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The original was posted on /r/homeassistant by /u/Zealousideal-One5210 on 2025-07-05 10:31:49+00:00.

Hey everyone! 👋

I’ve been working on a smart doorbell companion web app that tightly integrates with Home Assistant to bring AI-powered visitor insights directly to your dashboard. Main reason for trying to create this was my wife who was complaining about the fact that since I removed the Nest Doorbell she didn't have a nice interface where she could see, who was at the door.

Introducing: WhoRang 🧠🚪

🧠 What It Does

Every time someone rings your (smart) doorbell or triggers a Home Assistant automation, WhoRang:

✅ Saves a snapshot + message

✅ Runs AI analysis (multiple provider options)

✅ Logs the visit with time, weather, face recognition, and insights

✅ Sends it all to a beautiful, mobile-optimized dashboard

✅ Optionally exports the data (CSV, PDF, etc.)

🚀 Features at a Glance

• 🧠 Multi-AI Provider Support: Choose between OpenAI, Claude, Gemini, Google Vision, or local Ollama
• 👤 Face Recognition: Detect and track recurring visitors
• 📱 Mobile-First Design: Pull-to-refresh, native feel, fast on low bandwidth
• 📊 Analytics: Daily trends, visitor patterns, AI cost tracking
• 🔒 Self-Hosted & Privacy-First: Your data stays local
• 🐳 Docker Ready: 1-command deploy with Docker Compose

💡 Example Use Case

Imagine this:

It’s like your own AI-powered smart intercom + memory system.

📷 Screenshots

📸 GitHub Repo with Screenshots

Live demo isn't public (since it’s self-hosted), but the repo includes detailed setup docs.

🛠️ How It Works with Home Assistant

Just create a rest_command in your automation like:

- action: rest_command.doorbell_webhook
  data:
    image_url: "{{ snapshot_url }}"
    ai_message: "{{ ai_description.response_text }}"
    ...

And WhoRang does the rest.

🤝 Contributions Welcome!

I'd love feedback from the community — feel free to:

• Suggest features
• Open PRs (they go to develop and require review)
• Try out different AI backends
• Just ⭐ the repo if you like the idea 🙏

🔗 GitHub:

👉 https://github.com/Beast12/who-rang

Let me know what you think! Suggestions, feature ideas, or integrations are super welcome.

Still working on it to improve some things, but I already wanted to share this with you smart home people.