The only private alternatives are going to be self hosted and will require some technical skill. See owntracks for details. Source: about 1 year ago

On your side, you need some way to be tracked. Easy solution is an app on your phone, I like OwnTracks as a privacy-respecting option. Source: over 1 year ago

Sounds like owntracks with a android headunit https://owntracks.org/. Source: over 1 year ago

OwnTracks is app people can install on their phones that you can setup to send live gps coordinates back to your web server. Source: over 1 year ago

One container where this would have been an issue for me is OwnTracks recorder. Probably could have got it working on ARM if I wanted to compile the program then create a container around it, but didn't want to spend the time and instead just used the free tier x86_64 VM. Source: over 1 year ago

We are making Gladys Assistant ( https://gladysassistant.com/ ), an open-source smart home software. It's less "techy" than HA (no YAML files, no CLI), and UI first. We have way less integrations for now, but are working hard on it. Don't hesitate to try it and make us some feedback. - Source: Hacker News / 8 months ago

Hi everyone,My name is Pierre-Gilles and I'm the core maintainer of Gladys Assistant, an open-source smart home software based on Node.js/Preact.js (https://gladysassistant.com/ / https://github.com/GladysAssistant/Gladys). Source: about 1 year ago

Link dump of assistants I want to check out, sadly with a noticeable home-automation slant: Leon, github readme, self-hosted server Susi.ai, github AI-centric approach to an app/voice/text assistant Mycroft AI more AI. Dedicated hardware planned. Jasper voice-centric assistant Rhasspy, forum offline assistant services Home Assistant OpenHAB home automation integrator Gladys home assistant. Source: about 2 years ago

Lots of open source projects will do that for you actually. I'm using Gladys for that, works very well, but requires a bit of tech skills to set up. Source: about 3 years ago