On May 24th, 2025, the Home Assistant Community Day took place. A global meetups on the same day with and for us Home Assistant nerds 🤓
Since there wasn’t a meetup near me, I took the opportunity to organize one in Cologne. Die Wohngemeinschaft warmly welcomed us.
I immediately reached out to a few people via email and posted in the German communities of Simon42 and Community Smart Home. I believe we also got a bunch of sign-ups through the Meetup platform.
Thanks to all the participants!
We ended up being around 50 people!
A big thank you to everyone who came — it was a great day with amazing conversations! Without you, it would’ve been pretty boring just standing around on my own 😉
I also received some great feedback on my PokyPow project!
Here’s a mini vlog by Flo from Flotomation:
Other YouTubers and content creators were there as well:
- Simon from simon42
- Matthias from haus:automation
- Flo from Flotomation
- Tristan from Tristans Smartes Heim
- Thorsten from Thorsten-Voice
- Daniel from SmartHome yourself
And here are some pictures:
Thanks to Athom (now IoTorero)
Big thanks to Athom (now IoTorero)!
They sponsored tons of devices, so everyone got to take home a new smart home gadget.
I’m just thrilled that these run with ESPHome and can be integrated into Home Assistant so easily. Just enter the Wi-Fi password and connect directly to Home Assistant. No app, no nonsense — that’s how a smart home should be.
Here’s the link to Athom’s online shop:
Next Year
I received great feedback and had a lot of fun, so I’ll definitely organize this again.
See you next year at the latest!
If you want to join us next time in Cologne, Germany, I would suggest that you subscribe to Smarthütte.de
Smarthütte.de is run by a friend and me. We’re currently exploring opportunities to turn Home Assistant into a side business in Germany.
