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	28863	November 27, 2020
Rrd4j edit tool for OH 5 Tutorials & Examples	1	35	January 12, 2026
What gateway for OH+Thread (Matter) Tutorials & Examples matter	2	30	January 12, 2026
Game release: OH Shooter. The worlds first HAFPS! openHAB Stories game	13	2250	January 12, 2026
Pi-Hole Integration Tutorials & Examples httpbinding1 , network , pihole	95	25895	December 30, 2025
Bringing electricity information from eloverblik.dk and energidataservice.dk into Openhab Solutions restapi , rules , scripts , electricity , openhab3	151	4830	December 30, 2025
Zwave Z-stick SDK issue with OH Z-wave binding Solutions z-wave , zwave , z-stick	19	591	December 30, 2025
Monoprice 6-zone Audio amp items, sitemap & rules Tutorials & Examples monoprice , regex	55	11927	December 30, 2025
Connect to new BMW CarData service through MQTT Solutions	73	2142	December 29, 2025
How and Why to Write a Rule Template (revisited) Solutions rules , templates	2	240	December 29, 2025
Frigate Event Tracking + Automatic Video Download for openHAB Solutions frigate , openhab5	1	82	December 29, 2025
BMW CarData service through MQTT Tutorials & Examples	12	172	December 29, 2025
Design Pattern: Working with Groups in Rules Tutorials & Examples groups , designpattern	183	81167	December 28, 2025
Modbus performance management in openHAB 2 Tutorials & Examples modbus	12	3267	December 28, 2025
Turning an item on and off with a template widget HABPanel Examples habpanel , openhab5	2	46	December 26, 2025
Controme Smart Heat with openHAB 5 Tutorials & Examples	1	64	December 26, 2025
Tutorial on Transformations in OH5 Tutorials & Examples transformations	4	314	December 24, 2025
Read Data from an iBMS board for JK-BMS (Jikong Battery Management System) Solutions jkbms	0	46	December 24, 2025
Integrating Valetudo for Robot Vacuum Control Solutions	1	169	December 24, 2025
Get BME280 readings in openHABian with MQTT Solutions mqtt , bme280	3	95	December 23, 2025
Install & maintain openHAB on Raspi in Docker together with Mosquitto, Duplicati, influxDB, Samba etc - Step by step instruction Solutions mosquitto , docker , raspberry , portainer , duplicati	91	12722	December 21, 2025
Real-Time Public Transport Tracking in openHAB Using GTFS Solutions	0	43	December 21, 2025
One way to read Epson Eco-Tank Levels openHAB Stories httpbinding , epson	2	49	December 20, 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	339	39787	December 20, 2025
Nice (?) rule in Python for updating the HomeKit characteristic “Outlet.InUseStatus” openHAB Stories python	1	46	December 19, 2025
Update ZWave binding with new/updated device xml Tutorials & Examples device , zwave	6	1806	December 17, 2025
Send Text Messages to Samsung Smart TV (C/D Series) openHAB Stories samsungtv	0	66	December 15, 2025
State display from stateDescription in DSL rule Solutions	4	68	December 11, 2025
Guide how to setup TTS on HomePods, including Multiroom Audio Solutions	8	385	December 10, 2025
Timeline picker to setup heating, light and so on Tutorials & Examples rules	927	53514	December 5, 2025