To ESPHome or not

[orange-assistant (wisecracker)]

@FloatingBoater

• ESPhome configures an automated compile to create a dedicated binary and connects directly to HASS without MQTT

While the native API certainly has many advantages ESPHome also has full MQTT support.

@martinschki

Would ESPHome be the right, and I mean very easy, tool to get those devices integrated.

I think so. Specially on the long run ESPHome is the go-to solution as it allows a easy upgrade path (one click update for all esphome nodes) which is kind of unique in the esp world.

My setup contains over 100 esp(home) nodes already and from my (couple of years old) tasmota experience that would be a real PITA (probably a day job) to upgrade them all…

And yes, reasons do exist to keep your IP connected devices up2date

@orange-assistant

@myle

my every first Tasmota is the Sonoff basic its still running 5.10.0b

Well, you are a perfect example for users running insecure firmware

@orange-assistant

Every now and then there is still users out there running a ota exploitable tasmota versions like 6 or 7 just because it “works” and they know (had) the pain of updates going south already.

Plainly spoken someone from outside your home (but within wifi range) can take over your Tasmota device (because it has security vulnerabilities), dumb the firmware and extract your wifi password. The person then essentially is inside your house network and can do as he please like infecting other systems watching you on your own camers (if you have some) or just playing master of disaster.