why local-first

The smart home industry has a dirty secret: most "smart" devices are thin clients for someone else's server. The brains live in a data centre, rented to you, until the vendor pivots, paywalls or dies.

What we mean by local

The automation logic runs in your house, on hardware you own. The internet can disappear and your home keeps working: lights respond, sensors trigger, schedules fire, dashboards update.

What it gets you

• Permanence — no shutdown announcement can brick your house.
• Privacy — occupancy, cameras and routines are nobody's product.
• Speed — lan round-trips beat cloud round-trips, every time.
• No rent — zero subscriptions across the entire catalogue.

The test it has to pass

Unplug the internet. If the device keeps doing its job, it's welcome here. If it doesn't, it isn't.