# Building the device database together: Public preview now live

DevFeed: [Building the device database together: Public preview now live](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/building-the-device-database-together-public-preview-now-live-16693.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.openhomefoundation.org/blog/building-the-device-database-together/>)

Author: Matthias Kerstner

Published: 2026-07-23T00:00:01Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Home Assistant](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/home-assistant.md>)

Topics: [Home Assistant](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/home-assistant.md>), [Database](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/database.md>), [data](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/data.md>), [Discord](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/discord.md>), [Internet](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/internet.md>)

Tags: [2025](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/2025.md>), [bugs](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/bugs.md>), [building](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/building.md>), [community](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/community.md>), [data](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/data.md>), [database](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/database.md>), [devices](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/devices.md>), [discord](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/discord.md>), [integrations](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/integrations.md>), [launch](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/launch.md>), [open](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/open.md>), [smart](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/smart.md>), [smart-home](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/smart-home.md>)

## AI overview

The Open Home Foundation has launched a public preview of a community-powered device database for Home Assistant. It presents anonymous, aggregated data contributed voluntarily by users and supports browsing, searching, and filtering devices by characteristics such as internet requirements, protocols, and integrations. The preview is intentionally limited and unpolished, with community feedback helping shape its later official launch.

## Source excerpt

Ever since we introduced the idea of a community-powered device database at State of the Open Home 2025, our goal has been clear: create a "Wikipedia of smart home devices" based on real-world usage. In February, we took the first step by inviting Home Assistant users to voluntarily share anonymized device data to help us build it.