Astrion Community Showcase | Open Source Projects, Dashboards & HoAstrion Community Showcase | Open Source Dashboards, Native Apps & Home Assistant Integrations
Astrion started as a remote. The community transformed it into a platform.
A living archive of interfaces, integrations, and experiments created by the Sanytron community.
4 featured projects
Community built
Open source
Updated August 2026
🌱 How Astrion Evolved
From a remote to an open platform — shaped by the community
December 2025
Astrion Remote Launched
A dedicated touchscreen remote for Home Assistant. A better way to interact with lights, media, and automations.
January 2026
Community Begins Exploring
Users start asking "What can I build with it?" instead of "What can it do?" First custom dashboards and alternative launchers appear.
April – May 2026
Home Assistant Community Adoption
Astrion became part of the open smart home ecosystem. Users started integrating Astrion into their own workflows, not just using official features.
July 2026
Physical Button Framework Introduced
t0m1o1's HA-hotkeys project shows that every physical button can become a native Home Assistant event. This idea influences future firmware.
August 2026
Independent Launchers & Native Apps Emerge
Multiple independent projects — Aurelien's Custom Dashboard, biggobird's Kotlin Compose app, Marcus's Apple TV Siri integration — demonstrate Astrion as a platform.
🚀 Featured Projects
What the community built
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Community-builtOpen SourceHarmony Integration
by Aurelien_PERARD
Astrion Custom Dashboard
A completely alternative Astrion experience. Custom launcher, native Android dashboard,
direct Harmony Hub integration, JSON-based layouts, and offline-capable media control.
"A demonstration that Astrion hardware can support completely different software philosophies."
A pure native Android experience. Built with Kotlin and Jetpack Compose,
featuring WebSocket updates, interactive floorplans, Plex integration,
Assist voice, and hardware button remapping.
A native approach where every physical button becomes a Home Assistant event.
Instead of the remote controlling the home, the home automation system decides
what each action means.
"Every physical button should become a native Home Assistant event."
Using the Astrion Voice button, Marcus connected Apple TV Siri Voice directly
into Home Assistant workflows. Works by emulating a HomeKit remote using Apple's
Target Control protocol. No MFi hardware required.
"A simple hardware button became a bridge between ecosystems."
A new generation of Home Assistant interfaces is emerging — exploring what local-first, native smart home interfaces can become.
🧪 Latest Community Experiments
What people are building right now
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August 2026 · Voice Integration
Native Apple TV Siri Voice Integration
Marcus_Adolfsson added native Apple TV Siri Voice support using the Astrion Voice button.
The integration works by emulating a HomeKit remote and streams microphone audio directly
to Siri over HomeKit Data Stream. No MFi hardware required.
Aurelien_PERARD continues evolving the Custom Dashboard. v0.3.0 adds swing mode
support on the climate card, icon/label display options for hvac/fan/swing modes,
translation fixes for weather and vacuum cards, and a dedicated Dashboard builder
with preview.
biggobird's native dashboard continues to explore what's possible with pure Android
on Astrion. "No Lovelace. No browser. No cloud." — a fully native experience with
WebSocket updates, floorplans, Plex integration, and Assist voice.
💡 Ideas That Are Shaping The Future of Smart Home
Some of Astrion's biggest ideas did not come from our roadmap. They came from conversations.
Gary
Activity-first thinking
Users don't want to control devices. They want to watch a movie, play music, or relax.
The interface should ask "What are you trying to do?" not "Which device do you want?"
Faceman
AV as a system
A television is not just a television. It's an ecosystem of devices that should work
together naturally. One device at a time is not how people experience media.
Chykan_Hunter
Automation as intention
A smart home is not a collection of entities. It is a collection of intentions,
contexts, and experiences. Astrion shouldn't just send commands. It should participate
in workflows.
Aurelien_PERARD & biggobird
Astrion as a platform
Instead of asking for new features, they simply built their own. Custom launchers.
Native dashboards. Alternative interaction models. The hardware became something
people wanted to build upon.
🧬 What Makes an Astrion Project?
Every Astrion project shares three principles
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Hardware Freedom
The device is not locked to one interface. Build your own experience on top of it.
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Local Intelligence
Your home remains yours. No cloud required. Privacy-first, local-first.
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Human Intent
Technology serves experiences, not devices. The interface should ask "What are you trying to do?"
✨ Have a project to share?
Built something with Astrion, UltraBARX, or iPano? Share your setup with the community.
Custom dashboards, automation stories, hardware mods, and integrations — all welcome.
Great ideas deserve to be shared.
