#ZHA vs 2MQTT

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green stag
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I'm relativly new to the whole HA thing, and so far really enjoying it. When I first added zigbee to my set-up (with a SONOFF Universal Zigbee 3.0 USB Dongle), I just went with the standard ZHA, which so far seems fine. But the more I watch YouTube about Zigbee stuff in HA, it seems everybody prefers 2MQTT I've only got a few zigbee devices at the moment, so it wouldn't be much of an issue to change now, but down the road once loads of other stuff is added, it may be quite a pain.

Is it worth making the jump from ZHA over to 2MQTT? or should I just stay put?

sacred skiff
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It depends on what you want and what kind of devices.
ZHA is builtin and super easy to setup and maintain while Z2M is an external server with more features but also a steeper learning curve and maintenance.

So if you have mostly brand A devices like Philips Hue and dont use advanced stuff like groups, scenes and bindings, you are 100% set with ZHA.

green stag
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Sorry, I should have mentioned in the OP, I'm doing the HA thing very much on a budget, I know that for the Hue stuff 'It just works!' but I'm much more likely to be experimenting with cheaper options from AliExpress, BangGood and the like.

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Although my current setup is very tame, I do have lots of different ideas I want to try out, but I don't really know what is and isn't considered 'advanced'

sacred skiff