Ever since we launched the thought of a community-powered machine database at State of the Open Dwelling 2025, our purpose has been clear: create a “Wikipedia of good residence units” primarily based on real-world utilization. In February, we took step one by inviting Dwelling Assistant customers to voluntarily share anonymized machine information to assist us construct it.
Again then, we mentioned we wouldn’t cover behind closed doorways till we’d polished some “good” ultimate product, and we meant it. On the Open Dwelling Basis we construct within the open. Meaning sharing our course of, our progress, and each milestone alongside the best way with the neighborhood that makes all of it attainable.
So at this time I’m excited to share the subsequent milestone. The seeds we planted in February have began to sprout: due to the unimaginable response from hundreds of customers who opted to share anonymized machine information in the course of the preliminary part, the preview version of the database’s public interface is now stay!
What’s the preview version?
Offering a public, open option to browse the nameless, aggregated machine information we gather was all the time a part of the plan, and this preview is our first step towards it.
You possibly can already use it to go looking and filter units to see aggregated neighborhood insights, beginning with a intentionally targeted set of specifics, akin to whether or not a tool requires an web connection, and which protocols and integrations it really works with. We’ve stored that preliminary scope slender on function, giving us a strong basis we are able to construct on along with you, our neighborhood, because the database grows.
What you see at this time is just a slice of what’s to come back, and we need to be upfront about that. Sure it’s purposeful, however it’s unpolished. There are not any ultimate design prospers, and we’re certain there are a number of bugs ready to be found. We don’t even have an official title for it… but. However we’d somewhat you expertise it now than anticipate the total image earlier than opening the doorways.
So please, soar proper in.
Assist us check it
It is a useful resource constructed by the neighborhood, for the neighborhood, so we wish you to start out utilizing it now. The extra you discover it at this time, the extra highly effective we are able to make the official launch later this yr.
It’s the baseline the whole lot else builds on, the place you possibly can browse, search, and skim machine information, and it’s the groundwork for the richer pages and neighborhood contributions nonetheless to come back.
As you discover the preview, we’d love your assist monitoring down areas the place we are able to enhance. We’ve arrange a devoted suggestions channel on Discord, and that’s the very best place to share your ideas so the whole lot lands in a single spot. A couple of issues we’re particularly eager to listen to about:
- What’s lacking for you: Which machine particulars would assist you decide, and what additional options or info would make the database extra helpful to you?
- Interface usability: How simple is it to navigate, search, and make sense of machine info, and did you hit any hurdles or complicated moments alongside the best way?
Large reactions or small concepts, what you’d hold or what you’d change: all of it helps. Head over to the dialogue and tell us what you assume.
A few stuff you would possibly discover alongside the best way:
Can’t discover a particular machine? To make sure information high quality and accuracy, units solely seem in search outcomes as soon as sufficient impartial submissions have been aggregated and validated. Moreover, throughout this early part, customized integrations and service-type units aren’t but included.
Need to edit or add machine particulars instantly? Direct contributions to machine pages, like including context or correcting particulars, are firmly on our roadmap however a little bit additional down the road. Proper now the main focus is solely making the info collected up to now accessible and helpful to everybody.
So for now, take it for a spin and tell us what you assume. Like I mentioned again in February, it is a marathon, not a dash, and your suggestions will instantly form the ultimate product!
