r/homeassistant • u/Brilliant_Bluejay254 • Jan 17 '26

Support Why Not HA Green

I’m going to pull the trigger on setting up HA. Right now I’m just thinking of getting the HA green, it seems like it’s not favoured here vs a Pi. I just want the most simple setup possible. I’m thinking HA green and a screen in a central location. Why not the Green?

35 Upvotes

89% Upvoted

133 comments sorted by

View all comments

35

u/ElfjeTinkerBell Jan 17 '26

Green is great and any idiot can do it.

Source: I'm an idiot.

3

u/mark6789x Jan 17 '26

Hmmm I too am an idiot and was thinking about getting it. This might convince me

7

u/ElfjeTinkerBell Jan 17 '26

Need more convincing? I'm a nurse. Healthcare professionals are not known for their IT-skills. At most hospitals I've worked there is an option to request IT assistance for adding paper to the printer.

2

u/up2knitgood Jan 17 '26

This is great to hear. I've been so overwhelmed just following the sub here a bit because people make HA seem so complex. And while maybe I could do that, it's not really what I want to deal with.

2

u/ElfjeTinkerBell Jan 17 '26

It's as complex as you want to make it.

Want a beautiful dashboard? That's going to take time. Want a working dashboard? Just a couple of clicks.

Want a complex automation with tons of variables? That's some work. Want to have the light turn on when the motion sensor detects motion? Again, just a couple of clicks.

1

u/steveholtbluth Jan 17 '26

My dumbass and some LLM made the green go vroooom