Comment by gravis

Hey HN - ex-GitLab here, building Selora Homes: Professional installation and managed support for Home Assistant.

The idea is to give people the power of HA without needing to maintain it themselves. Most HA enthusiasts are happy to do this for their homes, but don't want to manage HA for parents, friends, etc.

We pre-install a smart hub (miniPC) for each subscriber and we maintain management access on the host via WireGuard, but all traffic is closed by default - remote support requires your approval. You stay admin of your own instance. The host pulls config updates from our public repo (https://gitlab.com/selorahomes/products/selorabox-nix/), and we handle monitoring, troubleshooting, and (soon) automatic updates with health-aware rollbacks.

We're also working on an AI agent that helps maintain configs and suggests automations.

We're an open core company backed by Open Core Ventures. Source code is on GitLab, roadmap is public: https://selorahomes.com/docs/roadmap/

Currently recruiting beta testers in California (Bay Area and SoCal) if you know anyone interested in testing our product!

We ship you a pre-installed miniPC, our installers handle any physical setup required, and we configure remotely so your devices are set up, along with automations, and a dashboard.

You give us honest feedback. If you're interested, book a call with us: https://selorahomes.cal.com/selorahomes/beta-tester-intro

We also have a free version: https://selorahomes.com/pricing

Check out our docs if want to explore by yourself: https://selorahomes.com/docs/