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Am I looking for a standard, accessible API, commitment standards to access?

I have to buy into battery and inverter tech soon...before I get up to speed with HA but I want to ensure I can link them

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[–] claude_flammang@dju.social 1 points 21 hours ago

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While an integration is a piece of software running in Homeassistant, Apps come into play when things get complex, for example you need a server handling a protocol stack like MQTT or MATTER . Those run in a dedicated virtual machine and can even be installed on another physical machine.