An open platform for monitoring and controlling devices over the web. Formerly Mozilla WebThings. @WebThingsIO@mastodon.social
Joined January 2018
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New blog post: Putting the Web back in the Web of Things tola.me.uk/blog/2026/03/05/p…
We spent over a decade standardising the Web of Things, but I believe it’s still missing a key component it needs in order to grow. 🧵
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New blog post: Introducing the Web Thing Protocol tola.me.uk/blog/2025/11/06/i…
A dedicated real-time protocol for the Web of Things.
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The Open Home Foundation Matter Server used by Home Assistant now has Matter certification, which is great news for any open source software project using the #Matter smart home protocol home-assistant.io/blog/2025/…
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New blog post: My Vision of a Smart Building Operating System. #SmartBuildings #WebApps #WebOfThings tola.me.uk/blog/2025/02/03/m…
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I think it's interesting that even with the existence of Matter, Google see the need for Google Home APIs to provide a "single unified interface to manage and control" devices in the home developers.googleblog.com/en…
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~1,000 lines of code later and I know more about the NetworkManager DBus API than I ever wanted to know... #WebThings #UbuntuCore
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Last week I gave a talk to the @W3C_WoT Community Group about @Krellian's use of @WebThingsIO for commercial smart buildings. The high level business case, a tour of Krellian Cloud features and a deep dive into lessons learnt using #WebOfThings standards. youtu.be/7FGS10G-YIc?si=mabY…
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📅 On 22nd February I'll be giving a talk for the @W3C_WoT Community Group about @Krellian developing commercial smart building solutions on top of the @WebThingsIO platform. I'll be talking about lessons learnt using #WoT standards, and next steps. w3.org/events/meetings/8772e…
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📣 Strawman Proposal: Web Thing Protocol - WebSocket Sub-protocol docs.google.com/document/d/1…
A common protocol for monitoring and controlling devices over the Web.
Feedback:
- Inline
- On GitHub github.com/w3c/web-thing-pro…
- On the mailing list lists.w3.org/Archives/Public…
#WebOfThings
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📣 Pleased to announce the publication of the "Web Thing Protocol Use Cases & Requirements" community group report w3.org/community/reports/web…
Defining the requirements for a common protocol for the Web of Things. @W3C_WoT
Get involved: w3.org/community/web-thing-p…
#WebOfThings #IoT
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Meanwhile turning on and off my lights at home relying solely on Zigbee and @WebThingsIO, no "app" from any manufacturer, no Internet connection needed.
Related warning xitter.cf/utopiah/status/1439247…
Thread 🧵 How #surveillanceCapitalism is eating the physics world by making IoT convenient, starting from our very homes, thanks to clueless manufacturers.
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Several years ago, I deployed @WebThingsIO on a Raspberry Pi with an 888-XU-Z11 Zigbee adapter to create an internal Internet of Things network for my house.
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Another geekier detail but as it’s all IoT, relying on ZigBee and @WebThingsIO, the light can be dimmed from the browser.
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📣 Call for feedback on Web Thing Protocol Use Cases & Requirements w3c.github.io/web-thing-prot…. A common protocol for communicating with connected devices over the web. #WebOfThings
🐱 GitHub github.com/w3c/web-thing-pro…
📧 Mailing list lists.w3.org/Archives/Public…
and...
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Still not #solarPunk yet but now solar panels on the roof also help get salad and herbs🌞🌱 in the kitchen xitter.cf/utopiah/status/1526287… controlled by open-source #IoT w/ @WebThingsIO while I work on #XR in my home office. 🌞😎
It's not #solarpunk yet but cycling on a bike lane on an electric bike charged at home, sourced from wind farms & nuclear powerplants, does make me hope we are getting there.
If we want to.
Artwork : Solar Punk City by Giby-Joseph deviantart.com/giby-joseph/a…
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My🎄Xmas tree runs on Linux🐧💗!
OK ok... it is total clickbait but let me clarify :
The lights on the tree are connected to a ZigBee plug controlled by a @Raspberry_Pi 4 with @WebThingsIO on Linux!
Why share? Because Xmas gifts & gadgets doesn't mean privacy nightmares.🎁
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@WebThingsIO is now closer to @W3C_WoT, it now uses forms instead of links in Thing Descriptions. We've just merged a PR fixing this long-standing issue github.com/WebThingsIO/gatew…
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Tinkered so much with @WebThingsIO I wanted to restart from a clean slate.
Using the image for @Raspberry_Pi and the guide webthings.io/docs/gateway-ge… it took me 10min to be back, able to control my office Zigbee light-bulb using my keyboard shortcuts.
Pretty neat process 👌
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Introducing Krellian Console - Securely monitor and control multiple buildings via the cloud. #SmartBuildings #WoT #IoT krellian.com/services/consol…
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Introducing Krellian Hub - Unify your smart building with an enterprise Web of Things gateway. #SmartBuildings #WoT #IoT krellian.com/products/hub/