Nabu Casa, the company behind Home Assistant has just held it’s “State of the Open Home, 2024” event, broadcast on Youtube.

They have just launched the Open Home Foundation, which is a Non-profit Organisation, which will host the Home Assistant, ESPHome and related projects. This means that these projects can never be bought by another commertial company or orgaisation, and will always be free and open.

Nabu Casa will continue to support Home Assistant with its subscription service, which will fund continued development on the platform.

This is all great news.