About Homer
How it started
Homer started from a simple idea: technology should work for you, not the other way around. What began as a self-built system for a single project — boats, electrical, heating — grew into a platform that has been running for over ten years.
No investors, no growth plans, no marketing department. Homer is built by someone who lays wiring and writes software. You can tell: it's solid, it's practical, and it does what it's supposed to do.
Homer doesn't make your home "smart". Homer makes your home yours.
The brackets stand for your input. Homer provides the framework — what goes inside, you decide.
What Homer stands for
Autonomy
Homer puts you in control. No data going to a cloud. No profile being built about you. Everything runs locally, in your home, under your control. Homer doesn't ask permission to phone home — it has no home to phone to.
No fuss
The best interface is no interface. Heating to 21 degrees? One action, done. No menu mazes, no unnecessary confirmations. If your partner can use it without ever thinking about it, it works.
Quiet presence
Homer doesn't shout. No notifications fighting for your attention. Homer is there, in the background, and only speaks up when there's truly something to say. Technology that imposes itself is not good technology.
Inviting curiosity
Homer doesn't moralize. It doesn't tell you you're doing things wrong. But it can open a door: "Your heating ran 40 hours while nobody was home. Want to see how that could be different?" No judgment. An invitation.
What Homer can do
Homer is a modular platform with serious capabilities. Each module is purpose-built, and you only use what you need.
Home Automation
Complete IoT hub with MQTT integration, energy hubs, and a conductor system for orchestrating all your connected devices. Over 150 releases of real-world refinement.
Life Management
A productivity workspace: task management (Covey method), time tracking, bookkeeping, invoicing, bank integration with PSD2, OCR for receipts, and email import. Your admin, locally.
Power Management
Professional electrical panel design, load analysis, and tariff comparison. Generate PDF reports of your entire installation. Built for both homeowners and professionals.
Distribution Panel
Circuit monitoring and health analysis for your electrical installation. Professional reporting and real-time oversight of every circuit in your panel.
News
AI-powered news aggregation that shows multiple perspectives on the same story. No filter bubble — just informed reading from different viewpoints.
Chat
Private messaging between Homer users. Invite people via QR code, exchange feedback, keep conversations under your own roof.
3D Visualization
Three.js-based framework for 3D environments with multi-user sync, drag-and-drop interaction, and WebRTC support. Visual control of your space.
Biomeiler Monitor
Specialized monitoring for biomass composting heaters. Track temperatures, heat extraction, and flow rates to optimize performance over the full composting cycle.
Our model
Homer is honest software. You pay a fair price, and you get an honest product. No hidden revenue models, no data being quietly sold, no "free" tier slowly pushing you toward a paid plan.
The source code is available for inspection on request. You can verify what's running and modify it for your own use. That's not a marketing trick — that's trust you can verify.
The modules you buy fund further development. Every euro goes back into the product. No investors, no shareholders, no exit strategy.
You own what you buy. Homer runs on your hardware — if we cease to exist tomorrow, your system keeps running.
You see what you run. The source code is available for inspection on request. No hidden tracking, no silent updates that take away features.
You pay fairly. No surprise price increases. No "legacy plan" being quietly phased out.
You're treated as an adult. No patronizing interfaces. No artificial limitations. Homer does what you ask.
Where Homer stands
Homer has been running in real installations for over ten years. From complex agricultural operations with six heat sources and 28 control nodes, to homes with solar collectors and heat pumps, to research projects with biomeilers.
We grow deliberately slowly. Every new installation gets personal attention. No rush, no scale pressure — quality comes first.
Homer is not a hobby project. It's serious infrastructure, built to last for years.
What Homer is not
Homer doesn't think for you. It executes what you ask.
Your home is yours. Your data too.
Attention is precious. Homer respects that.
Homer isn't polished. It's solid.
Origins
Homer was developed alongside the Homer flexible living unit — a movable home designed for comfortable and efficient living in a compact format. That parallel development shaped the philosophy: systems that are smart without becoming complicated.
From that origin, Homer grew into a standalone platform for energy management and home automation. The core philosophy remained: technology that serves people, not the other way around.
Homer is what happens when a craftsman builds software. Not to get rich, not to collect data, but because it has to work. For himself, for his wife, for everyone who just wants the light to turn on when you ask.
Interested?
We're looking for people who share what we value: privacy, reliability, and technology that works.