in a scene Solutions	6	171	July 13, 2026
Ovum heat pumps with Mira firmware Solutions	1	88	July 12, 2026
Migrate your existing persistence data to InfluxDB Tutorials & Examples rrd4j , influxdb , grafana	35	13451	July 10, 2026
openHAB 5.2 Rule Templates Best Practices Solutions ruletemplates , 5.2	4	278	July 8, 2026
Napoleon Prestige PRO 665 Smart-Connected – Reverse Engineered + Working openHAB JS Integration Solutions	0	54	July 3, 2026
Customizing Basic UI with CSS Tutorials & Examples basicui	35	24507	July 3, 2026
Imou cameras on openHAB — cloud API, MQTT bridge, no official binding Solutions openhab2 , mqtt , smarthome , integration , ipcamera	1	109	June 30, 2026
Star Trek Presence Detection: openHAB, UniFi & the At Home Card openHAB Stories presence-detection	2	212	June 28, 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	43	June 24, 2026
Ring Doorbell (gen2) with ring-mqtt project openHAB Stories	44	5667	June 21, 2026
Fujitsu Airstage Control Solutions ac , fujitsu	8	319	June 19, 2026
MQTT4MHI: PoC MQTT bridge for MHI AC devices (WF-RAC) Solutions ai , mqtt , airconditioning , auto-discovery , mhi	0	98	June 12, 2026
Connect to new BMW CarData service through MQTT Solutions	90	4071	June 10, 2026
Energy monitoring and HVAC automation in extreme desert heat openHAB Stories	4	162	June 10, 2026
When you name your home automation project after gods, you'd better deliver openHAB Stories	11	474	June 8, 2026
Pi-Hole Integration Tutorials & Examples httpbinding1 , network , pihole	128	27082	June 4, 2026
SolaX hybrid inverter control through MODBUS Tutorials & Examples modbus , solax	27	2394	June 4, 2026