LIFX-Control-Panel VS pytradfri

I use this from my PC to control my lights: https://github.com/samclane/LIFX-Control-Panel . There are likely Mac equivalents that exist.

If you have a Windows computer, you could try LIFX Control Panel (unofficial but safe):

I have a LIFX Z strip and use this: https://github.com/samclane/LIFX-Control-Panel to sync the color.

I’m using a LIFX light strip to light up my MAME cabinet marquee. I installed LIFX-Control-Panel to change color based on what’s on the screen, but it’s buggy (crashes on startup sometimes) and I have to configure it each time the machine boots up.

The Windows app has not been updated in a while, as it happens there are no plans to update it in the near future. However in lieu of further updates one of our enthusiasts has created this alternative App: https://github.com/samclane/LIFX-Control-Panel

I'm thinking about getting a smart light bulb to my room, but I want to control it from my Raspberry Pi. I checked out LIFX, and it looks great, but a bit too expensive. So, I was looking into buying IKEA's Tradfri bulb, since it costs way less. I found a python API for it, and I can buy a Zigbee module for my Raspberry. Is it possible to use the Tradfri lamp only trough raspberry, without buying any of the controllers from IKEA?

I‘m.not having my decays at hand. I‘d research into https://github.com/home-assistant-libs/pytradfri and try to get it to work.

I see based on this that the -i -m pytradfri sequence looks like it's running some kind of key management code when run in that fashion that won't happen when you import it as a library in a regular Python script.

I guess you can do this with https://github.com/home-assistant-libs/pytradfri ? It's actively maintained at least.