HomeKit Noob Homebridge question

[dcpmark]

I’m about to go down the Homebridge route to get my AirGradient One AQ sensors into HomeKit, and I see that it seems to run on a separate, always-on Mac/PC/RasberryPi, etc. I have a Mac Mini Pro M4 as my main computer that’s always-on, so is there any reason I just can’t use that to run Homebridge?

TIA!

 

[brewc99]

Apparently it can run MacOS, although I have not tried it. As long as the Mac doesn't go to sleep, it should work

https://github.com/homebridge/homebridge/wiki/Install-Homebridge-on-macOS

 

[Burger Thing]

I’m about to go down the Homebridge route to get my AirGradient One AQ sensors into HomeKit, and I see that it seems to run on a separate, always-on Mac/PC/RasberryPi, etc. I have a Mac Mini Pro M4 as my main computer that’s always-on, so is there any reason I just can’t use that to run Homebridge?

TIA!

I am running Homebridge on a Mac Mini Pro 4 as well. For years before without issues on an iMac. Absolutely essential if you turn Homekit into something useful. Get some delay or dummy switch plug ins.

 

[dcpmark]

I am running Homebridge on a Mac Mini Pro 4 as well. For years before without issues on an iMac. Absolutely essential if you turn Homekit into something useful. Get some delay or dummy switch plug ins.

I had just read a lot of things that recommended putting Homebridge on a separate device for a variety of reasons, but I don’t think it’ll be a problem for me either.