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Hi

I’ve been following this project’s development from afar since it appeared.
Long-time Jeedom user, more recently Home Assistant, I’m going to set up a Gladys instance to explore all of this in more detail.

For the profile, soon in my 50s, I’m a self-taught tinkerer and jack-of-all-trades, very independent, who has spent far too much personal time on far too many projects (outside home automation there was robotics, drones, 3D printers, electronics, radio transmission, cybersecurity, OSINT, and more).

I do some programming, in quite a few languages, but not at the level of someone who does it professionally. It kind of came naturally from getting my hands dirty (I started with Arduinos many years ago).

First, I want to salute @pierre-gilles for the quality of the code in his project and the well-thought-out structure.
Good technical choices, perfect readability, and modularity that allows for a lot.

I was also pleasantly surprised by the atmosphere of this community and the kindness of its creator, especially towards newcomers. This is something the Jeedom team should take as an example, and I admit it makes me want to contribute.

I haven’t yet checked how the project resonates with English speakers; I hope it takes off there as well — that’s partly what left Jeedom on the margins for being too French-centric.

I’ll probably reference competing projects — not to troll, I assure you, but because there’s good stuff to take from everything.

One thing is for sure: I’m leaving Jeedom for good; I no longer condone the attitude of certain moderators who create a toxic atmosphere. There are also real technical reasons that would be long to detail here.
It was a good project that served me well, but its development no longer meets needs and lacks a modern technical vision.

I’ll try to do my part and share my humble experience with anyone who needs it.

Hello JavaScript :grin:

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Hello and welcome.

That’s nice :smiling_face:

We are not at the same level in terms of features/compatibility compared to Jeedom and Home Assistant (HA), but the foundations are solid, with a simple user experience, and that already enables a lot.

The English-speaking community is having a bit of trouble getting started (despite the efforts of @pierre-gilles since the beginning of the year), but it’s progressing :rocket:

Any help is welcome, whether it’s feedback as a user, ideas, documentation, or code.

Enjoy exploring Gladys

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Hi and welcome !!

It’s true that we’re pretty comfortable here :smiley: I have never been on the other forums… but they don’t appeal to me! Haha

Looking forward to reading you here and there

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Welcome to Gladys

Welcome to the community and to Gladys! I hope you find what you’re looking for :blush:

Don’t hesitate to ask if you have any questions about development or about Gladys in general.

Hey, welcome

You’ll see, these people are super nice and really helpful

Thanks for the welcome.

I tested it yesterday, and I realize that for now Gladys isn’t yet suited to my needs.
This only concerns me; Gladys’s positioning is to be as simplified as possible and it fits the needs of a more general audience very well (it’s already a much better alternative to Enki boxes, for example).

I’ll try in the coming weeks to give you detailed feedback with ideas to explore in order to be able to replace an HA (Home Assistant) with more advanced use cases. The idea isn’t to copy HA (Home Assistant)/Jeedom, but to approach things differently, so it’s going to require some thought.

In any case, I commend the work on the UX, perfect for the majority of users.

As for me, I have over 70 devices on my Zigbee network, plus others on Wi‑Fi and some homemade stuff, and in the current state it’s complicated to achieve the same result I have here. Even just for the dashboards.

But I’ll stick around :slight_smile:

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Don’t hesitate to give us feedback, even if it’s rough, it helps us improve!

I’m interested to know what limited you on the dashboards.

It’s a shame, because with mainly Zigbee you’re clearly the target of the project :slight_smile:

Otherwise, if you prefer, rather than writing a long message we can also have a 15-minute call and you can explain to me what didn’t work / how you use it

This kind of feedback is super valuable for the project so I’m really interested! :slight_smile:

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My pleasure, I’ll keep you posted.

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