r/homeautomation is a subreddit with 4.6M members. The most common kinds of discussions are solution requests and pain & anger, and the community frequently discusses smart, struggling, annoying, home, and automation, and they frequently recommend/review smart lock, doorbell camera, and smart switches.
A place to share and discuss all things related to home automation.
Popular Themes in r/homeautomation
#1
Solution Requests
: "Looking for a full video surveillance solution(both hardware and software)"
1 post
#2
Pain & Anger
: "smart garage door opener worth it or just another gadget that adds complexity"
1 post
#3
Ideas
: "New build smart ceiling fan"
1 post
Popular Topics in r/homeautomation
#1
Smart
: "What’s the Smartest automation you’ve built that nobody notices?"
34 posts
#2
Struggling
22 posts
#3
Annoying
16 posts
#4
Home
14 posts
#5
Automation
: "How far have you taken home Automation?"
11 posts
#6
Tired
8 posts
#7
Camera
: "Local storage Cameras or Smart Security Cameras?"
7 posts
#8
Doorbell
6 posts
#9
Wifi
6 posts
#10
Smart Lock
6 posts
Products Discussed in r/homeautomation
Smart Lock
119 reviews
#1
Schlage
4.3★ from 18 reviews
#2
Yale
4.6★ from 14 reviews
#3
August
4.6★ from 9 reviews
Doorbell Camera
104 reviews
#1
Eufy
4.2★ from 19 reviews
#2
Reolink
4.4★ from 18 reviews
#3
Amcrest
4.5★ from 11 reviews
Smart Switches
79 reviews
#1
Inovelli
4.5★ from 12 reviews
#2
Lutron Caseta
4.8★ from 11 reviews
#3
Lutron
5.0★ from 7 reviews
Flair Used in r/homeautomation
#1
QUESTION
: "Looking for Wifi control of my garage door, but unsure how to proceed"
110 posts
#2
PERSONAL SETUP
: "Automated my Airbnb apartment buzzer without touching any of the building hardware"
29 posts
#3
DISCUSSION
: "What’s the smartest automation you’ve built that nobody notices?"
12 posts
#4
PROJECT
: "free on-device license plate logging & push notification"
11 posts
#5
NEWS
: "We preserve old video games as ROM dumps so they're never lost. I finally did the same thing for remotes"
9 posts
#6
IDEAS
: "ADHD invention i wish existed"
7 posts
#7
HOME ASSISTANT
: "Reverse-engineered the INLEDCO Glowrium G7 BLE grow light so my basil doesn't need a cloud account"
6 posts
#8
IRIS
: "I donated the money I was going to use to buy a roomba to a work pool for Wounded Warriors AND WON A ROOMBA"
3 posts
#9
SECURITY
: "Put my robot vacuum behind an OPNsense block rule. It kept cleaning, the app started lying about its status, and the Tuya module has an undocumented Bluetooth control channel"
2 posts
#10
INSTEON
: "Alright, which one of you did this"
2 posts
Member Growth in r/homeautomation
Yearly
+39k members(0.9%)
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Last updated: July 22, 2026