A LIFX Smart Switch is too expensive - so I ghetto-made my own. Pardon the dirty table.

• raspi-lifx-switch

  1 0 0.0 Python

  Turns your Raspi into a Lifx switch.

• Home Assistant

  1,411 68,508 10.0 Python

  :house_with_garden: Open source home automation that puts local control and privacy first.

  

Home Assistant has LIFX support & the ESPHome add-on makes writing config for physical switches like this trivial. I used to roll my own solutions from scratch like you & if you enjoy the challenge then it's absolutely a fun project, but if you ever tire of it do take a look at HA.

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• esphome

  227 7,577 9.9 C++

  ESPHome is a system to control your ESP8266/ESP32 by simple yet powerful configuration files and control them remotely through Home Automation systems.

  

Home Assistant has LIFX support & the ESPHome add-on makes writing config for physical switches like this trivial. I used to roll my own solutions from scratch like you & if you enjoy the challenge then it's absolutely a fun project, but if you ever tire of it do take a look at HA.

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