I am a huge fan of AppDaemon, and I think one of the things that makes it great is how portable and transferable apps are. However, I think it’s a feature that could be utilized more. I know there have been a few AD apps that have been distributed more widely and are totally configurable in apps.yaml only, without any of the underlying Python code being modified. Occusim and Schedy are a couple that come to mind.
However, I had the idea to take this a step further and create something akin to the custom_components and custom_cards repositories on GitHub perhaps. I also reached out to @ludeeus about potentially leverage HACS to allow people to install AD apps that would automatically update. And if that doesn’t work out, I have a few other ideas around developing a standard process for AD apps that could update themselves automatically.
I really think this is something that could help expose the power and flexibility of AppDaemon to an even wider audience, but obviously for something like this to work it would need the support of the community behind it. So, before @ludeeus considers adding AD functionality to HACS, or before I start thinking about alternative options for distributing ready-to-use apps that can update themselves, I wanted to put out feelers here and get some opinions.
- I am a user who would like more ready-to-use AppDaemon apps, and a standard process to update them
- I write AppDaemon apps and I am interested in a standardized way to distribute ready-to-use apps to the community
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